PDA buffs go back to basics Fed-up users are rediscovering paper By Kim-Mai Cutler, Globe Correspondent | June 25, 2006
Web designer Mike Rohde was a certifiable Palm fanatic. He had the original PalmPilot 1000 , then a Sony Clié , then a Tungsten E, and several more all the way up to the Zire 72 . His monthly newsletter vetting the newest models went out to 10,000 subscribers. But when his PDA turned up missing two months ago, Rohde's quick fix wasn't the latest Treo. He picked up a notebook and drew a calendar. ``The Palm started to become a creature. It demanded things from me. It demanded me to recharge it every couple days or I'd have to make back ups," he said. ``I wanted to see what it would be like if I went to paper." After years of cracked screens, battery outages, and wiped hard drives, technophiles fed up with a litany of glitches from PDAs are turning to a new -- or rather old -- source of comfort: pen and paper. It's called ``going analog" and for some, chucking the ``Crackberry" has been a conversion of almost religious proportions. So far, Rohde hasn't had any cravings to go back to his digital ways. On his blog, he's documented the move to an ``analog task management system" (read: his notebook) with feverish detail. Checked circles show completed tasks, sticky tabs are for an easily accessible to-do list, and week numbers mark every upper right-hand corner. ... http://www.boston.com/business/personaltech/articles/2006/06/25/pda_buffs_go_back_to_basics/?page=full Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _____________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
