On Sat, Oct 16, 20042:18 PM, the following words from Ivan Drucker [EMAIL PROTECTED], emerged from a plethora of SPAM ...
>>I use Palm memos frequently and don't want another third- >>party option for syncing this data so the lack of that with the iCal/AB >>combo is a deal breaker, although I really love iCal's GUI. > >I have had the same issues. I have since moved from Palm Desktop to >Missing Sync, gives you a small application for dealing with memos rather >than requiring launching all of Palm Desktop just to see them, and >overall I've been pretty pleased with the product. > >But moreover, I've basically retrained myself to use To-Do's instead of >memos, and then they're just right there inside iCal. It's a little >kludgy of course, but in the end it works better, because I give my memo >a name (that's the To-Do) and then click Details->Note. Then whatever I >type there shows up neatly in the Info pane of iCal. Of course it works >the other way too. > >Sorry, I know this isn't specifically PowerMail related, but I came >across it while trying to figure out the best way to handle PowerMail<- >>Address Book synchronization. It's a little confusing, as has been noted >here. I bought my first Palm in February, so I don't feel I have all the adjustments made yet. I appreciate learning the way others use it so I can have more options than what I've come up with. I bought my PowerBook because anything that isn't in my computer just isn't organized and I needed to be more mobile without losing organization. However, because of physical limitations, I am not always able to carry my PowerBook with me - this I resolved by buying my Palm. I've always considered my email program the center of my communications. It's the first application I access each day, and usually it is also the last. So, reminders or tidbits often come via email and I often send myself email. Even if I pay a bill online; I have an AppleScript that copies the information to an email message to myself so I can easily find the date and time later without storing in my calendar. Web info that I need to send to my Palm, I copy to PowerMail first to get plain text, then I use an AppleScript to create a Palm memo. (I started to use Documents To Go, but lately it's been crashing my Palm at startup, so I always make a copy as a memo.) Like yesterday when I went to the zoo with friends, I copied a list of the different animals we wanted to see into a memo. Then later we can use the list to check off which animals we still want photos of - the list would expand to too many to do's and be a distraction to other to do items of more timely importance. The problem with using To Do's for many of the things I use memos for is the way it displays on the Palm. I use To Do's for things that I need "To Do" and see at a glance. But memos contain info that I need/want with me but don't need to check off or see in Today, the app I use for glancing. I bought Missing Sync in April and found it useless. The latest version supposedly is better, but it just annoys me to spend more money upgrading (something that was useless to begin with) in such a short time. Also, there are more Palm applications that can import memos, but not To Do's. So, I keep a PM folder of just the messages/info I need to send to my Palm - when ready to sync, I collect the info with a memo-creating AppleScript. I also find using memos extremely useful for temporary contacts that I don't want in my address book. It's a bother to look for a contact and see a name or phone number that I don't even recall because I needed it just one time. For others, it may not seem PM related, but for me it is apropos to integrated use of PM with other applications - quite like I was accustomed to while using Claris Emailer. cheshirekat -- Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking. - John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) * 867 PowerBook G4 * OS X 10.2.8 * 768 MB Ram * * Addictions: iTunes * AppleScript * iLife 4 * FileMaker Pro *
