http://andrewferguson.net/2004/12/03/possibly-the-worlds-most-connected-man/ Rejecting Your Reality and Substituting My Own Since 1986 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:24:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://andrewferguson.net/2004/12/03/possibly-the-worlds-most-connected-man/#comment-33864 Andrew Ferguson dot NET » Blog Archive » Goodbye SPOT; Lessons Learned Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:41:12 +0000 http://andrewferguson.net?p=284#comment-33864 [...] One of the main reasons I got the watch was so I could schedule events in Outlook, have them beamed to my watch, and then not forget them. But once I ditched Outlook, it became harder to do this. I ended up using Outlook exclusively for calendaring and Thunderbird for email. Then I started Beta testing Outlook 2007 earlier in the year. The plugin for Outlook wouldn't work with the Beta. Around the same time, I started using 30 Boxes. I jury rigged a string of programs on my server to get data to my watch. Finally, I switched over to Google Calendars. With GCal, I was able to send the messages straight to my phone. This was easier and more reliable then my jury rigged solution. [...] [...] One of the main reasons I got the watch was so I could schedule events in Outlook, have them beamed to my watch, and then not forget them. But once I ditched Outlook, it became harder to do this. I ended up using Outlook exclusively for calendaring and Thunderbird for email. Then I started Beta testing Outlook 2007 earlier in the year. The plugin for Outlook wouldn’t work with the Beta. Around the same time, I started using 30 Boxes. I jury rigged a string of programs on my server to get data to my watch. Finally, I switched over to Google Calendars. With GCal, I was able to send the messages straight to my phone. This was easier and more reliable then my jury rigged solution. [...]

]]> http://andrewferguson.net/2004/12/03/possibly-the-worlds-most-connected-man/#comment-3626 Andrew Ferguson Mon, 01 May 2006 19:22:34 +0000 http://andrewferguson.net?p=284#comment-3626 I just learned that SPOT does <em>not</em> use the SCA (aka RDS). It uses a technology called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectBand" rel="nofollow">DirectBand</a> which pushes data every two minutes at a rate of 12kbit/s (RDS is only 1.8kbit/s). I just learned that SPOT does not use the SCA (aka RDS). It uses a technology called DirectBand which pushes data every two minutes at a rate of 12kbit/s (RDS is only 1.8kbit/s).

]]> http://andrewferguson.net/2004/12/03/possibly-the-worlds-most-connected-man/#comment-9 Andrew Ferguson dot NET » Blog Archive » Educational Tablet PC Goodies Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:19:41 +0000 http://andrewferguson.net?p=284#comment-9 [...] I actually remember looking for a flash card program last year and not finding one I liked. So I’m pumped to try it out. I’m also looking forward to seeing what the Go Binder Lite is all about. I currently use Outlook because it lets me sync with my SPOT watch. I currently use the Windows Journal program to markup files, so it should be nice to keep them all in OneNote. [...] [...] I actually remember looking for a flash card program last year and not finding one I liked. So I’m pumped to try it out. I’m also looking forward to seeing what the Go Binder Lite is all about. I currently use Outlook because it lets me sync with my SPOT watch. I currently use the Windows Journal program to markup files, so it should be nice to keep them all in OneNote. [...]

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