more ...I had a fascinating lunch with Steve Caldwell (CEO) and Rodney Standage (Major Account Sales) of FinePoint Innovations yesterday....They wanted to know what I thought was important in a Tablet digitizer....They were curious as to what ways people would use tilt information. To them it's not hard supporting …
Peter Rysavy sez: While selecting with a pen is definitely fast and intuitive, the text editing experience on a tablet is still very lacking. ... only a Microsoft will ultimately bring a decent editing experience to the mass market.
I've investigated writing a Tablet PC editing add-in for Word. Unfortunately, ink-collectors …
more ...My latest SD Times column is up.
more ...I wrote some of the articles in Intel's "mobilized software" series, including one that presents source code for a GPS interface for the .NET Compact Framework. The articles are finally online.
more ...My latest on programming for the Tablet PC is up on DevX. This is part 2 of 3. My next one will be on Tablet PC resources. If you're a Tablet PC developer, where do you turn to for advice and support? Email me: lobrien 'at' thinkingin.net (which, by …
more ...The latest SD Times has a graphic showing that 31.7% of Linux developers said they planned to develop for Mono or Dot Gnu. The blurb highlights the "Undecided" attitude of 55.9% of the surveyed, but I think that almost 1/3 of Linux developers apparently being eager to …
more ...In the preface to the first edition of Code Complete, Steve McConnell writes "I was sure when I conceived this book that someone else would already have written a book on effective construction practices .by someone who was knowledgeable enough about the theoretical state of the art but who was …
more ...My article on Programming the Tablet PC -- Get Up To Speed Quickly is up on DevX. Includes source code for a Tablet PC blogging tool.
more ...I love the TabletPC. One reason is that, like many writers, I have an abiding love for the physical act of putting pen to paper (or, for the past 18 months, pen to screen). I have a few "nice" pens, a couple Mont Blancs, two Watermans, and I use those …
more ...I bet that a good 50% of the readers of this blog already know about thinktecture, a company that's less than 24-hours old. Because of blogging, I'm the #1 Google return for various queries about programming airline reservation systems, which is how I keep myself in Jolt Cola and Doritos …
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