[plug] Re: kernel update was: USB palm pilot

[caston at arach.net.au]

Okay my pilot is now hot-syncing under sid with kpilot. Thanks everyone for all your help! 
 
It wasn't working at first so I kept rmmod and insmod the modules and coldsync'ing and kpilot 
syncing and pressing the hotsync button. 
 
First it hot synced about 10% and the palm was stuck on the "identifying user" screen. 
 
After more of the above I tried it again and it synced 100%! 
 
Actually I find it strange that whenever you buy stuff like this is never works straight away 
(even if it's setup correcly) for instance when I first got the pilot it wouldn't even sync with 
Windows until I gave it a soft-reset with a paper-clip. 
 
Anyway for those that wonder why I bought a Pilot and for Andrew that expressed interest in 
getting one. 
 
There very cool. You can work on documents and spreadsheets coverted from OpenOffice 
using http://xml.openoffice.org/xmerge/ 
 
Of course it's not for any hardcore work just making small changes and entering data. 
 
You can hotsync your calendar, task-list and contacts with evolution. 
 
And a major reason why I bought one is because I use a workflow processing system: 
 
collect -> process -> organise -> review - > do 
 
collect is where I write down all the stuff I need ot do 
 
Process is where I work out all the actionable steps 
if it takes less than 2-3 minutes I do it straight away 
 
organise is where I decide when and where i am going to do it such as put it in my calendar or 
mid-term or someday maybe folders 
 
reivew is for my weekly review 
 
I was using the system but it fell apart because I could only really use it on my desktop and it 
was frustrating when I wanted access to my calendar from the field. Now that I have a palm 
pilot I can do workflow processing anywhere. 
 
Anyway it's all from the book "how to get things done"which is a good read on personal 
productvity. 
 
regards, 
 
Chris Caston 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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