I got a tablet PC at the office and I must say I really like it. It is a ThinkPad X41. I started taking notes using Microsoft Journal since it came as part of XP tablet edition. It was alright, but I had some concerns as to how I would file and organize the notes. A good friend of mine who gut his tablet PC a few months before me told me about Microsoft OneNote 2003.
Now, I had heard of OneNote before but never really took the time to dig into what it was all about. It was not specifically designed for Tablet PC's per se, but it lends itself very well for use on Tablet PCs. That's because the purpose of OneNote is for note taking (hence the product name). It addressed my #1 concern with the use of Journal; filing and organization.
Of course, people do look at me funny now that I take my tablet PC everywhere, but they'll get used to it. The other side benefit of having your desktop with you everywhere you go is access to e-mails. Thanks to Outlook 2003 caching mode, combined with a simple search tool like Lookout, I always have access to my e-mails wherever I go at the office.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
The Devil is in the Details
As the manager of application support in a corporation in the financial sector (lending), I find myself tracking a thousand little things. I'm coming to realize that this job is really all about juggling. I hope I won't drop anything too important.
I was given a rather interesting project to do with something called IT Systems Management (ITSM). Basically, that just means using software tools to monitor and automate the management of IT systems. It looks like our tool of choice will be from HP. In particular, we are looking to start with OpenView Internet Services (OVIS), and OpenView Transaction Analyzer (OVTA).
OVIS is a great application and will definitely help. I haven't had much of a chance to see OVTA yet, but that will complement OVIS. That's because OVIS is good at looking at your application from an end-user's perspective by generating synthetic transactions and recording the performance of your systems. OVTA is more used to do deep diagnostics and troubleshooting.
I'll post more on those tools later.
I was given a rather interesting project to do with something called IT Systems Management (ITSM). Basically, that just means using software tools to monitor and automate the management of IT systems. It looks like our tool of choice will be from HP. In particular, we are looking to start with OpenView Internet Services (OVIS), and OpenView Transaction Analyzer (OVTA).
OVIS is a great application and will definitely help. I haven't had much of a chance to see OVTA yet, but that will complement OVIS. That's because OVIS is good at looking at your application from an end-user's perspective by generating synthetic transactions and recording the performance of your systems. OVTA is more used to do deep diagnostics and troubleshooting.
I'll post more on those tools later.
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