Tablet PC is awesome!

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.