E-Books For Troops
If I needed a reason to upgrade to Kindle 3, then I found it with the E-Books for Troops program. Yes I pre-ordered my Kindle 3 yesterday.
Kindle 3!
Should I get the Kindle 3?
Outlook Quick Steps
I was missing my shortcut to move things into folders in the new Outlook this morning so I started to look into it and remembered the Quick Steps. In Outlook 2010 you can create Quick Steps to perform tasks for you. So Quick Step SHIFT+CTRL+2 on my computer will categorize the message as Jux-TX and file it in the Jux folder. Then I setup SHIFT+CTRL+6 to categorize as Jux-LA and file it in the Jux folder. The old system was CTRL+2 or CTRL+6 to categorize it then ALT+1 to “Move to Folder” and then select from the list of folders. Awesome!
I will probably need to setup this system for all my old CTRL+Category keys. I have not tested the limits of the Quick Steps but this is so powerful and my Outlook insanity grows.
Outlook 2010
So the new social connector in Outlook 2010 will sync your LinkedIn contacts to your Outlook. It puts them in their own folder but that is fine. The Facebook connector should be released soon and so I would expect something similar there. Have not had much time to play with Outlook 2010 since yesterday with the work, kids, and reading. I’ll play sometime.
All Good Things
Well today was a pretty good day. I upgrade to Office Pro 2010 and got the new Kindle 2.5 update. I have to admit the nerd life was pretty good to me today. Now I will have to begin the deep playing and look at some of the Outlook 2010 features I already found out about while playing with the beta version and probably some new features I did not find out about.
I already created my first collection (folder) for the Kindle and it makes sense to me. I am not sure how I would like to setup the other collections so I will keep the one I have and think about it more. Unfortunately I am writing this blog entry and not reading – I guess I should work on that.
Update: Cool social sharing feature with the new Kindle 2.5 update. I just shared a note from the book I am reading. Awesome!
Kindle 2.5 Update Hurray!
You can manually download the Kindle 2.5 update. I am installing it right now. Very exciting.
Firefox Strangeness
I have a client that emailed me today. Some of their PayPal buttons would not show up…in Firefox. They worked in Chrome and IE. If you got the direct URL for the image it would appear without problems in Firefox but would not display on the page itself. Wonder why Firefox would not display the image when the other browsers had no problem? Moved the picture and it works in all browsers.
Free OCR
Every once in a while I need to copy the text from a pdf to a word document or somewhere else. After a little searching I found this little gem. Nothing serious, not always accurate on fuzzy/grainy pdf’s but it gets the job done in a pinch and doesn’t cost and arm and a leg like OmniPage. If anyone knows of a better… “free” solution I would love to know. Enjoy: http://www.paperfile.net/
Kindle for the PC
I never thought I would need to use a different app for my Kindle but I installed the Kindle software for the PC. Pretty cool. It has all the same books obviously but it syncs to the point where I am reading in the book. So all the books are synced to the same spot in the book. I had read about this on another blog but until I used the feature it was not that cool. I see the Notes and Marks feature but I must not have that activated or something since I cannot see my notes and marks on the PC just yet.
Google Wave
Well Google opened Wave to everyone. I have not been in a while. I really tried to use it and did use it for a project list and then brainstorming on another project. All failed. I went back and see they have what I will call templates for Discussions, Task Tracking, Meetings, Documents, and Brainstorming. I always have something I am interested in doing – usually some crazy business idea and sometimes charity (Relay For Life). I will have to look and see if I can use it for some brainstorming.