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ZDNet Author Biography: Marc Orchant has been building, testing, and sometimes breaking hardware and software for 25 years. A recovering graphic designer, Marc is currently the Storyteller at VanDyke Software, a co-host of On The Run With Tablet PCs, a weekly podcast, and a self-admitted "productivity maven, gadget freak and software addict"....; more about Marc Orchant »

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The Vista productivity debate rages on: Well I seem to have hit a nerve or struck a chord at least with a lot of people with my recent post about the decidedly mixed reaction to Vista. It's the most heavily trafficked and commented post I've made here at ZDNet and reading through the comment thread reveals...; Tags: Uncategorized, Vista, Windows, Software, Productivity; Blog posts 2007-08-01
Office 2.0 Conference - an iPhone for every attendee: I've been working with Ismael Ghalimi, Oliver Starr, and Brian Solis on developing a Mobility and Productivity track for the upcoming Office 2.0 Conference. We're still in the early planning stages in terms of content for that track but Ismael made a bombshell announcement yesterday that is tremendously exciting. Every...; Tags: Productivity, Mobility, iPhone, Events; Blog posts 2007-07-26
Vista is taking body blows: I've been on a bit of a blog and RSS hiatus the past couple of days and have been working my way through tales of destruction and distress (the 365 outage, not Lindsay Lohan's latest episode), news, and views. In my reading, there's a recurring theme that beats louder all...; Tags: Microsoft, Productivity, Software, Uncategorized, Vista, Windows; Blog posts 2007-07-25
NJ governor swears off e-mail - misses the point: So Jon Corzine, governor of New Jersey, has announced he's swearing off e-mail. Not going to use it. At all. It hasn't been a very good year for Corzine who was critically injured in an accident earlier this year while racing to intervene in the Imus crisis drama soap opera...; Tags: Mastering the Inbox, Productivity; Blog posts 2007-07-14
E-mail SMS to iPhone: The Unofficial Apple Weblog has posted 6 Things You Need to Know about iPhone SMS. Handy info to know in general but the tip that jumped out as a good workaround for getting information onto the phone instantly is that you can email a text message directly to the phone....; Tags: iPhone, Mobility, Productivity; Blog posts 2007-07-06

iPhone tip: working with tasks: Like many GTD and productivity oriented folks, I've been looking at web-based solutions TaDa List is looking most promising so far but I've become very fond of iGTD and am not prepared to completely overhaul my entire workflow just yet. In poking around today, I found a good short-term workaround....; Tags: Productivity, iPhone; Blog posts 2007-07-04
iGTD just keeps getting better: I've been using iGTD for some time and am planning a review of how I've integrated it, MailTags, Mail Act-On, and a few other tools into a very powerful GTD system on my MacBook. But I'm on vacation in Telluride right now at the Bluegrass Festuval and that will have...; Tags: Software, Productivity, Mac OS X; Blog posts 2007-06-21
OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast #38- all about the Lenovo x61 Tablet: Listen here ( MP3, 21.3 MB, 62 minutes) orSubscribe to the show with this link RSSJames Kendrick and I have both recently picked up Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet PCs and in show #38 we discuss the x61 from stem to stern. James has the SXGA+ (1440x1040) screen while...; Tags: Windows, Vista, Utilities and Add-Ins, Tablet PCs, Software, Productivity, Podcasts, Hardware; Blog posts 2007-06-10
ThinkFree and EditGrid announce online spreadsheet partnership: Why are these two men smiling? Because a partnership that increases the value of both parties is always cause for celebration.ThinkFree has been on a roll this year with big presence at both ETech where CEO TJ Kang also presented a new document sharing community and Web 2.0 Expo. I've...; Tags: Web Apps, Software, Productivity; Blog posts 2007-06-04
Nomad wish list for hotels: Andy Abramson posts a list of 15 things hotels can do to better serve digital nomads who stay with them on his Working Anywhere blog. Andy logs more miles than just about anyone I know and, like me and a few of my nomadic buddies, always has a variety of...; Tags: Productivity, Mobility; Blog posts 2007-06-04
Work virtually from anywhere: Leo Babauta at Web Worker Daily has posted a very thorough guide to working virtually that focuses primarily on tools but also includes some excellent workflow recommendations. It's a bit Google-centric but he does provide a number of alternative choices for most of the key ingredients for a cloud-based workspace.What...; Tags: Windows, Web Apps, Utilities and Add-Ins, Software, Productivity, OpenOffice, Mobility, Microsoft Office, Mac; Blog posts 2007-06-03
Tim Sanders' PowerPoint epiphany: Tim Sanders ran into an all-too common problem at a speaking engagement. The sequence of speakers at a conference was running behind schedule and he found himself facing a hungry, tired crowd just before lunch.Faced with these circumstances, he made the snap decision to ditch the PowerPoint deck he'd prepared...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Productivity, Software; Blog posts 2007-05-29
NYC on 2 Nokias a day: A couple of weeks ago, I took the family on a trip to New York City. We got a pretty good deal on travel in the form of a package deal from Hotwired.com that included four round-trip tickets and two hotel rooms for about $600 per person for a four-night,...; Tags: Gadgetry, Hardware, Mobility, Productivity, Web Apps; Blog posts 2007-05-26
Zoho Notebook now in Public Beta: At the end of January, I wrote about Zoho Notebook, the latest addition to the company's stable of web-based applications. At the time, I was very impressed with the concept and initial execution and today, Zoho has made Notebook publicly available as a beta. If you use a product like...; Tags: Web Apps, Software, Productivity; Blog posts 2007-05-22
Does the iPhone "change everything"?: Great post today by Tomi Ahonen, one of the authors of the Communities Dominate Brands book and blog about the sea change in awareness of how mobile computing will change after the release of the iPhone. If you haven't read this book or added this blog to your aggregator and...; Tags: Gadgetry, Hardware, Mac, Mobility, Productivity; Blog posts 2007-05-18
FlipStart handheld PC now available from Dynamism: FlipStart, the handheld PC released a couple of months ago, is now available from Dynamism, a reseller of high-performance mobile gear. Previously, the tiny PC was only available directly from the company. A number of accessories including batteries and a port replicator for use on the desktop are also available....; Tags: Gadgetry, Hardware, Mobility, Productivity, Vista, Windows; Blog posts 2007-05-15
What's in my gadget bag (this time): Im off to New York City for a few days and just finished packing my gadget bag for this outing. Given the duration of the flight (about 6 hours with ime zone changes), the brevity of the layover less than an hour, and the fact that Im traveling with the...; Tags: Productivity, Mobility, Mac, Hardware, Gadgetry; Blog posts 2007-05-10
Grahl releases PDF Annotator 1.5: Just received word from Grahl Software Design that they have released version 1.5 of their PDF Annotator application that is one of my must-have applications on my Tablet PC. From their announcement:With the help of lots of users test driving our beta releases (thank you!), we have now finished PDF...; Tags: Windows, Vista, Utilities and Add-Ins, Tablet PCs, Software, Productivity; Blog posts 2007-05-09
OnTheRun with Tablet PCs #37: Listen here ( MP3, 19.6 MB, 55 minutes) or Subscribe to the show with this link RSS James Kendrick and I hit the ground running in show #37 and device reviews are the order of the day as we discuss the HP tx1000...; Tags: Windows, Vista, Tablet PCs, Software, Productivity, Podcasts, Mobility, Hardware, Gadgetry; Blog posts 2007-05-06
What's in your Tablet PC?: Fellow Tablet PC MVP and GottaBeMobile.com contributor Warner Crocker wants to know what software applications you consider essential on a Tablet PC or UMPC. Hes posted his list here. My list has some overlap with Warners but diverges a bit based on the different ways he and I use the...; Tags: Windows, Vista, Utilities and Add-Ins, Tablet PCs, Software, Productivity, Mobility, Microsoft Office, Hardware; Blog posts 2007-05-03