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Editor.s Message
I
've lost track of the number of times I've said
"Here we go, again" in the context of changing
jobs and careers.
It looks like I'll be changing jobs again. This time it's
a switch from editing the printed version of The HP
Palmtop Paper to maintaining the Palmtop Paper on the
Web. The change is happening sooner than I expected, but that's life in the fastpaced world of the information age.
The HP Palmtop Paper
For the past two years I've served as the editor of The HP Palmtop Paper. It's
been exciting-sort of like riding a bicycle down hill-without any brakes. It's
been a challenge dealing with the later stages of the HP Palmtop's product-lifecycle while trying to keep up with the new uses people keep finding for our venerable machine.
Volume 9/Issue 3
May/June 2000
Executive Editor IPublisher
Hal Goldstein ([email protected])
Publications Director
Richard Hall
Over the past eight years, The HP Palmtop Paper has enhanced the Palmtop
User's Guide with articles and tips for beginners and advanced users. We've
documented the usefulness of the Palmtop with tales from users themselves.
Now, we'll be moving exclusively to the Web. This will allow us to be more
timely with articles about how people are currently using the HP Palmtop. Look
for articles about ham radio, software for scripture scholars, GPS receivers and
cellular telephones used with the Palmtop. There will still be the usual "Tips,
Traps and Techniques" ,letters and new product reviews. The advantages will
be that we can insert live links to other places on the Web so you won't have
to type the URL's.
Managing Editor
Ed Keefe ([email protected])
Art Director
Joan Hinerichsen
Department Editor
Wayne Kneeskern
Contributing Writers
Nathalie Bugeaud, M .D.
Avi Meshar
Circulation
Marge Enright
Sharon Ash
Executive Advisor
Rita Goldstein
In this transitional issue we give you a taste of things to corne. Wayne
Kneeskern has two articles. His Gutenberg database will help you organize your
Palmtop as a virtual library when used with the 2000 CD InfoBase. His second
article reveals that the Palmtop can do something no other Palmtop or PDA can:
sniff the air on board a space shuttle and the upcoming International Space
Station. Natalie Bugeaud, MD., offers a mind-expanding article on the future
of 'personal computing.' Hal Goldstein takes a first look at the latest offering
from HP, the Jornada 545 Pocket PC.,ln my 'Through the Looking Glass' column, I tell about a Windows program that makes using the Palmtop's database
applications even easier. The "Tips, Traps and Techniques" column is an eclectic mixture of suggestions for those who are pushing the Palmtop to do more.
See you, next time, on the Web at www.PalmtopPaper.com
Here we go again!
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