I have been meaning to write about One Note for a VERY long time, but who has the time? Not I, said the fox. But, I want to at least make a mention of it while it’s on my mind this morning.
I got One Note on my computer when my step son needed it for something he was doing at school and downloaded it on my computer. Well, back to school he went (LSU), and here sat One Note. Man, is this a great program. It is a note taking software - you can add just about anything to it - plain text, web clippings, mp3 files, images, documents, spreadsheets - anything you can imagine. You organize these things in notebooks and folders, just like you would if you were in school and living in a non-geeky world. I upgraded to One Note 2007 as soon as it became available, and it was a massive improvement mostly in the organizational options. Whereas in the older version you could only easily have one notebook (with folders within), you can now have multiple notebooks (aligned vertically along the left hand side below), which really suits me since I wear so many hats these days.
This has been truly a lifesaver for me. One Note can be set up on two computers and with just a little bit of configuration will sync itself - so it is on my desktop, that I use most often, and on my laptop, where all the information can stay current, and I can hit the road without fear of not having everything I need. I use OneNote mostly for my b5media work, where I have it organized into a notebook with all of my various non-content related projects, one notebook for the content team, another for channel editors, another for the Beauty & Style channel, one for Blogging, and one for all my personal stuff. Pages and sections are easy to move and copy from notebook to notebook - this is the perfect organizational program to me. And One Note 2007 is a much improved version, so definitely spring for that one. If you have Office 2007 and have just ignored the One Note packaged in with it, open it up - you might find it to be a great tool like I have, whether you have 92,000 projects to keep up with or just one.
I got an interesting comment on my Dell Hell post, from GH who writes:
Well, it appears consumers are making their choices known:
http://www.techspot.com/news/23261-hp-surpasses-dell-in-3q-shipments.html
I’ve also heard that the high & mighty Michael Dell has come out of retirement, returned to his former company and plans to turn things around. Time will tell, and in my opinion, this will be a rather hefty undertaking. Dell’s reputation has really gone down the drain these past couple of years.
I continue to sell Sony, HP and Apple computers in my business….staying completely away from Dell.
Michael Dell came out of retirement in January and has supposedly made big steps to improve their customer service (including a recent layoff of 8,000 employees) and other things that led to hp overtaking them in sales towards the end of last year. Sadly for them (not that they care about lil ol me), I bought a new laptop a few weeks ago after my hubby’s was stolen (I love it - his gets stolen and *I* get a new laptop - coolness!), and just so happened to pick an hp. Aaron had recommended hp a long time ago (before he became a Mac fanboy), so that was my first look and final choice. It didn’t hurt that it was super cool and all white (special edition) and had a built in webcam and microphone (all the Mac features I have been envious of without none of the PITA of changing to an unknown OS).
So, good luck to Dell in making improvements, I hope they do. But the convenience of being able to run out and purchase and take home immediately an hp far outshines the 2-3 weeks of waiting for a Dell, and certainly the bad taste that still sits in my mouth from our experience with Dell’s customer service. What used to be a household of 5 Dells and 4 Dell cheerleaders now sits at two remaining Dells living out the end of their useful lives, one Lenovo, one Gateway and one hp. Lenovo and hp have the Jones fanclub at this point. Partially because Lenovo sent out a HAWT tech guy to the house one day. Ha - I am so easily swayed.
Now, I hope hp’s customer service doesn’t go the way of Dell’s. And I really hope I never have problems with my laptop so I don’t ever have to find out how it compares. And at the very least, I hope they send out hot tech guys. 
With the build 600 version of BlogDesk, it is now fully functioning on my Vista laptop! w00t!!! The prior problem was that when clicking the add picture button, nothing happened - no “browse for the picture” window.
Thanks Johannes - you still have the most kick ass editor out there! If you love BD like I do, think about slipping Johannes a little skin - I sure don’t want him to quit updating!
I will say that Windows Live Writer has worked in the off season though, so it is good to know it works and I can fall back on it. 
I hope I am not the only one who celebrates this occasion! That said, if you are waiting for a response from me, please let me know. I hope I didn’t overzealously archive and delete - but its always possible. Its a great day!
I can’t believe how busy I am now - what happened to my bon bons and my soap operas and living the lush and lazy life of a stay at home mom with too many cats and 2 kids in school? Thank God I love what I am doing. I have to gripe for one minute - I love writing, and it is stuck at the dead ass end of the day, when I am worn out. And that is just the writing that I HAVE to do. I hate that I am not able to keep up NailTechSecrets, and my wellness blogs. I love them just as much as eBeautyDaily and MRSANotes, but you would never know it by looking at em. Thank God for Peg at MRSAResources (love, love, love you girlfriend!). Know how long it has been since I have read a book? I LOVE to read. I don’t even know how long it has been. My husband has read, I bet, 15 books since I have read one, and he claims not to be a reader.
In case anyone thinks I am lazy (which if you took a gander at my house, you might think that), I get up at 5am every morning, work til 6:30, get the kids off to school at 7:15, work til 4 - feed the kids, do homework, work a little more, exercise, clean house, do laundry, get the kids to bed - and work again from about 8:30 til (I would love to say) 9:30 (but it’s usually more like 11). Aaack. I am worn plumb out. I wish I had a clone. Or just a few more sleeping hours in the daynight.
/rant
I do love all of my jobs though, and all the wonderful people that go along with wifehood (is that a word?), motherhood, blogging, and b5media. I wouldn’t trade any of it for the world. Women are wonderful creatures, aren’t they?
If you go look at my dear friend Hsien, and the leader she is most related to, you will appreciate our differences all the more. LOL
This is me:
Long before we sunk down into Dell Hell, we wrote off Sony Vaio. We have a Vaio laptop here that is in perfect shape, but has a short in the power thingy that connects to the motherboard. We know this can be fixed, but our local shop wants to replace the motherboard entirely. I found a guy online that would fix it, but we just never went through the trouble to get it to him. I really think that all we need is some soldier. But I could be wrong.
Anyway, now that we are back in the market for laptops, or will be once one of our Dell’s die (knockonwood) I see that Sony has blessed their newest series of business laptops with a TX series designation. All they need is a big star on the hood, and every Texan will have one. Is that Texas centric of me to think that? Probably. You did know its all about Texas, didn’t you? They are offering it with Sprint mobile broadband built right in, which we currently have and pay over $60/month for (on top of our home broadband). I can’t see whether or not you have to pay that monthly charge, I am sure you do though. If not, sign me up right now - I’ll take two. It would be nice not to have to carry around that little Sprint box all over creation - and this computer is super lightweight - perfect for Marshall’s constant travel job. Anyway, this is something I want to hang on to for when we need it. Cause I know our Dell’s will start dying again soon.
I always have my heart set on something ridiculously expensive. But this is it now that I got rational and gave up my Dolce & Gabbana glasses. At $150 this gadget is half the price of my D&G glasses and 10 times as useful (seeing as I wear contacts most of my waking hours).
This is the SmartShopper, and it hangs on your refrigerator and takes your wonderful recorded shopping list and transfers it to paper like a breeze. Must. Have. This. Found at girly heaven PopGadget.
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