Nathan Laan

I picked up an iPhone 3GS last week, and spent a few hours trying to figure out how to access my EDS email on the iPhone using the Exchange support built in to the iPhone Mail client. Here is what I've learned so far. EDS currently allows syncing Microsoft Exchange with iPhones (and any other SmartPhones AFAIK), although I've been told that it's "unsupported", meaning you must resolve any technical issues yourself. Fair enough. Before you can begin configuring the iPhone, you must complete the following steps: Login to the Gemini EDS Services web site on the EDS intranet. Select your...

I’m not sure I’d pick a Palm Pre over the iPhone, but it’s nice to see that companies are starting to create competition for the iPhone. I guess the reality is that most phone makers were probably a little blindsided by the iPhone, and now they’re just playing catchup. To be fair, it probably also takes about 2 years to design and create a phone of this caliber, so the fact that we’re just starting to see iPhone competitors shouldn’t really be surprising. David Pogue's review of the Palm Pre . Walt Mossberg's review of the Palm Pre . Engadget's review of the...

Over the past three months, I've spent some time using a number of different operating systems for use on my Lenovo S10 netbook. Thus far I have tried the following: Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu Netbook Remix Good OS (gOS) Windows XP (this is what my netbook came with) Windows Vista Windows 7 Beta I'd love to write up something reviewing each of these in depth, but I just don't have the time. Instead, I'll offer up a few basic, point-form comments. Lenovo S10 Specs Atom 1.6GHz processor 1GB RAM 16GB SSD 10.1" 1024x600 Display ExpressCard 34 Slot Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (GMA 950) Integrated...

Movie poster remakes .

The Guide is an open source Windows based heirarchial notes taking application.

...by someone who hasn't actually seen the whole thing :-) http://vimeo.com/2809991?pg=embed&sec=2809991

I've been trying to mold myself into the Getting Things Done (GTD) mindset, but struggling with respect to email management. Pay It Forward Email Management (PIFEM) is a method similar to GTD designed for use with Microsoft Outlook. I've decided to give this a try, and so far, it's looking like it might work for me. http://blogs.msdn.com/ianpal/archive/2008/06/03/email-task-and-time-management-with-pifem.aspx

Tim Sneath has posted a great collection of Windows 7 Secrets . I've been running Windows 7 Beta myself and absolutely loving it so far. Tim's list has just made me enjoy the experience all the more. I especially like the "vertical maximize" feature (Win+Shift+Up/Down) as well as the fact that all window management functionality is now available through keyboard shortcuts, including the ability to move windows between multiple monitors.

Take a look at the Ora (which apparently means "region" in Latin) addin for Visual Studio 2008. It present a simplified "class view" for the current open document. I have been looking for a Visual Studio addin that does exactly this ever since switching to .NET from Java IDEs like JBuilder and Eclipse.

http://www.thinkgos.com/index.php gOS has a number of different linux distributions geared towards low powered computers. It seems as though these would be be well suited for netbooks. I'm going to give these a try.