Eric Mack talks Tablet (again)

Productivity guru, technologist and good friend Eric Mack sat down with productivity consultant Kelly Forrister and had a 50+ minute discussion about the Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet PC.  He's released this discussion as a podcast and I highly recommend it if you are curious about the x61.  Kelly didn't know much about Tablet PCs so it's also a good discussion for Tablet PC newbies as Eric walks Kelly through the advantages the x61 brings to his work.  Here's just a few of the topics the two cover:

• Discussion of screen sizes 
• What makes up the Tablet PC Experience 
• Hardware: laptop mode 
•         X61 Hardware Overview 
•                 Pen, fingerprint reader, buttons, navigation 
• Kelly and I belong to the same club 
• How Kelly would use a Tablet PC 
• People love flashing lights and gauges on computers 
• Kelly takes the X61 for a spin 
• Vista is a great Tablet OS 
•         Unfortunately, many of my apps (e.g. Palm desktop) won't work with it. 
• "You had me at the pen, Eric" 
• Windows Journal - notepad on steroids 
• MindManager 7 and the ribbon UI 
• Now, look at MindManager in Pen Mode! 
• Tables allow the brain to move fluidly between linear thought and creative thought 
• The value of having low-tech capture tools around you for creative capture 
• OneNote Launch button for quick capture (27:00) 
• Lotus Notes on the X61 tablet PC - demo of a non-ink enabled app (31:00) 
• Gentle prompt to IBM, calling for ink support in Notes 
• Don't look at my in-box; not healthy. 
• Oh my, Kelly walked out of the house without a capture tool. (34:00) 
• Flicks in Vista for most common keyboard tasks in non-ink enabled apps 
• How I use the Tablet: Laptop vs slate mode 
• How Kelly might use the Tablet PC 
• Scanning books into the Tablet - paperless challenge 
• PDF annotator for document review & markup 
• You can create your own handwriting font 
• Tour of Tablet Apps 
• Dragon Naturally Speaking with the Sony MX20 handheld voice recorder 
• ArtRage - the ultimate art studio for Tablet PC 
• Using the Tablet PC for presentations; annotate on your PPT slides 
• Michael Sampson mind mapped his presentations in real-time w/Tablet PC 
• ActiveWords Inkpad for the Tablet - gotta have it 
• The X61 Tablet makes computing fun again 
• Tablet PC as a digital capture tool 
• Benefits of using a Tablet PC in meetings (50:00) 
• Tablet PCs are more people friendly, more natural in meetings 
• Use a Tablet PC and people pay more attention to you, really. 
• Thank you, Lenovo, for allowing me to use the X61 Tablet PC. I can't wait to see what's next!

Whew!  No wonder it's a good, long discussion!  :)