Comments on: Put A Pepper In Your Library http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10701/put-a-pepper-in-your-library/ A bunch of stuff I would have emailed you about. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: the sorcerer http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10701/put-a-pepper-in-your-library/#comment-32026 the sorcerer Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:48:51 +0000 http://www.maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10701#comment-32026 thank you thank you

]]> By: MaisonBisson.com » Blog Archive » The Coming Information Age http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10701/put-a-pepper-in-your-library/#comment-732 MaisonBisson.com » Blog Archive » The Coming Information Age Sat, 06 Aug 2005 12:33:22 +0000 http://www.maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10701#comment-732 [...] Background: this post is grew out of some discussion at TeleRead, NoSheep, and here at MaisonBisson. [...] [...] Background: this post is grew out of some discussion at TeleRead, NoSheep, and here at MaisonBisson. [...]

]]> By: Casey Bisson http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10701/put-a-pepper-in-your-library/#comment-677 Casey Bisson Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:53:43 +0000 http://www.maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10701#comment-677 Dwight, I meant to address this in my hardware review, but it got left out along with a number of other important points. I used to look doubtfully at small keyboards like the Pepper Pad has, but I've started to convert. I used to be a believer in handwriting recognition, but I'm losing faith. My handwriting goes unpracticed most days, but I'm a better typer than ever. And as we look at social trends, kids are being introduced to keyboards before they learn to form letters. It should be no surprise that teenagers can <a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/8288620206451518/" rel="nofollow">text so fast</a>. Short answer: it looks awkward, but I'd bet a few pints of your favorite that you could enter text faster on the Pepper Pad than on any HWR device you've got. More importantly, I'd bet our incoming class would see even greater efficiencies in thumbing over scribbling. Dwight,

I meant to address this in my hardware review, but it got left out along with a number of other important points.

I used to look doubtfully at small keyboards like the Pepper Pad has, but I’ve started to convert. I used to be a believer in handwriting recognition, but I’m losing faith. My handwriting goes unpracticed most days, but I’m a better typer than ever. And as we look at social trends, kids are being introduced to keyboards before they learn to form letters. It should be no surprise that teenagers can text so fast.

Short answer: it looks awkward, but I’d bet a few pints of your favorite that you could enter text faster on the Pepper Pad than on any HWR device you’ve got. More importantly, I’d bet our incoming class would see even greater efficiencies in thumbing over scribbling.

]]> By: Dwight http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10701/put-a-pepper-in-your-library/#comment-675 Dwight Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:32:45 +0000 http://www.maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10701#comment-675 Nifty unit, for sure. I appreciated your review and applicability to libraries. I wonder, however, of the use on the campus. A colleague has asked for all the features of the Pepper Pad, but also the ability to take notes. While you can thumb input, it doesn't appear that input is a forte' of the unit. That's where a tablet might have an advantage in a classroom. On the other hand, if things got dry, you could always listen to music or watch a movie. ;) Nifty unit, for sure. I appreciated your review and applicability to libraries. I wonder, however, of the use on the campus. A colleague has asked for all the features of the Pepper Pad, but also the ability to take notes. While you can thumb input, it doesn’t appear that input is a forte’ of the unit. That’s where a tablet might have an advantage in a classroom. On the other hand, if things got dry, you could always listen to music or watch a movie. ;)

]]> By: MaisonBisson.com » Blog Archive » Hands On The Pepper Pad http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10701/put-a-pepper-in-your-library/#comment-671 MaisonBisson.com » Blog Archive » Hands On The Pepper Pad Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:00:43 +0000 http://www.maisonbisson.com/blog/?p=10701#comment-671 [...] The Pepper Pad’s portability goes far beyond that of laptops. I mentioned previously that laptops move from desk to desk and Bill Gates tells us how poorly laptops work in elevators. Unlike laptops, the Pepper Pad takes a number of cues from from some of the most successful (and profitable) portable computing devices to come before it: the Game Boy and Playstation Portable. It’s no toy, but like those devices, the Pepper Pad works better in your hands than on a table — though the folding stand will keep it upright if you do put it down. [...] [...] The Pepper Pad’s portability goes far beyond that of laptops. I mentioned previously that laptops move from desk to desk and Bill Gates tells us how poorly laptops work in elevators. Unlike laptops, the Pepper Pad takes a number of cues from from some of the most successful (and profitable) portable computing devices to come before it: the Game Boy and Playstation Portable. It’s no toy, but like those devices, the Pepper Pad works better in your hands than on a table — though the folding stand will keep it upright if you do put it down. [...]

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