{"id":1123,"date":"2006-02-14T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2006-02-14T15:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoreti.ca\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2006-02-14T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2006-02-14T15:21:13","slug":"digital-pens-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=1123","title":{"rendered":"Digital Pens, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

About a year ago I posted a note about Digital Pens (Anoto, io2, and Fly)<\/a>. An old friend Terry Jones came across the entry and says this about his experience:<\/p>\n

The paper is about $8 cdn delivered to your door so its expensive but compared to the cost of a tablet you can buy a LOT of paper.<\/p>\n

The really cool thing I like about it is that each page is unique. So in my notebook when I update a page here and a page there and go back to this page and then crerate a new page etc… when I park the pen each of the documents I updated on paper gets updated online. There is also a timeline function in the viewer that lets me see when the various pieces of “ink” appeared on the pen page! I like to be able to write someone a note while I am working on their computer and then when I get back to the office I have a copy too (in the pen) even though I have left them the paper copy. I like the fact that on the subway I don’t feel like a total geek and a target writing on a tablet. I am just writing in a notebook with a pen that is only a little fatter than some modern pens. I like the fact that a notebook boots instantly so to jot down a quick reminder is NOT a 5 minute process of booting a tablet PC, making a note and shutting down.<\/p>\n

I bought mine cheap on eBay ($51) and since then bought 3 more at around $60 on eBay and so far every person that has tested them out isn’t giving them back. They come back after a couple of office with their wallet instead of the pen… its been quite funny!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Terry, besides being organizing barefoot waterskiing competitions, is one of the most intuitive experts I have ever worked with. What he describes is ubiquitous computing the way it should be – not about what toys you show off or how you should change for technology, but developing technologies that fit our workstyles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About a year ago I posted a note about Digital Pens (Anoto, io2, and Fly). An old friend Terry Jones came across the entry and says this about his experience: The paper is about $8 cdn delivered to your door so its expensive but compared to the cost of a tablet you can buy a … Continue reading Digital Pens, Again<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-playful-or-cool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}