1 August 2001 |
General
Attendance
Wednesday
Visitor Carey Barnett Sean D. Evans Leon Blevis Brian Glaholm Rob Bowen Dave Harvey Sue Callaway Margaret Kammermayer Breck Carter Art Liem Jonathan Castellanes Bruce McKay Alvin Chin Jeff Mitchell New member Stephan Cook Sam Peralta Paul D'Auvergne Russell Scheer Kenny Delaney Peter Thomas Dave Dickson Robin Wright Jim Dorsey
Topic - Shadow Plan
This month we had Jeff Mitchell, creator of Shadow Plan as our guest speaker. Jeff has been using PDAs since just about the beginning. His first PDA was the Newton and since then he has been hooked. Jeff has been creating applications for quite some time and has an excellent philosophy when it comes to creating applications. Get this.. He is dedicated to doing it right by designing software for the user by listening to customer feedback. He adheres closely with both the Palm and Outliner standards to achieve the best possible functionality, flexibility and compatibility.
Shadow Plan is an outliner and planning tool that is highly customizable and integrates seamlessly with the built-in Palm applications. The features, although growing all the time, are:
Shadow Plan is fast and lean
Support for multiple files with linking between
Expand and collapse items and notes onscreen
Super customizable views and display modes
Built in views: Checklist, Task list, Notes, and Flat View
Drag and Drop to move items around
Powerful single and multi-item clipboard
Sort by any criterion
Filter and Highlight lists
Zoom into sublevels to keep deep levels visible
Synchronized link to To-Do and Date book.. and even other Shadow outlines! Links to DOCs, Memos, Address books, and more coming
Local Find now supported
Great date management (with graphing to come!)
Very flexible auto-numbering and auto-bulleting
Import and Export (even as HTML!)
Colour support for emphasis, searches, and clarification
Keyboard support (with more to come)
Faster than before
Visor friendly
| Q | Will Shadow Plan HotSync with Outlook? |
| A | Yes. Shadow Plan is Outlook friendly. By making use of the Link Manager you can ensure that Outlook reflects the same information. |
| Q | When you link with other applications is there another file created? |
| A | Yes. The reason I did this was to allow for greater flexibility. |
| Q | Will you be adding an "Assigned" view to Shadow Plan? |
| A | Yes. The working name for this feature is "Resource" View. |
| Q | What are you doing about security/encryption? |
| A | It is coming. This is something that I want to do right. I have some contacts that do encryption, so when the time comes it will be done very well. |
To get all the information you want about Shadow Plan visit the website at http://www.codejedi.com.
Prizes
Prizes were determined by means of a blind draw.
Member | Prize | Member | Prize |
| Leon Blevis | Shadow Plan by Jeff Mitchell. | Brian Glaholm | Palm case by Scribble. |
| Sue Callaway | Shadow Plan by Jeff Mitchell. | Art Liem | A BigHairyPalm Application. |
| Stephan Cook | Palm Keyboard Case. | Peter Thomas | A BigHairyPalm Application. |
| Paul D'Auvergne | 4-way Stylus+ by StylusPlus. |
A special thank you to our sponsors for their support of Canada's Premier PUG. Please visit their websites to see a collection of other impressive products to help you get the most out of your Palm.
Respectfully,
Rob Bowen, Vice President, Canada's Premier PUG
Sean D. Evans, President, Canada’s Premier PUG