Daily Report, Apr 17

Mobility

• PocketMac Update ... PocketMac released Version 4.0.2 of PocketMac, the free synchronization software for linking Mac's and BlackBerries. New features: upgraded support for the 8100 and 8800 devices, upgraded syncing support for various desktop products, and improvements to the application loader. Available immediately. Discovery BlackBerry


• US Army Embraces Windows Mobile ... The US Army approved a secure mobile email solution from Appsware Wireless, which works with Windows Mobile devices on multiple networks. US Army personnel can choose BlackBerry or Windows Mobile going forward. "Sensa provides an encrypted tunnel for e-mail from the handheld device, through the carrier’s network to the recipient’s handheld device or a Microsoft Exchange Server if the recipient device is a desktop. Traffic is routed through Apriva’s network operations center, which has dedicated connections to major carrier networks. Sensa uses its own mobile e-mail client rather than integrating with the Outlook client." GCN

Productivity

• Motion != Accomplishment ... Being busy isn't the same as being productive. Being in motion doesn't mean you are moving toward the right things. "The people who are really productive usually the the least busy. In fact some times it doesn't seem like they do very much, but it is quality of the little they do that adds great value. Truly productive people focus on providing value, not on doing more things." Productivity501


• GTD in 60 Seconds ... Mike gives a 60-second overview for GTD, but tells readers that if they embrace the ideas, they have to buy the book. Datamation


• Thinking Rock 2.0 ... An early release of Version 2.0 of Thinking Rock, a GTD application, has just been releaesd. One user shares initial reactions and screenshots. Once it ships, the designers are going to make it open source. BrT


• Increased Energy and Vitality ... In a guest post on Zen Habits, Scott Young writes about managing your energy, specifically increasing your capacity and then managing what you have achieved. "While there may only be twenty four hours in the day, your capacity for energy isn’t a fixed quantity. Organization and time-management play a role, but it will be your ability to manage energy that makes the difference." Zen Habits


• Dilbert on Planning and Scheduling ... Wonderful cartoon from Scott on planning and scheduling future work vs. doing it. Dilbert

Other Stuff

• Web 2.0 Expo Day 1 ... Marc Orchant is at the Web 2.0 Expo, and he shares his notes. ZDNet. InfoWorld has notes too.


• Congrats to Cheruiyot ... Boston Marathon defending champ, Robert Cheruiyot from Kenya, won for the 3rd time today, running the course in 2h14m13s. The cold weather in Boston made the marathon more difficult to run. One day ... Yahoo

Comments

[Mark]

Hm the updated version of PocketMac came out a day too late for me. :) I went ahead and bought the product from MarkSpace. The problem I had with PocketMac is that it seemed to sync inconsistently. Syncing an entire contact was fine, but if I added a number to an existing entry, it didn't always come across. Maybe this is fixed with the update.

[Michael Sampson]

Mark, wow, that's interesting. I switched to that last week myself ... I liked the option for syncing notes between the BlackBerry and the new Mark/Space Notebook. I've written a couple of recent blog posts that way.

M.