Help me find a use for OneNote

Ah, gotcha. The install for it is insanely easy. It's a really small initial download (546 kb), then when you run the installer, it asks a few preference type questions, then it's basically done installing. It was so fast, I was convinced that something went wrong and it didn't completely install, but nope it was perfect. MS has really come a long way over the past few years, their software is no where near as bloated.

What kind of douchebag student asks for powerpoint in the course evaluation? Powerpoints are for lazy ass professors who don't know their material.

phatj wrote:Help me find a use for OneNote

Oh, just about your whole stinkin' life. I put everything in there that doesn't have a proper home (like a bank register that has its own place). When I figure out something- like how to do something in excel- I copy and paste there. I keep all the model #s of my appliances there- if I'm out and I think "hey, I need a water filter for the fridge", it's in my pocket in OneNote.

I'll go through a few random pages:

-At one point I was copying VHS tapes onto DVD via the PC. I figured out what I needed to do. If I wanted to come back in a year, I would never remember what I did. So I quickly jotted down all the steps there.
-I figured out how to rip audio CDs and get them to play in the proper chapter order in my SANSA clip. I copied down all the instructions on how to make that happen.
-I did research on washing windows (ain't I exciting?) I copied the pertinent web pages there, including the "home formula" that I decided on. When I ran out, I opened up onenote and quickly recalled how to make more.
-I (used to) buy the food for the fire co. 4th of july parade. Every year, at the end, I would have thoughts about "I didn't buy enough hot dogs" or "I should have bought this", yada yada yada. So right after the 4th, I would record what I bought that year, and what I should do next year. The following year I would just look it up.
-LOTS and LOTS of work stuff. When I'm working on a project, I'll keep my notes there (it even does in-line math). Invaluable, instead of keeping stuff on post-it notes or a paper notebook.
-Combinations. I went to the gym today in the afternoon. Instead of going home to shower, I was heading out somewhere, so I showered there. I haven't used my combi lock in a while, so I just looked it up on onenote.

Pretty much everything you think you may someday forget- put it in onenote.

TenuredVulture wrote:What kind of douchebag student asks for powerpoint in the course evaluation? Powerpoints are for lazy ass professors who don't know their material.

you're way too angry at your students

The Dude wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:What kind of douchebag student asks for powerpoint in the course evaluation? Powerpoints are for lazy ass professors who don't know their material.

you're way too angry at your students

Not really. Just some of them. Someone should tell this kid that much of his adult life will be spent in conference rooms sitting through pointless powerpoints.

Bucky wrote:

phatj wrote:Help me find a use for OneNote

Oh, just about your whole stinkin' life. I put everything in there that doesn't have a proper home (like a bank register that has its own place). When I figure out something- like how to do something in excel- I copy and paste there. I keep all the model #s of my appliances there- if I'm out and I think "hey, I need a water filter for the fridge", it's in my pocket in OneNote.

I'll go through a few random pages:

-At one point I was copying VHS tapes onto DVD via the PC. I figured out what I needed to do. If I wanted to come back in a year, I would never remember what I did. So I quickly jotted down all the steps there.
-I figured out how to rip audio CDs and get them to play in the proper chapter order in my SANSA clip. I copied down all the instructions on how to make that happen.
-I did research on washing windows (ain't I exciting?) I copied the pertinent web pages there, including the "home formula" that I decided on. When I ran out, I opened up onenote and quickly recalled how to make more.
-I (used to) buy the food for the fire co. 4th of july parade. Every year, at the end, I would have thoughts about "I didn't buy enough hot dogs" or "I should have bought this", yada yada yada. So right after the 4th, I would record what I bought that year, and what I should do next year. The following year I would just look it up.
-LOTS and LOTS of work stuff. When I'm working on a project, I'll keep my notes there (it even does in-line math). Invaluable, instead of keeping stuff on post-it notes or a paper notebook.
-Combinations. I went to the gym today in the afternoon. Instead of going home to shower, I was heading out somewhere, so I showered there. I haven't used my combi lock in a while, so I just looked it up on onenote.

Pretty much everything you think you may someday forget- put it in onenote.

How about passwords for you financial accounts?

sorry people, unless you specifically shovel out a spot and have your car ready within 5 minutes, you dont own the street. i can pull into a spot that's been open for some time.

no, I keep them someplace else, but I probably should use onenote. They're all in "hint" format that only I could decipher, so they're safe pretty much anywhere.

TenuredVulture wrote:

The Dude wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:What kind of douchebag student asks for powerpoint in the course evaluation? Powerpoints are for lazy ass professors who don't know their material.

you're way too angry at your students

Not really. Just some of them. Someone should tell this kid that much of his adult life will be spent in conference rooms sitting through pointless powerpoints.

they're easy to help keeping notes during lectures. some students are visual learners, that's all.

power points are great, especially when we have this thing called the internet and the prof can put them up online with one click and we can all study from them. it's the 21st century, tv, join it.

yeah, i'm not saying to only read from slides over the projector. i've been doing study groups with doctoral level students at several large universities, and most love having them as a resource. it's not a sign of weakness of the teacher

Bucky wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

Bucky wrote:

phatj wrote:Help me find a use for OneNote

Oh, just about your whole stinkin' life. I put everything in there that doesn't have a proper home (like a bank register that has its own place). When I figure out something- like how to do something in excel- I copy and paste there. I keep all the model #s of my appliances there- if I'm out and I think "hey, I need a water filter for the fridge", it's in my pocket in OneNote.

I'll go through a few random pages:

-At one point I was copying VHS tapes onto DVD via the PC. I figured out what I needed to do. If I wanted to come back in a year, I would never remember what I did. So I quickly jotted down all the steps there.
-I figured out how to rip audio CDs and get them to play in the proper chapter order in my SANSA clip. I copied down all the instructions on how to make that happen.
-I did research on washing windows (ain't I exciting?) I copied the pertinent web pages there, including the "home formula" that I decided on. When I ran out, I opened up onenote and quickly recalled how to make more.
-I (used to) buy the food for the fire co. 4th of july parade. Every year, at the end, I would have thoughts about "I didn't buy enough hot dogs" or "I should have bought this", yada yada yada. So right after the 4th, I would record what I bought that year, and what I should do next year. The following year I would just look it up.
-LOTS and LOTS of work stuff. When I'm working on a project, I'll keep my notes there (it even does in-line math). Invaluable, instead of keeping stuff on post-it notes or a paper notebook.
-Combinations. I went to the gym today in the afternoon. Instead of going home to shower, I was heading out somewhere, so I showered there. I haven't used my combi lock in a while, so I just looked it up on onenote.

Pretty much everything you think you may someday forget- put it in onenote.

How about passwords for you financial accounts?

no, I keep them someplace else, but I probably should use onenote. They're all in "hint" format that only I could decipher, so they're safe pretty much anywhere.

For passwords I use KeePass. I keep my encrypted database file on dropbox, which can be accessed from pretty much any Windows, Mac, or Linux computer (plus iOS and Android... Windows Phone I haven't tried). Only thing to remember is the passphrase for the database file.

ReadingPhilly wrote:

1 wrote:i keep a simple database of nicknames for all the basketball refs in our county so i don't have to ask them their names every time i see them. most of them i already know, but it's definitely helpful. some examples are "skinny brock lesner", "coolguy mclowvoice", "kevin arnold's dad", and "unimpressed ziggy"tonight we had "carl winslow". he's a terrible ref. heck of a cop, though.

how about the jim mora lookalike? think he's pretty high up in the chain.

also, your wife went to fleetwood, no?

you mean "l'il professor"?

she went to pennsbury up until sr year

/database'd

I use the chalkboard.

cool

Wow, that does look like a cool app. I'll have to check it out with my phone and tablet and kid's ipad all side by side.

Bucky wrote:

phatj wrote:Help me find a use for OneNote

Oh, just about your whole stinkin' life. I put everything in there that doesn't have a proper home (like a bank register that has its own place). When I figure out something- like how to do something in excel- I copy and paste there. I keep all the model #s of my appliances there- if I'm out and I think "hey, I need a water filter for the fridge", it's in my pocket in OneNote.

I'll go through a few random pages:

-At one point I was copying VHS tapes onto DVD via the PC. I figured out what I needed to do. If I wanted to come back in a year, I would never remember what I did. So I quickly jotted down all the steps there.
-I figured out how to rip audio CDs and get them to play in the proper chapter order in my SANSA clip. I copied down all the instructions on how to make that happen.
-I did research on washing windows (ain't I exciting?) I copied the pertinent web pages there, including the "home formula" that I decided on. When I ran out, I opened up onenote and quickly recalled how to make more.
-I (used to) buy the food for the fire co. 4th of july parade. Every year, at the end, I would have thoughts about "I didn't buy enough hot dogs" or "I should have bought this", yada yada yada. So right after the 4th, I would record what I bought that year, and what I should do next year. The following year I would just look it up.
-LOTS and LOTS of work stuff. When I'm working on a project, I'll keep my notes there (it even does in-line math). Invaluable, instead of keeping stuff on post-it notes or a paper notebook.
-Combinations. I went to the gym today in the afternoon. Instead of going home to shower, I was heading out somewhere, so I showered there. I haven't used my combi lock in a while, so I just looked it up on onenote.

Pretty much everything you think you may someday forget- put it in onenote.

I use Gmail or Google Docs (Google Drive, now, I guess) for this kind of stuff. I get that OneNote is more purpose-built, but what are its real advantages?

TenuredVulture wrote:What kind of douchebag student asks for powerpoint in the course evaluation? Powerpoints are for lazy ass professors who don't know their material.

Pretty sure 90% of my college professors have used Powerpoint.