New Tablet Show woes

Long-time listeners of my podcasts are familiar with the original Tablet PC Show which I did with co-host Marc Orchant for The Podcast Network (TPN) for some months. A couple of months ago Marc and I decided to take the show off TPN and and relaunch it independently which has been very successful. A little over a week ago TPN released The Tablet PC Show with host Perry Reed and since it is still in my podcast feeds I gave it a listen. Perry is a great guy and a long-time mobile device fan on Pocket PC Thoughts and I was happy to see him give it a go with this new show.

Unfortunately, the show was released showing the hosts to be Marc Orchant and I which created confusion among listeners. I heard from several people who were confused as to our participation in the new show and wondering if Marc and I were not doing our OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast any longer. I immediately posted a comment to the TPN blog pointing out the host information was not correct and asked them to fix it for the next show. Perry indicated he needed help to fix it but it would happen. I told him it was the RSS enclosure tags that needed to be fixed.

TPN released a second show a couple of days ago and once again the podcast shows Marc and I to be the hosts, extending the confusion with listeners not to mention the fact that iTunes search is screwed up as a result. I posted a comment to this second show asking Perry and TPN to remove both shows until they get the host information corrected and then re-release the two shows. This would benefit both their listeners and ours and make sure that no search engines were returning incorrect information. I promptly received an email from Perry stating they were working on it and hoped to have a fix for it soon.

A check of the TPN site this morning shows that both podcasts are still being distributed with the improper information and my comment to Perry is not showing because they are not releasing it from moderation. This means only they can see my comment and not visitors to their blog. I don't like being a bad guy but this is not cool and it looks like they are trying to keep this information from their listeners. Since my comment is not published as it should have been so at least I can inform their show listeners that Marc and I are not in fact hosting the show I have no recourse but to inform our listeners here on my blog. Once again, I am asking TPN publicly to take both shows down until they fix the information and then re-release them. Continuing to deliberately offer the shows for download shows a disrespect to my original two requests that they take it down and fix it. There is no need for them to continue to offer the shows for download and perpetuate the improper impression the error is giving to listeners.

TPN, please remove both shows until a fix is in place. Thank you.

The Tablet PC Show #24- Mike Jetter interview

The Tablet PC Show #24 (MP3 - 13.2MB - 38min)
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Intro- Marc Orchant & James Kendrick

Marc and I sat down with Mike Jetter, the founder and CTO of Mindjet, the company who, as Marc put it, produces the best mind mapping program on the planet- MindManager. Regular listeners are familiar with how much both Marc and I love MindManager and we were very excited to have Mike come on the show and give us some good information about the upcoming new version 6 of the mind mapping program. Mike gives us the scoop about all the new features such as integration with PowerPoint, Visio and Excel, and a host of other features you’ll have to listen to the show to hear about. We asked Mike how Mindjet came to support the Tablet PC so completely since version X5 and his insights on using MindManager on the Tablet PC are very interesting. You will especially want to give the show a listen if you are a current MindManager user, and if you don’t use it now you will want to give the free trial a test drive after you hear the interview. Thanks to Mike Jetter for spending time with us, Hobie Swan (Mindjet) for setting it up, and to you listeners for your continued support of the show.

Next Tablet PC Show guest- Mike Jetter!

I'll let you in on a little not-so-well-kept secret– Tablet PC Show co-host Marc Orchant and I are big fans of MindManager.  It is simply the best mind mapping program on the planet, and when you throw in the outstanding ink support and Tablet PC interface magic it is easy to understand why.  We are very excited to announce we will be interviewing Mike Jetter, CTO of Mindjet,  for the next Tablet PC Show podcast.  Mindjet has just announced a new version of MindManager and this will be a great chance for listeners to hear all about the new goodies it brings.  In the meantime do you have any questions you'd like us to ask him?

In case you missed it, here's a list of the new features in MindManager Pro 6:

• New Microsoft Excel integration: Embed spreadsheet information into maps
• New Microsoft Visio export: Quickly create flow charts, map out processes
• Improved Microsoft PowerPoint integration: Quickly create and preview slides
• New editable outline view: Switch from map mode to standard linear mode
• New “Add Attachments”: Add multiple documents, URLs to each map topic
• New Topic Alerts: Receive alarms for appointments created in your maps
• New Organizational Chart view: Create dynamic, data-rich org charts
• New Ink-enabled Notes: Adds new power to mapping on a Tablet PC
• Improved Map Formatting commands: Make maps look better than ever—fast!

Tablet PC Show #23 is out with Tracy Hooten!

The Tablet PC Show #23 (MP3 - 16.1MB - 47min)
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00:00 Intro- Marc Orchant & James Kendrick

Marc and I had a fun conversation with Tracy Hooten, the driving force behind The Student Tablet PC blog. The Student Tablet PC blog is a wonderful source of information for students using Tablet PCs but non-students can find a wealth of information, too. Tracy tells us how she likes her new Toshiba M200 with the wide-angle high resolution screen and other topics related to her usage of the Tablet at school. We talk about scanning textbooks and other large works into the Tablet and Tracy gives us some insight into the new beta version of PDF Annotator. We had a little problem with Skype so please excuse some annoying noise problems that crop up from time to time. Enjoy the show and leave us some feedback.

Links to topics discussed in the show:

University of Texas defeats Ohio State 25 - 22
Toshiba M200 Tablet PC
Gateway Convertible Notebook with wide-screen display
Plustek OptiBook 3600
Book Pilot (with OptiBook 3600 only)
Adobe Acrobat
PDF Annotator

How to set up GoBinder to organize digital books

Tracy Hooten has written another good article explaining how she has configured GoBinder to make all the textbooks she has scanned into the program easily available for use in the classroom.  Tracy routinely scans her textbooks into GoBinder for easy searching, annotating and reference and students will find it time well spent to have a look at this article.  BTW, a little birdie told me that Tracy may make an appearance on The Tablet PC Show very, very soon. 

The Tablet PC Show #22

The Tablet PC Show #22 (MP3 - 20.4MB - 59min)
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00:00 Intro- Marc Orchant & James Kendrick

Happy birthday Tablet Edition 2005!
Bring on more Packs

11:00 Ink Gestures for Word

Step away from the acronym

16:00 Two new Fujitsu Tablet PCs

27:15 Toshiba M200 now has wide-angle display

From Tracy Hooten and Tablet PC Buzz

34:40 Message from The Media Center Show

35:25 Tablet PC Show Editorial- give us recovery media

55:45 Apple looking for a handwriting recognition expert

58:00 Wrap up

Eric Rice's USB microphone

In the current Tablet PC Show podcast Eric Rice mentioned the USB gooseneck microphone he uses for recording podcasts and I’ve already gotten several requests for more information.  The microphone is from DVForge and is the MicFlex, a USB microphone that draws all power from the USB port.  It works on both Macs and Windows PCs and the recommendation from Eric Rice (Mr. Audio) is a strong one.  Specs:

Max Height= 22"
Diameter= 4"
Freq. Response= 35Hz-18KHz
Sample Rate= 48KHz
Sample Depth= 16-bit
Power= USB bus powered
USB Cable Length= 5-feet
MSRP $39.99

The microphone part detaches from the weighted base for using in a mobile setting.

Tablet PC Show #21- the Eric Rice interview

The Tablet PC Show #21 (MP3 - 19.6MB - 57min)
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Hosts: Marc Orchant and James Kendrick

If you have followed audioblogging and videoblogging for any length of time you are familiar with the work of Eric Rice. He is the founder of Audioblog and he’s been producing audio shows for four years and done it all on the Mac platform. He recently made Tablet PC news when he announced the purchase of a Toshiba R15 Tablet PC and Marc Orchant and I knew we had to get Eric on the show. This show is the Eric Rice interview and I have to tell you we had a great chat with him about the Toshiba, the Tablet PC in general and we even broached the subject of a future Mac Tablet. Enjoy the show and as always we love to hear from you so leave us your comments on the blog. Let us know what you think of the new intro and don’t miss the promo from Ian Dixon of The Media Center Show you can find right here on The Podcast Network.

The Tablet PC Show #20 - the Nicole Simon Edition

The Tablet PC Show #20 (MP3 - 25.3MB - 73min)
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Marc Orchant is back this week as co-host and we celebrate this special milestone 20th show with special guest Nicole Simon from Germany. Nicole is an uber blogger with a number of blogs in both English and German as well has her own podcasts. She just received her brand new Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC and found the out of box experience to be less than desired so we brought her on the show to let everyone know what she thinks. We have a great (long) discussion in spite of repeated problems with Skype and covered all manner of topics from spamware, accessories, screen protectors and many programs. Give it a listen and you’re bound to find something to take away from this show. Nicole even got to rant about the inability to install the Experience Pack and Education Pack on her German ThinkPad. She is also no doubt the first person to describe the ThinkPad Tablet PC as a “cutie”. Thanks to Nicole for chatting with us and we hope you enjoy the show.

Links to topics discussed:

Greg Hughes
Useful Sounds
Cruel to be Kind
Lenovo ThinkPad X41
HP tc1100
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Experience Pack
Education Pack
Art Rage
ActiveWords

Tablet Enhancements for Outlook
MindManager
MS Office 2003
Tablet PC Post
InkyBoard
OneNote
EverNote
PenReader
Tablet PC Tutorial
Using gestures on the Tablet

Resources for newbies we forgot to mention:

Tablet PC PowerToys
Tablet PC Expert Zone

Tablet PC Show #19 featuring Greg Hughes is now available

Marc Orchant was away but guest co-host Greg Hughes graciously stepped in and we have an action packed show. Greg fills us in on the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet PC that he’s been lucky enough to use for the past month so anyone interested in this fine convertible (or those anxiously awaiting delivery) will get some good information to take away. After the break we shift focus to the hot topic of the week, WindowsVista Beta 1, and round up the information that is starting to emerge from those brave enough to install it on a Tablet PC. Enjoy the show and as always we appreciate your feedback! (We missed you Marc!)

NOTE: No cats were harmed during the production of this podcast.

The Tablet PC Show #19 (MP3 - 20.9MB - 61min)
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00:00 Intro- Greg Hughes & James Kendrick

05:45 Greg has a Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC

25:00 The Podcast Network

26:00 WindowsVista Beta 1 information roundup

eWeek- will your Tablet run Vista?
Random Elements- Colin Walker installs the beta
Greg punches a cat in the face
IE7 panning with a pen
Tablet PC team has a blog
Speech recognition- command and dictation fused
Ink Analysis in Vista

60:00 Wrap up