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That’s great. So glad you...

Submitted by Merlin on September 7, 2004 - 4:47am.

That’s great. So glad you like.

But don’t they, like, make med students use Palms now? I thought that had become the de facto standard for moving patient notes around.

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Introducing the Hipster PDA By: Merlin Mann (155 replies) September 3, 2004 - 10:06am
  • Right on with the index... By: Miss FitsandStarts (2004-09-07 04:37)
  • That’s great. So glad you... By: Merlin (2004-09-07 04:47)
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  • My favorite Palm feature is... By: Brian (2004-09-07 10:37)
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  • A reasonable upgrade is the... By: Allan (2004-09-08 07:09)
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  • Cheaper, smaller alternative by the... By: TC (2004-09-13 06:05)
  • What you should not use... By: Lisa (2004-09-13 08:12)
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  • And as long as we're... By: Kirk McElhearn (2004-09-17 22:58)
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  • I'm enjoying my experiments with... By: stephen (2004-09-21 18:00)
  • I keep my cards together... By: bardo (2004-09-22 10:57)
  • My apologies if I read... By: Allan (2004-09-22 13:26)
  • Is there any reason that... By: Mark Crane (2004-09-23 06:08)
  • True on the wooden pencils.... By: Pragmatik (2004-09-23 14:00)
  • Mark: Business cards work just... By: Niklas Morberg (2004-09-23 20:32)
  • I go with the business... By: Matt Petty (2004-09-29 22:52)
  • NASA did use pencils, and... By: Seth Golub (2004-10-03 13:28)
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  • Frankly I'm sorry I didn't... By: Rick Cooper, The PDA Pro (2004-10-30 20:30)
  • as a poor art student,... By: Jilly (2004-11-08 12:13)
  • About fifteen years ago a... By: Leila (2004-11-18 19:19)
  • Hi, it's all about the spiral... By: Ross (2004-11-22 19:31)
  • After reading the initial article,... By: Jon (2004-11-29 19:02)
  • Not that anyone is still... By: Dranore (2004-12-16 18:37)
  • as a bookstore manager and... By: patrick (2005-01-09 04:28)
  • So where does one get... By: cazwax (2005-01-09 05:50)
  • It seems that "hipster" is... By: 'Fesser (2005-01-09 08:49)
  • Leila, if you are still... By: Ruth (2005-01-09 11:56)
  • Great idea! It will... By: Myob1 (2005-01-09 12:34)
  • The 3 by 5 hard... By: Rowdy (2005-01-09 18:28)
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  • This is terrific Merlin. I... By: Paul (2005-01-18 09:15)
  • I've been caring a similar... By: the hatter (2005-01-19 06:25)
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  • As an engineer who always... By: LarryH (2005-02-14 04:27)
  • i thought this was the... By: ar (2005-02-14 23:48)
  • Don’t lose hope, ar; I... By: Merlin (2005-02-15 04:50)
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  • I added some Avery Write... By: Bruce (2005-02-27 03:20)
  • Actually, Nabokov used to write... By: mai (2005-02-27 12:54)
  • The humble 3x5 card system... By: Ian (2005-03-09 12:52)
  • HOW to use the index... By: Arjan (2005-03-11 12:02)
  • I would like to second... By: Darrell (2005-03-12 11:22)
  • I believe I've come up... By: rogueclassicist (2005-03-18 11:50)
  • Quad-ruled 3x5 index cards -... By: clp (2005-03-21 13:26)
  • Further to my comment on... By: david meadows (2005-03-26 04:26)
  • I second Arjan's question: "HOW to... By: cam (2005-03-29 04:55)
  • One item per card for... By: david meadows (2005-03-29 09:05)
  • Thanks to sibylle - her... By: tweak (2005-04-09 14:38)
  • I have recently come across... By: fletcher (2005-04-14 11:40)
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  • ... a little description of... By: yard-ape (2005-04-28 06:41)
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