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Pocket PC > E-books
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What you didn't know about writing business email
PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition - April 2001
As useful as email is, it also brings with it new problems that you need to be aware of to ensure you don't harm yourself or your company. Steve Niles reviews "The Things That Really Matter About Writing Business Emails," a valuable ebook that details some potential problems associated with email, along with their solutions.
Personal success ebook provides mobile motivation
PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition - February 2001
On the road to success, we all meet with the occasional setbacks. When those times come, we often need a motivational boost to get us back on track. Steve Niles reviews The Personal Success Pocketbook by Paul Hayden, a great ebook resource you can use to jumpstart your self-confidence and achieve your dreams.
Cross-cultural skills for the international business traveler
PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition - January 2001
Many of you are international business travelers who find your Palm computers to be invaluable assets. As you well know, doing business abroad brings with it unique challenges in terms of communication and culture. Steve Niles has a review of The Cross-Cultural Business Pocketbook, by John Mattock, a great ebook resource you shouldn't be without if you conduct international business.
Effective management in the Nerd economy
PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition - December 2000
Programmers, software developers, and engineers are creatively and technologically gifted people. They're the driving force behind the New Economy. They're also almost universally a bunch of weirdoes. At least, that's what you might be thinking if you come from outside their tight-knit culture yet find yourself struggling to manage this vital force in your company. There is hope, however, as Steve Niles reviews Nerd Herding by Cal Evans, an insider's guide to managing the so-called Nerds of the corporate world.
Immortality: the ultimate in health and fitness
PalmPower Magazine - September 2000
What is the goal of a healthy lifestyle? All the bicycling, the exercise machines, the fruit-and-vegetable filled diets? A longer life, of course! And what is the logical limit of this? Ben Brickman reviews a selection of science fiction short stories exploring humankind's age-old dream: immortality.
The Good Book gets even better with PocketBible
Pocket PC Life Magazine - September 2000
While God might work in mysterious ways, Laridian's newly updated PocketBible works in a variety of highly functional ways. Stephen Borchert reviews the holier than thou application that lets you keep the word of God right there alongside your contacts, notes, and appointments.
Beggars in Spain, the perfect ebook for sleepless nights
Pocket PC Life Magazine - August 2000
Fresh on the heels of the sequencing of the human genome, Fictionwise.com has released an ebook version of a classic novella by Nancy Kress exploring the dangers of genetic engineering. Eliot Mercury reviews this involving tale that epitomizes the expression, it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.
Hooked on classics
Pocket PC Life Magazine - May 2000
The Pocket PC's new Microsoft Reader promises to revolutionize the ebook, but if you're looking for literature you can download today on the machine you already own, check out May's Windows CE Power Site of the Month. This month Steve Niles reviews Geno's eBook Library, a collection of classics you can read using BSQUARE's bReady viewer. What better way to read classic literature than on a classic ebook viewer?
Stephen King: king of the ebooks
Pocket PC Life Magazine - April 2000
Stephen King made history by being the first major author to release a new work exclusively in an electronic format. In this article, Clifford Brooks examines the rise of the ebook and the issues that need to be resolved before it can become a serious threat to traditional paperbacks.
Buffy, Angel, Socrates, and a few agile managers
Pocket PC Life Magazine - January 2000
Now that you (and your computer) have presumably survived Y2K, Windows CE Power's Book Club Editor Judith Tabron manages to discuss Socrates and the sad Doyle death scene (from the popular TV series Angel) all in the same article. It gets better: there's a Buffy episode guide and a retro guide to being a good manager.
The Zen collection
Pocket PC Life Magazine - December 1999
Do you love your fast-paced technology-based existence but, at the same time, long for peace? There is a middle way between these extremes. December's Windows CE Power Site of the Month article will help you find out where you can go for Zen-related resources for your Windows CE device.
There's none so blind as those who won't see
Pocket PC Life Magazine - November 1999
Judith Tabron, the self-described "puppet dictator of academic technology at Brandeis University" has uncovered a wonderful science fiction short story that you can read on your Windows CE device. When you turn on your handy little electronic brain and read this story over your lunch or on the train, you'll have too much fun to worry about the future.
Bringing today's best-sellers to the palm of your hand
Pocket PC Life Magazine - October 1999
As the end of the millennium approaches, 1999 may be remembered as the year of the electronic book. Portable, paperless books that provide the reader with an electronic alternative to the traditional paperbound book have finally arrived. In this important article, Clifford Brooks shows you some of your options.
Back to the school of Oz
Pocket PC Life Magazine - September 1999
It's time when parents celebrate and students whine: back to school. This month, in our Windows CE Power Magazine Book Club report, Book Club Editor Judith Tabron waxes poetic on Congress, juicy page-turners, "mathematics reform" (but fortunately only about three words), and The Emerald City of Oz.
Summer fun and American patriotism
Pocket PC Life Magazine - August 1999
Get yourself ready for the long, hot summer. This month, Judith Tabron writes our book club column, which celebrates the hot summer nights, fireworks, what it's like to be an American, and, well, a fine recipe for Mongolian Beef.
Joules, Jules and more jewels: a handful of science
Pocket PC Life Magazine - July 1999
In this month's installment of the Windows CE Power Book Club, Craig Froehle and John Swain, keepers of well-respected e-text repositories, explore science related e-books. This month they traverse the entire scope of modern scientific achievement (OK, so they write about some good e-books) and discuss the future-looking science of Jules Verne as well as provide great reference tools for students and professionals in the sciences.
Meet Sun Tzu, avoid flogging and keelhauling
Pocket PC Life Magazine - June 1999
Despite the relatively small screen size of Windows CE devices, many owners have taken to downloading entire books into their devices. It's certainly more convenient to carry a number of reference works in your Windows CE device, rather than in your backpack or briefcase. Recognizing this interesting trend, Craig Froehle and John Swain, keepers of well-respected e-text repositories, write the Windows CE Power Book Club column. This month, they review The Art of War and Two Years Before the Mast (two must-read classics) and provide pointers to a variety of useful business documented including a guides to holidays, investment, and travel.
Put a doctor in your pocket: a guide to medical and health-related Palm device resources
PalmPower Magazine - April 1999
They're not doctors and as far as we know, neither has even played one on TV. In fact, we've heard unsubstantiated rumors that they both grow faint at the sight of blood. However, lack of professional experience, training, and general common sense never stopped our intrepid columnists before. So it is with just such aplomb and a complete lack of formal knowledge that our unflagging writers dissect some of the vast medical and disease-related resources available to Palm device owners.
Put a doctor in your pocket: a guide to medical and health-related Windows CE resources
Pocket PC Life Magazine - April 1999
Although it's not a well-known fact, many Windows CE device owners have taken to downloading entire books into their devices. It's certainly more convenient to carry books in your handy Windows CE device than to overload your backpack or briefcase. Recognizing this interesting trend, Craig Froehle and John Swain, keepers of well-respected e-text repositories, have started a new Book-of-the-Month Club column in Windows CE Power Magazine. They're not doctors and as far as we know, neither has even played a doctor on TV. In fact, we've heard unsubstantiated rumors that they both grow faint at the sight of blood. However, lack of professional experience, training, and general common sense never stopped our intrepid columnists before. So it is with just such aplomb and a complete lack of formal knowledge that our unflagging writers dissect some of the vast medical and disease-related resources available to Windows CE owners.
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