AKICOLJ: using PDA vs iPod to store lists & LibraryThing

[kaylarudbek]

So I have both a relatively old PDA (Sony Clie SG-20, uses Palm as the OS) and a 30GB photo iPod. I want to have my list of books I own and my knitting inventory on me in a format that is reasonably portable and easily updated with a somewhat older Mac. I currently have Word files for these, and the whole "go-through-the-paper-list-and-print-out-inventory-and-update-by-hand-and-retype-into-computer" is getting really old. I estimate that I have about a metric Bryant total (1000) when I combine all my books, knitting magazines, and patterns. I have a knitting program on the PDA that I don't really use right now think it's called KnitAble or something like that ...

The options I think I have are:
1) Use the Clie a) get a MemoryStick(TM) to put into the Clie so I can store the Word files on it b) pay for the knitting program so I can use the Clie
2) Use the iPod, and store the Word files as some sort of text
3) new electronic gadget (prefer not to if can avoid it, saving $ to replace computers dating back to 2001 once Leopard comes out)

I may want to migrate to using the PDA/iPod as my organizer at some point (instead of the paper one dating back to law school)

Also, does anyone know if LibraryThing users can print out a list or save an electronic version of their "books owned" list? If so, I might spend the money to get a LibraryThing account and their bar coder....

Comments

[ex-greythist387.livejournal.com]

ISTR I needed a Java runtime bundle to use PalmThing (memory is working very slowly this week--sorry), which I downloaded here (http://www.palm.com/us/support/jvm/download.html) and which does have Mac installation instructions.... Hope that'll help.

I'm guessing that the interim file exported from LT would work for your mother, at least, since it can be opened in any spreadsheet program.

Good luck! :)

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's starting to look like LibraryThing for the Clie & Mac (maybe the ASCII would even work on the iPod).

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

PalmThing downloaded all right; need a memory stick in the Clie to pick up the exported file.

[ex-greythist387.livejournal.com]

Yay!