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

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

Hmm. As long as I can get a printout which is small (under 10 pages of 8.5x11) and sorted by author, I think I might want to try it. What does the export into spreadsheet come out as?

[melannen.livejournal.com]

Well ... my library of about 1500 books (at the time) printed on to about 20-some pages, I think, but that was after I had deleted some of the data columns from the spreadsheet, and I could've made the text size smaller, too. (The export exports *all* data columns in librarything, which is over a dozen and probably more than you need in a reference printout.) The print directly from LT seems to format fairly well, though, and you can pick which data columns you want to see. And you can sort by anything you want, including author.

The exported .txt file should work with anything that can read ACSII.

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

Okay, then I can save the exported .txt file as Word, or the spreadsheet into Excel etc. Thanks.

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

Set up the LibrayThing account last night, and it works to export into Excel. Now awaiting the CueCat scanner...