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

[sraun]

Would a read-only copy on the Mac work? If so, there's a Word Macro (that I think will run on the Mac version) that exports to Palm DOC format (as opposed to Word DOC format). Then you just need a DOC reader on your Palm - since you've already got fanfic on it, I assume you've got such a beast. If you really want to, you can get a Palm DOC editor that runs on your PDA, and WordDoc can read it back in.

[sraun]

I forgot to mention - Palm DOC files tend to about half the size of the matching Word DOC file. That should let you ballpark whether you've got enough room on your PDA for it.

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I think I'd prefer to have the Mac copy be something that I can modify as well, as I've worked with Macs for far longer than I have the Clie...

[sraun]

The convertor is two-way, so you could edit it on either the Clie (if you had a Palm DOC editor on the Clie) or using Word on the Mac. You can download a trial from the link.