1. Track out of pocket expenses: I record expenses in Pocket$ and at the end
of the month generate a summary, which I save in Notes and also transfer to Quicken
on my Mac.
2. To Do List: Before the Newton, I never kept a To Do list and I regularly
forgot things. I still forget things, but I have my Newton to remind me.
3. Notes: I jot down notes on all sorts of things,
including random ideas, shopping lists, reminders (with alarms), minutes of meetings,
bug reports, software registration codes, expense reports, my running log, etc.
4. Address/Phone Book: Newton Names is the most extensive address book I've
ever had, including multiple (typed) phone numbers per person, birthdays, email addresses,
home page URLs, ICQ numbers, signs of the zodiac, etc.
5. Calendar: All the meetings I want to (or have to) attend are recorded in
Newton Dates with reminders, as needed. The Dates program also shows me birthdays that
I shouldn't forget. My Newton calendar and To Do list are synchronized with the
ClockWork day planner program on my Mac.
6. Calculator: I have a convenient scientific calculator on my Newton for the
occasions when I need one.
7. Games: I'm not much of a games person, but I do play Backgammon and Chess on
my Newton occasionally, winning the former and losing the latter.
8. Movies: I always have the current list of Pittsburgh movies and show times
with me in Paperback format on my Newton.
9. Books: I always have a book to read on my Newton, usually one of the many
literary classics that have been reformatted as a Newton Book from an existing digital
version. And since I have plenty of storage, I carry several documents for reference
purposes.
10. Alarm Clock: Oh, yeah, I almost forgot, my Newton wakes me up every morning
with an increasingly insistent chime.
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