A day in the life of Hardy

05:30 am : MailTime wakes Newton and runs Aloha to check my AOL email.

08:00 am : MoreInfo alarm goes off waking Newton and me.

08:05 am : Check WakeUpWeek to view my schedule for the day.

08:09 am : Run PowerNews which converts the daily PowerNews messages that Aloha downloaded earlier this morning.

08:10 am : Shower.

08:30 am : Read my AOL email and read latest news with PowerNews while eating breakfast

09:00 am : Do a little bit of work... Use NameDropper to add name cards emailed to me to Names

10:00 am : Drive to the post office to get my mail.

10:10 am : Stop at gas station and fill out MPG fuel entry while pumping gas. MPG posts the gas purchase to PockeMoney.

10:13 am : Pay cashier for gas.

10:20 am : Pick up mail.

10:30 am : Withdrawal $30 from the bank for lunch at SmokeJacks.

10:30 am : Enter the transaction into PockeMoney using PMButton's quick entry slip.

10:35 am : Buy some batteries at the grocery store. Enter the transaction into PockeMoney using PMButton's quick entry slip.

10:43 am : Balance checkbook, savings and petty cash accounts while driving home. ( Only operate Newton at stop lights while driving ;)

11:00 am : Back home doing a little bit of work...

11:45 am : MoreInfo alarm goes off reminding me of lunch with a client. * I review the contact log in MoreInfo for this client, and notice that he is also considering MagicLink as an alternative to the Newton.

11:50 am : Walk to meet client, playing a game of SoloDX along the way.

12:00 pm : Meet client for lunch. * Use QuickFigurePro spreadsheet to create a graph showing client the productivities gains and cost savings if they use Newtons instead of MagicLink systems for their project.

01:00 pm : Use CheckPlease to calculate the tip for lunch. CheckPlease posts the amount of the bill to PockeMoney.

01:30 pm : Do a little bit of work...

02:00 pm : Call Ben for Newton programing question

Enter Ben's last name into the Notepad "gott"
Hilite "gott"
Tap Names
NameDropper will open Names to Ben's card. (This only takes a second even with 1600+ names. I make 5-20 calls a day this way.)
03:30 pm : Process registrations received from Register, Compuserve and mail.
Enter name cards for new customers.
Use RCG to:
- generate email messages with registration codes,
- post user's purchase to PockeMoney,
- save user's registration code to the notes of the name card
Add todo with MoreInfo to send out registered version of software if needed.

04:00 pm : Use Aloha to email registration messages. Aloha opens the InBox showing new messages have been downloaded. Browse the new messages and notice the current issue of NewtNews.

04:05 pm : Read about all major computer happenings in this week's issue of NewtNews.

06:30 pm : (It's the end of the month) Export PockeMoney data to Quicken.

07:00 pm : Meet girlfriend for dinner.

08:00 pm : Use CheckPlease to calculate the tip for dinner. CheckPlease posts the amount of the bill to PockeMoney.

09:00 pm : Do a little bit of work...

11:00 pm : Generate bi-monthly Catamount newsletter

already syncronized NCK at 6:30 so I don't have to do it again
create an export template to export the email address
using BBEdit I finish formatting the email address - change @cis to @compuserve.com - append @eworld.com to newtonmail addresses without it
use Eurdora to bulk mail my newsletter

12:00 am : Take work break to pay phone bill

Calculate my portion of phone bill using AssistCalc
Enter the transaction into PockeMoney using PMButton's quick entry slip.

02:00 am : Fall asleep programming...Go to bed!

Acknowledgements

Newton Programs mentioned in order of appearance: MailTime - Herb Otto - wakes newton and runs Aloha or newtonmail Aloha - Catamount Software - exchanges email with AOL MoreInfo - SilverWare - contact manager + adds additional functionality to names... WakeUpWeek - Stand Alone Software - does something PowerNews - PenTekk - formats email received from PowerNews NameDropper - Catamount Software - NotePad to Names enchancement MPG - Catamount Software - vehicle log PockeMoney - Catamount Software - personal financial package PMButton - Catamount Software - pocketmoney plug-in QuickFigurePro - PelicanWare - spreadsheet SoloDX - ??? - solo card games CheckPlease - Allan Hoeltje and Catamount Software - calculates resturaunt tips Register - Flash Sheridan - pay for software with a credit card via email RCG - Catamount Software (propriety) - used to generate registration codes, create email messages, and post purchase to PocketMoney for later uploading to Quicken. InLineCalc - Catamount Software - calculator based on Intelligent Assist. Other Newton programs used during the course of the day that were explicitly mentioned 1)InBoxExpander - Stand Alone Software - saves email messages to memory card so I don't run out of space internally 2)NamesToAllOverview - Stand Alone Software - sets Names folder to All. Allows quicker access to Names. 3)ScrollingDoPopup - Catamount Software - scrolls popup lists that extend off the Newton screen. 4)TimeLock - Catamount Software - allows setting of password delay so I can turn the Newton on and off multiple times a day without entering the password everytime. 5)NoteScroller- Catamount Software - scrolls the Notepad one line at a time. Non-Newton programs used: NCK (Newton Connection Kit) - Apple - Newton to desktop data exchanger BBEdit - Bare Bones Software - Text editor Eudora - Qualuam - POP email client

Created: 8/1/1995