Software That Can Get You Fired, Part I

[Brad Adrian]

<a href="http://www.un-wired.co.uk/acatalog/usl_pocket_pc_buzzword_bingo_ds.html">http://www.un-wired.co.uk/acatalog/usl_pocket_pc_buzzword_bingo_ds.html</a><br /><br />Every devoted Pocket PC owner has that ONE application that he or she is addicted to. Be honest, you know what I'm talking about...that game, that time waster, that you play with when you really should be working. I used to have a GREAT game, called Buzzword Bingo, for passing time during meetings, but it only works on my older Jornada. Well, TA-DA! I stumbled across a new incarnation on the <a href="http://www.unwired.co.uk/">UnWired Web site</a> that is compatible with all processor types! I am SOOOO happy!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/adrian/buzzword.gif" /><br /><br />You've probably heard of this type of game before and how it's played during meetings. Based upon the various clichés and "buzzwords" that people use during the meeting, the player gets to mark off boxes in a grid. The goal, of course, is to end up with four selected boxes in a row, just like the old game, Bingo. The hard part is to not accidentally yell "Bingo!" when your colleague mentions that worn-out cliché you've been waiting for.<br /><br />I like this version even more than my old one, because it's completely customizable. You can create and edit your own lists of buzzwords (so you can put in your boss's *favorite* euphemism), select custom sounds and even select the picture that is revealed as the game progresses. And the best part? It's absolutely FREE! Happy, happy, joy, joy!<br /><br />Now, if somebody could just come up with a BlueTooth IM client for "passing notes" during a meeting, I'd be all set!<br /><br />How about YOU? What software do YOU play with when you really should be working?

[entropy1980]

Now, if somebody could just come up with a BlueTooth IM client for "passing notes" during a meeting, I'd be all set!

With the Toshiba BT card there is an app called BT chat that allows you to chat over the BT connection.... :D

[Jimmy Dodd]

I usually check out Pocket PC Thoughts on my Toshiba e740 during meetings.

[Brad Adrian]

With the Toshiba BT card there is an app called BT chat that allows you to chat over the BT connection.... :D

Is that app available without the card? My guess is that it's configured for only that card, but it sure would be cool to use with my iPAQ 3870.

[Jason Dunn]

I usually check out Pocket PC Thoughts on my Toshiba e740 during meetings.

And you're saying that can get you fired? :lol:

[entropy1980]

I don't know if it's tied to the card I can send you the cab files and you can try it out, I will shoot them to you later when I get home. :D

[Brad Adrian]

I usually check out Pocket PC Thoughts on my Toshiba e740 during meetings.

And you're saying that can get you fired? :lol:

It SHOULD get you promoted!

[craigmaxim]

:D Brad, what is the message we should draw, that this little game makes you "Soooo happy???" Well, hopefully it's not that you need a life, and instead that you are just a supremely well balanced individual that is content with even the simple things in life! Hee hee.

But how about the developer making a few options....

"Bus bingo" or "Subway bingo" for the trip to the office? With phrases that are more likely to be heard there? Like "Hey buddy, got some change?" and you could reply: "No, but I just got BINGO!!! Thanks dude!"

Or maybe Job-specific bingo, like for hotel/restaurant employees, or government jobs, with buzz words common to that particular job.

"Air-traffic controller bingo" may not be a good choice though, they seem pretty busy as it is these days. :-)

[Foo Fighter]

They should add a few of Palm's buzz words to the list: User centric....consumer focused....mobile enabled productivity. And my personal favorite (coined by my avatar): Transparent elegance. :pukeface:

[Brad Adrian]

:D Well, hopefully it's not that you need a life, and instead that you are just a supremely well balanced individual that is content with even the simple things in life!

Like my daddy always told me: "Simple things please simple minds."

[Brad Adrian]

But how about the developer making a few options....
"Bus bingo" or "Subway bingo" for the trip to the office?...

Go ahead! All you have to do is edit a simple TXT file in order to customize the phrases that show up. And, you can incorporate as many phrases as you like, so you'll never have the same "card" twice.

[Brad Adrian]

They should add a few of Palm's buzz words to the list...

How about "color combinations?"

[topps]

Now, if somebody could just come up with a BlueTooth IM client for "passing notes" during a meeting, I'd be all set!

With the Toshiba BT card there is an app called BT chat that allows you to chat over the BT connection.... :D

Now that's what I'm really interested in. I thought it strange that nobody had done something like that before. If it was IP based, would it matter what the comm medium was? Could it then be BT or WiFi etc?

Any other apps out there that do something like this?

[heliod]

Socket also distributes a BT Chat application for the users of their cards.

But the killer BT Chat application will be Proximity mail (http://www.proximitymail.com). Right now the only problem is that they support only the Socket card, but soon they will release the support the IPAQ BT (embedded in the xx70, or the sleeve), and they told me that after that they will go to support the Toshiba.

Take a look, they implement real scatternets (you can chat with people that are miles away as long as there is a continuous line of BT devices between you and them), so that the range of the BT chat can go very far in crowded places.

I am waiting for the support for the other platforms to be released. Whenever it is, everybody that likes BT chatting should check that every user has it in this Pocket PC. The more users we find, the better it will work.

[harry]

I know it's plain jane, but I like to play Harts while in my meetings. I've been telling my boss that I'm taking notes. I'll flip back and forth between Harts and note pad just in case she looks over... :painting:

[DrtyBlvd]

Have started doing my Tescos' shopping of late. Makes the Palm guy next to me jealous. :lol:

[DrtyBlvd]

Mind you, the speed with which he can take notes makes me jealous.

[Jonathon Watkins]

Mind you, the speed with which he can take notes makes me jealous.
Why? What's he got that you haven't? Is it just his finely honed l33t graphiti skil2? :wink:

[DrtyBlvd]

Thats exactly what he has. I am actually surprised the screen hasn't worn out.