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OneNote and blogs have a special relationship. Not only can you turn any entry in OneNote with a few mouse clicks into a blog post, but the OneNote team also communicates heavily via blogs with its users. You need some proof?
Robert Scoble is a household name in the tech world. If you have never heard of him, don’t worry. The following intro to an interview he gave recently gives a rather good idea who he is:
“Robert Scoble has earned a place in the history of corporate communications. Starting at Microsoft Corp. in 2003, he became the first high-profile blogger within a large business, ushering in a new era of interaction among companies, customers, critics and the general public. Using his blog, called Scobleizer, and now-familiar tools such as podcasts, RSS and Web video, he helped give Microsoft a human face.”
In the interview, he talks about the impact of his blogging at Microsoft and companies in general, as well as his experience of being on the inside at Microsoft. During the interview, he referred to OneNote twice :
“The One Note team told me they got a lot of feature requests through their blog, features that they actually implemented in the next version of the product. They thought it was an important way to listen to customers and give them what they wanted.”
“The magic of search engines allows the blogging job to be distributed. The first hit on Google for ‘One Note blog’ is for Chris Pratley, who runs the One Note team, and he is the person who should speak about it. I’m really happy that’s what happened at Microsoft, that what I was doing grew across the company.”
Now go and sign up for the OneNote team blogs:
- Chris Pratley, the man in charge of the OneNote team. His blog features official announcements, discussion of new features and is the original OneNote blog.
- Daniel Escapa is a program manager. His blog is all about OneNote Extensibility and is always good for news from and about the team, as well as the community. His blog also features a monthly collection of blog posts about OneNote.
- Olya Veselova is a program manager and started her blog just last week.
- David Rasmussen, another program mananger, is also blogging. You can find sync-related stuff and keyboard shortcuts there.
The following two blogs haven’t had any new posts in the past few months, but there is interesting stuff on them nonetheless:
- Donovan Lange is a developer. His blog has some development samples on it.
- Owen Braun, who leads the team of program managers, had a few interesting posts on linking notes.
October 18th, 2006 at 15:39
Recently I purchased two computers, one a desktop and the other a Notebook, Both came preinstalled with MS Works 8.5 (Not Demos or Time Trial But Full Versions). Worked fine on both. I later installed Office 2007 Beta 2 on both systems as well as OneNote 2007 and have been using them for several weeks.
Yesterday I went to open a Works file from works on my destop (first time since installing Office/OneNote 2007) and found that I get an error when it tries to start stating that No Entry point could be found. This holds true regarless whether it is a wordprocessor document, spreadsheet ot database file. Only thing that will work is the calendar. Even if I just try to launch any of these works applications I get the same error. I also get the same
error on my Notebook.
I have removed works from my computers and reinstalled but still cannot get it to work. Always tells me that an entry point cannot be found. Installed Works on a third compuetr without Office/OneNote 2007 and it works fine.
Any ideas how to correct it?
Thanks,
Rev. Michael L. Burns
October 18th, 2006 at 16:46
There have been a number of problems with Works and the Office beta. I assume you already have installed Office 2007 B2TR? If not, you can find a link to it on my B2TR page, which is at http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
I urge you to install it right away.
I can’t help you directly with the Works issue, but you should take a look at the following newsgroup threads:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.office.misc/browse_frm/thread/2f72416502508885
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.office.misc/browse_frm/thread/db58b5d3e320ac6b/
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.office.misc/browse_frm/thread/32fcaadaba48c5d8/
If none of the advice given in those threads solves your problem, please ask for further help in that newsgroup.
Patrick
November 27th, 2006 at 14:01
[…] Here are the most recent blog posts that have been rounded up by Mike, our test manager. ”[OneNote] seems so good that I am almost scared to use it!” October Blogger Round Up ”Something that works beautifully: OneNote shared notebooks” “OneNote and blogs have a special relationship. Not only can you turn any entry in OneNote with a few mouse clicks into a blog post, but the OneNote team also communicates heavily via blogs with its users.” “i always wanted something close to what Tom Cruise’s character uses in “Minority Report-when he can move all the pieces of information just on the sheets of plastic, its a dynamic information system!!! ” A happy Connect customer: “W00t! The OneNote Team Fixed My Bug!” “I think OneNote 14 should…” “[OneNote] 2003 I never really found much use for, but 07 is “da bomb” in Internet Lingo” “Microsoft’s OneNote tool may be the perfect replacement for the pen and paper.” “I am an avid user on Microsoft OneNote, in my opinion one of the most valuable applications available.” An unhappy OneNote customer: “Am I the only one thinking of dropping the Tablet PC? ” Teachers using OneNote: “By collaborating on this project, they have revived a conversation about the importance of documentation and evaluation” From a blogger happy with OneNote’s Connect site: “Bug and issue tracking – Good job Microsoft” ”Save time collecting information from the Web” November Blogging Round Up “Everyone that I know who uses OneNote is fanatical about it.” “For the longest time since the earliest days, developers and users alike had been keeping an eye out for the next killer app. OneNote 2007 will be.” “Now that I’ve used ON 2007 for the last several months (Beta), ON 2003 seems as bland as vanilla ice-cream.” From a Mac Blog! “I currently use Microsoft OneNote… and I’ve found killer app heaven.” “I used OneNote 2003 in the past and I thought it was cool but not cool like 2007.” Office 2007: “The superstar of this release is OneNote” “My initial reaction is “wow” Multiple good quotes from a new blog that LOVES OneNote 2007: “Look, don’t get me wrong here: Get OneNote 2007 the very minute it’s available to you.” “OneNote 2007: one business user’s observations on the killer app pearl of office 2007″ “I do know that OneNote 2007 may be a thousand times more the software that OneNote 2003 has ever been.” “I’ve pushed through more productivity during these past two weeks than I might have hoped to do during a whole month before I started using OneNote” “Get OneNote 2007 the very minute it hits the streets.” Feedback on the OneNote 2007 blogging experience “Newbie to Addict in One Day Flat, to Evangelist in One Day More” “Get OneNote for your laptops or computers. It kicks ass and I’ve been using it for a long time.” “A picture is worth a thousand words - especially in OneNote” Thanks for blogging about OneNote, we are listening! […]
April 11th, 2007 at 15:22
I just received an upgrade to Windows Vista (it came free with my new notebook). However, OneNote came on my notebook, but I did not obtain a disk for it. Thus, when I upgrade to Vista I will lose the program. Although I have a recovery disc, the XP format will not allow me to keep my OneNote. What alternative choices do I have to get around this problem without purchasing OneNote?
April 11th, 2007 at 15:35
Chance,
are you trying to upgrade your current computer to Vista using an OEM disk that came with a new, different laptop?
Patrick
June 15th, 2007 at 4:26
Hi, I have office 2007 and get this event error but cant find ANYTHING on the web about it. Can you explain? Thanks a bunch…i hate having system event errors on my pcs
Source: Print
Event ID: 23
Printer Send To OneNote 2007 failed to initialize because a suitable Send To Microsoft OneNote Driver driver could not be found.