Creating Palm Software For Use on the Wards

[Trekkie963]

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Hey folks,

I have some documents from my first two years of medical school that I'd really like to transfer to my palm to refer to on the wards, but in a more user-friendly format than just like an isilo file. Ideally, I'd envision something like the Skyscape products, with an index of topics and then subheadings within each topic. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to do this?

Thanks for your help!

 

[cyclohexanol]

Hey folks,

I have some documents from my first two years of medical school that I'd really like to transfer to my palm to refer to on the wards, but in a more user-friendly format than just like an isilo file. Ideally, I'd envision something like the Skyscape products, with an index of topics and then subheadings within each topic. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to do this?

Thanks for your help!

You'll probably want to start by checking out the Palm dev page:
http://www.palmos.com/dev/tools/

If you're familiar with any of the languages that have Palm SDK support, you can dive right in! If not, well you can either pay someone else to do it or start crackin' those C++/Java/VBA books

 

[Trekkie963]

Ugh, yeah, I don't know any "language" stuff. I was hoping there might be a user-friendly desktop program out there that I might enter the information into and have it spit out something that could be used on the palm (something like what Frontpage is to websites).

 

[madcadaver]

Format it in HTML (a la frontpage) and run it through iSiloX to convert it into iSilo format. -- iSiloX.com

 

[Blade28]

Wow, good idea! I have a ton of text files that I've been creating as my "peripheral brain," but didn't think to incorporate them into a program (like iSilo).

 

[cyclohexanol]

Format it in HTML (a la frontpage) and run it through iSiloX to convert it into iSilo format. -- iSiloX.com

Good call, this would allow you to create indeces, headings, subheadings, etc... easily without having to actually write Palm specific software.

 

[thatuvicguy]

You might be interested in Natara Bonsai software. Its been recommended to me by several residents as a good way to keep track of pearls etc. Here's a link:http://www.natara.com/Bonsai/index.cfm

Cheers,
thatuvicguy

 

[Trekkie963]

It sounds like webpage->isilo is the way to go. That's a little less exciting than what I was hoping to do, but I guess it gets the job done.

That Natara Bonsai software sounds cool, but seems a little to simple to do what I want. I really wish there were a program like that out there where I could put information in and have it organized and accessible in the way the Skyscape software is.

If anyone has more suggestions, please do keep them coming. Thanks!