DIY Planner - Introducing the hPDAphone! - Comments

hPDAphone templates finished

Rollafool — Thu, 1 Nov 2007 12:39:17 -0400

OK, I just uploaded the last of the hPDAphone templates (first set of 12). Take a look in case you haven't checked in lately. Many thanks to DucLy's niece for being my official field-tester!

I will be doing a 2008.0 calendar soon. There's still room on the home screen for more templates, so if there are any that you'd like to see added, let me know and I'll see what I can come up with.

I will be posting the template set here soon.

Cheers,
rf

hPDAphone halfway point

Rollafool — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:08:42 -0400

I just uploaded the hPDAphone Capture Notes template to my Downloads page, and also a set of the new buttons to the DIYPlanner Templates page.

The Capture Notes template marks the halfway point for the hPDAphone templates: the other releases include the Main Menu, Agenda, To-Do list, Calendar, and Notes. The rest will be coming soon, hopefully at the same rate of about one a week.

I've heard from my official beta tester that they work well. Let me know if you find anything that needs improvement.

@chriskraus -- when the template set is complete, I'll definitely post them here on DIYPlanner.

Cheers,
rf

Upload to DIYplanner

chriskraus — Sat, 4 Aug 2007 14:24:51 -0400

I think you should go ahead and upload these templates to DIYplanner.

hPDA iphone cover

Rollafool — Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:57:28 -0400

Oh, that is sa-WEET! Now you've got me all fired up to make more. And tabs too! :-)

Perhaps if you backed it with poly plastic cut from an old folder? Mine is protected by my CircaPDA's cover, so I just printed it out on paper (wife's color printer at the office can't handle cardstock) and taped it to a card...

Tab idea

Rollafool — Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:52:37 -0400

Interesting idea! A lot of precision trimming is involved -- that would pose a challenge for me, aka "Mr. Ten Thumbs." :-D

Let me play around with this and I'll see what I can come up with. Would the tabs be better on the side or the bottom?

Cheers,
rf

How about printing on 4x6

emoore — Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:35:47 -0400

cards and then trimming them down to 3x5 but leave the tab part extending out? That way the tab is a piece of the same card that has been trimmed around, not an added bit.

Here is my hPDA iphone cover.

emoore — Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:45:39 -0400

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7367889@N06/997063329/

I printed it on 4x6 photo paper then cut around the sides and bottom. I left the top long so that when I circafied it it would hang over the bottom to allow room for tabs to be covered. I may trim it as I haven't put any tabs in yet. i made the back cover out of some card stock. I may make another one out of something heavier because with the long bottom to allow for tabs the card stock is already bending on the back especially.

When I punched this cover and the cards I used the top edge of my portable Circa punch to line up the paper. This produces non-centered punching which I really don't like but my punching strayed if I tried to just eyeball it in center.

fuzzy scaling

Rollafool — Fri, 3 Aug 2007 09:23:18 -0400

Hi, emoore --

Sounds like a result of the small size of the PNG files (ooops!). I'll replace them with bigger versions that should scale better -- look for them by the end of today.

I'm still learning how to use OmniGraffle (and how to make templates in general!). I appreciate your feedback and questions.

Cheers,
rf

I love this but it's a wee bit fuzzy.

emoore — Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:24:52 -0400

I just printed out the menu as a cover for my hPDA. I printed it on postcard size photo paper (glossy) and it is very spiffy indeed. Now I have to wait a couple of hours to take it home to my Circa punch. My only prob is that it is a bit out of focus. I scaled it to be 3x5 so maybe making it a tad bigger threw it out of focus? Did anyone else have this happen?

More hPDAphone templates coming!

Rollafool — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:01:05 -0400

Since we had to throw all our resources into the hPDAphone, the release date of the templates had to be pushed back to oh, say October... :-D

Just kidding. A little Apple humor there. I've started laying out the to-do list and it *will* appear late this week. I'm trying for one every 2-3 weeks at most. These things are TOUGH!

Thanks for the positive feedback! Let me know how they work in the field.

Cheers,
rf

Waiting patiently for more

chriskraus — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:01:49 -0400

Waiting patiently for more templates :)

very kewl

innowen — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:24:15 -0400

oh, very kewl. I just may hafta make a hPDA with these and then tell all my friends i have an iPhone. *snerk*

i'll download them soon and give ya feedback.

/innowen

awesome rolla fool

DucLy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:52:39 -0400

I'll check it out-duc

hPDAphone...

Rollafool — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:39:35 -0400

OK, I'm in the process of creating a line of templates based on the hPDAphone concept. But first, it required me to completely revamp the design so that I can build templates off of it.

The new version of the "home screen" is available here: linky. The
"screen" has been enlarged, and I created a whole new set of yummy buttons with icons that are completely vector, so that they'll scale along with everything else.

The beta of the Agenda template is now in the hands of my official field-tester and when she gives it the thumbs-up, I'll post it for downloading...

Cheers,
rollafool

dafont

Sara — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:10:54 -0400

don't forget DaFont.com ... lots of great symbol style fonts out there... some even are open usage.

my artwork | my blog

Introducing the hPDAphone!

Rollafool — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:30:53 -0400

Hi, all --

Just for fun last night I whipped up a little hPDA cover based on the iPhone. The buttons are all based on DIYPlanner template topics, and the bottom row is links to my favorite hPDA sites.

Link to the blog entry -- available in .png and scalable vector .pdf.

Enjoy!
Rollafool

D*I*Y Planner - Introducing the hPDAphone! - Comments

hPDAphone templates finished

hPDAphone halfway point

Upload to DIYplanner

hPDA iphone cover

Tab idea

How about printing on 4x6

Here is my hPDA iphone cover.

fuzzy scaling

I love this but it's a wee bit fuzzy.

More hPDAphone templates coming!

Waiting patiently for more

very kewl

awesome rolla fool

hPDAphone...

dafont

Introducing the hPDAphone!

DIY Planner - Introducing the hPDAphone! - Comments