Iqaluit (July 28/03) - Nicole Camphaug uses her Palm Pilot every day.

She has schedules to update, itineraries to trace and meetings to organize.

Camphaug is the executive assistant to the Nunavut premier. She basically organizes his days, and with a hectic schedule like his, she has to stay flexible and on her toes.

"It's challenging. The premier can be travelling as much as two to three weeks in a given month.

"I have to be on top of all his comings and goings. The Palm Pilot is very helpful," she said over a cup of coffee.

Camphaug used to print off a monthly calendar and write the premier's schedule in.

"It was hard to follow. There was lots of scribbling," she admits.

"But with the Palm Pilot, I can delete things, change things around when I have to. It's easy," she said.

Camphaug has had her Palm Pilot for two months, but she said her life would have been simpler if she had it when she took the job three years ago.

While she uses her new digital tool almost daily, she hasn't abandoned the pen and paper.

"I still like to write. But if I don't have a pen and paper, it doesn't matter."

Camphaug's coworkers also received Palm Pilots, but they don't use them much.

"I guess it works for me more. I can share information easily between the Palm Pilot and the computer. I just plug it in and transfer information."

The Palm Pilot also allows her to transfer information from one palm pilot to another, so taking notes and minutes and sharing them is a lot easier.

She said her Palm Pilot cost about $600, but came with a number of programs, and a palm cam.

Camphaug doesn't use her Palm Pilot only for work.

"You can get games and books for it. I have The Last of the Mohicans on it right now."

You can download books from the internet and transfer them to the palm pilot.