November 2010
3 posts
PDF Expert for iPad on sale right now →
My favorite PDF editor for the iPad (see my review) is currently on sale (until Nov 30, 2010). Get it while it lasts.
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Round-up of iPad PDF editors [updated]
[Updated to reflect app updates] It took a while, but finally we actually have a variety of PDF editing solutions for Apple’s iPad available. Reading or viewing PDFs has been an early feature for both, the iPhone and the iPad for a while now. Editing PDFs - highlighting, underlining, drawing notes (say a red circle around a graph or data in a table), strike-through text, etc. - however, has...
FAZ iPhone App [German review]
Es wurde auch Zeit - meine FT lese ich schon seit langem auf meinem iPhone und die App hat vorgemacht, was möglich ist. Nun gibt es also auch die FAZ App. http://www.faz.net/dynamic/iphone/
Die FAZ setzt weniger auf vollen Zugang zu ihrem Inhalt in mobil-freundlichem Gewand und für eine Version 1.0 ist ihr das auch gelungen. Mir sind die anderen Rezessionen nicht bekannt (noch zu neu und...
October 2010
1 post
Kickstarter - Glif - iPhone 4 Tripod Mount & Stand →
Great product. Even greater way to experience hands-on what digital capitalism (or capitalism 2.0) is all about.
March 2010
7 posts
Oh, the joys of digital scholarship: http://gephi.org/ If u r hopping on the network-analysis bandwagon (wait, that’s on again?) u need it.
U productivity lovers out there, keep an eye on this: http://bit.ly/aVu88E I love their BreakZ software, this one’s off to a promising start
For the 1st time in nearly a decade I didn’t rely on my Mac but the podium desktop, a browser, and the cloud to teach. Prezi is fantastic.
Moving away from Keynote/PPT in class was harder than I thought. Mind maps didn’t work for my kids. Prezi sure does: http://bit.ly/ccm5M2
Made the switch to Zotero for good. Even fits well into my LaTeX and 2-computer workflow now. What an amazing tool that is.
Just got Rucksack for Mac OS X completely free. Nothing paid! Really awesome! But hurry, only until March 23rd at http://www.macbuzzer.com
Pure gold for the company that services these new “information guidance steps”. It’ll always break… http://tiny12.tv/HI0GW
February 2010
10 posts
This might work for some fields better than others. Completely changes the meaning of authorship though. http://nyti.ms/c9sLwB #textbook
Today - IPE section members, our section meets today 12:30 at Marlborough B - great opportunity to meet up with others in the field #isa2010
As proud as I am of us ISA folks jumping on the Twitter bandwagon, it’s still funny compared to the action at SXSW or other events #isa2010
Goodness, the ISA folks r so easy to spot on the flight to New Orleans from JFK :-) #isa2010
IPE section members! Our meeting is F 12:30 at Marlborough B - great opportunity to meet up with others in the field #isa2010
Doing research on world historical systems? Interested in agent-based models? Come to the WHS Meeting on S 11:30 at Kabacoff #isa2010
My publisher was askg for a podcast about my research to help sell the multimedia features of the web-version: http://bit.ly/ckqCc9
Nothing screams analog generation more than little plastic antenna on a clam-shell phone, attacked slowly w an index finger. Plenty here.
Ever since my early Mac days, I had a very special liking for fonts. Even owned two massive type-print books. http://bit.ly/dBdCO1
Repair service finds iPad’s camera slot http://bit.ly/cTtFco - well, well. That’s not really a surprise, tho.
January 2010
7 posts
Wow. http://bit.ly/9b7jxy If this is catching on, the iPad will really transform computing. If only LaTeX would run on it…
RT @tomstandage: Charlie Brooker is a genius: http://bit.ly/ctuhAm Best 2 minutes u spent all day.
Digital Tools #2: Or Lyx. Even *I* can do LaTeX now on my Mac, simply the best approach to scholarly writing. Free. Powerful, yet simple.
The digital tools avlb to researchers are simply amazing: take NetLogo. Free. Excellent documentation. Lots of power. Req little resources.
RT @mike9r: New entry: The iPad Is For Everyone But Us. http://idek.net/_kq
Great brain-teaser, even if ur not into productivity stuff but struggle getting stuff done and out and submitted. http://vimeo.com/5895898
Tablets as the new textbook? Sure, if it’d b cheap ‘nuff & wrks like this http://bit.ly/7Em3tK 2 bad that coursesmart is so terribly now.
December 2009
1 post
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Mac Workflow for Academic Writers
Folks keep asking me about my writing workflow, so I thought it might be about time to post this little update here. Most of my papers start out with mind maps - the two main apps I use for them on the Mac are the open-source Freemind but now I was lucky enough to get a license for iMindMap. There’s something about the visuals in iMindMap that makes it superior to all the others I have...
November 2009
1 post
Vimeo is finally going iPhone/mobile friendly. Which means more students will watch those podcasts http://tinyurl.com/yfdvxj5
October 2009
7 posts
Get a FREE license for the best writing and productivity tools on the Mac - great software, great deal http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/
RT @iMindMap: Version 4.1 is Here! More features&improved speed.Discover the benefits V4.1 can offer http://tinyurl.com/yhdjfz5
Finally switched fully from a Dropbox/SugarSync combo to Dropbox only. What, with all the new features? And it’s sooo much faster/better!
Using Google Docs to allow my students easy sign-up to my advising sessions for registration. Real-time, in the cloud. Luv 21st ct academia.
Worked on draft in my head while walking the dog, refined it while in the shower, then got it out of my head with #mindmap using my #iPhone.
I so much love the 21st century scholarship approach. The best of the old world with the advantages of new possibilities. A 2nd Renaissance.
V cool new tool - http://trendsmap.com/
September 2009
1 post
Exactly what I have been missing. Eco-friendly, economical, cool. http://tinyurl.com/nneerz
August 2009
10 posts
New v of TextWrangler. Great new tools, better interface. Still FREE! If u deal w #data and/or #code on a Mac, get: http://tinyurl.com/zws6l
Aji Annotate for iPhone lets u annotate PDFs almost as well as on ur Mac. Including, get this, highlighting text! http://tinyurl.com/l8qgyb
My outsourcing project is in phase 2 - execution. V positive experience with chosen provider http://www.hitechos.com/ - highly recommended.
Pzizz is finally avail on the iPhone! My fav power nap app on the Mac. Really works well. Amazing value at $3. http://www.pzizz.com/home
Here’s a link for iTunes http://tinyurl.com/pylfcp Just ignore the graphics, as a power-nap system Pzizz really delivers.
Got replies from 4 Indian outsourc’g biz for data entry, 2 of which were v prof & competitive. Look’g at about $2-3/page w complex tables.
Contacted a few Indian companies as part of #virtualassistant project & got promising repls in add to info on http://www.getafreelancer.com
The FT offers a well-designed iPhone app - requires subscription to get the most out of it: http://tinyurl.com/l6k49d #ebooks
I will look closer into the possibility of using virtual assistants next week. Read a review, maybe a great option for reg researchers also.
Time-zone travel and proper pre/post travel dieting: two flies killed with one 16-hour stone (so to speak): http://tinyurl.com/l5a5t7
July 2009
16 posts
Finally availbl for Safari-very useful util to keep ur bookmarks in sync (& backed up!) across ur various Macs/PCs: http://www.xmarks.com/
Clever utility for code when you are working with R, Stata, NetLogo or other similar apps. Works gr8 with snipt.net: http://snippetapp.com/