tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post7920421407995917728..comments2024-03-28T00:36:13.790-07:00Comments on Volatile and Decentralized: Mac tools for profsMatt Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255792550910131960noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-30433123261775037192010-09-26T20:06:40.646-07:002010-09-26T20:06:40.646-07:00By far the most useful useful app I use is Devonth...By far the most useful useful app I use is Devonthink Pro, in the <a href="http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/movabletype/archives/000230.html" rel="nofollow">style described by Steven Berlin Johnson</a>. I've become an evangelist for the program and now use it to organize my own research. It might be geared more towards liberal arts, at least as described, but I can still see it being very useful for, say, abstracts and conclusions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-77737484509002689842010-05-07T10:46:16.441-07:002010-05-07T10:46:16.441-07:00A quick question: Have you found a way to get USEN...A quick question: Have you found a way to get USENIX papers easily and accurately into Papers?Daniel Halperinhttp://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/dhalperinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-64190774110131286892010-04-21T19:43:34.711-07:002010-04-21T19:43:34.711-07:00Another text editor with good full screen support ...Another text editor with good full screen support is Bean: http://www.bean-OSX.com<br /><br />Nice plus: it's free, so go give it a try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-79986000050922184702010-03-28T03:42:38.137-07:002010-03-28T03:42:38.137-07:00Apart from the many tiresome beachballs and a tend...Apart from the many tiresome beachballs and a tendency to leak memory, I like the OS. A fine user experience for the most part, and it's hard to envision switching away.<br /><br />The hardware on the other hand has been pretty finicky. (I've seen more disk deaths in my iMac population the last couple of years than in fifteen years of PCs.) Not quite the premium german machines Apple like to pretend that they're selling.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-88519481750839051572010-03-26T18:39:37.130-07:002010-03-26T18:39:37.130-07:00Though Papers is great, you should check out Mende...Though Papers is great, you should check out Mendeley too. It syncs with multiple machines too and is free.Cyberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247529928322467360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-40127246039046645952010-03-26T11:58:06.606-07:002010-03-26T11:58:06.606-07:00My own additions:
a) latexit: great tool for crea...My own additions:<br /><br />a) latexit: great tool for creating quick equation graphics to drop into slides or diagrams (works well with Omnigraffle).<br /><br />b) Aquamacs-Skim combination for writing latex files.adam smithhttp://www.cse.psu.edu/~asmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-84761055111165427592010-03-25T22:25:59.387-07:002010-03-25T22:25:59.387-07:00Hey Matt.
Nice post!
Quick note, Papers has moved....Hey Matt.<br />Nice post!<br />Quick note, Papers has moved. It's now here: http://mekentosj.com/papers/Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936659851695940856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-78308163847929131712010-03-25T14:17:32.014-07:002010-03-25T14:17:32.014-07:00Two notes about Papers:
Papers has student pricin...Two notes about Papers:<br /><br />Papers has <a href="http://mekentosj.com/support/papers/students/" rel="nofollow">student pricing</a> too.<br /><br />Also, you didn't mention one of the best parts about Papers, which is that if your university/corporate library provides a proxy link, Papers will proxy your connections to ACM, IEEE, &c. so that you can download papers from off-campus. [University of Washington -- see here: <a href="http://lib.washington.edu/help/proxytools.html" rel="nofollow">http://lib.washington.edu/help/proxytools.html</a>]Daniel Halperinhttp://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/dhalperinoreply@blogger.com