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OS X Mavericks and OpenMeta tags
I have been checking Mavericks ability to handle OpenMeta tags which are essential for organizing academic reference files. I really hoped that the tags integrated in OS X would be compatible with my existing tagging system. At the moment I have … Continue reading →
Posted in Files, Tags and folders
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Tagged DefaultFolderX, DevonThink, Mavericks, OpenMeta, OS
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23 Comments
Update on the Macademic Ninja kit
The Macademic Ninja kit posted a while ago included TextExpander, LaunchBar, Hazel, 1Password and Dropbox. I still love and constantly use all of these small apps. But in the last 1.5 years five other apps have also become critical for freeing … Continue reading →
Posted in Automation, Workflows
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Tagged DefaultFolderX, Fantastical, NValt, Pomodoro, TaskPaper, TextExpander
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10 Comments
Three stages of the academic workflow and Mac software
The’academic workflow’ is a representation of scholarship as a series of stages or steps connected to each other without gaps or duplication. Although simplified, the idea of the workflow helps to structure, develop, and communicate tools, knowledge and experience across … Continue reading →
Posted in Workflows
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Tagged BusyCal, Byword, DefaultFolderX, DevonThink, Keynote, Launchbar, MailActOn, MailTags, NValt, OfficeTime, OmniOutliner, OpenMeta, Pomodoro, Sente, TaskPaper
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Openmeta tags, DefaultFolderX and Papers
A simple search is usually sufficient to locate a reference in Papers2. It is triggerred from any application by pressing Ctrl-Ctrl and typing search terms (e.g. author’s name or title). This is excellent for citing, emailing or quickly consulting individual … Continue reading →
Using Sente and Papers to handle references and bibliographies
Sente and Papers are popular Mac utilities to handle academic articles. Papers focus on organization, reading and annotation of articles, whereas Sente’s primary function is bibliography management (citing articles in your own publications and creating bibliography lists). This post covers … Continue reading →
Posted in Annotation, Bibliographies
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Tagged DefaultFolderX, Hazel, OpenMeta, Papers, Sente
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16 Comments
Finding reference files
Finding general reference files is less exact and requires more intuition than naming and saving them. The choice of search tools depends primarily upon how much you remember about the file(s) you need to find. If you are lucky to … Continue reading →
Revisiting reference files
Academics deal with thousands of reference files (text documents, data sheets, images), which are sent by email, downloaded from the Internet, or obtained in other ways. To use MacPowerUsers‘ terms, ‘gathering’ of these files in neat hierarchical folders is not an … Continue reading →
Posted in Automation, Files, Tags and folders
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Tagged DefaultFolderX, DevonThink, Hazel, OpenMeta
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7 Comments
Organizing email
What do you do with an email message after you have read it, responded and made the necessary notes? Or after you have deliberately decided to ignore it? You have to tackle your fear of forgetting and ask the two … Continue reading →
Posted in Automation, Email, Tags and folders
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Tagged DefaultFolderX, MailActOn, MailTags, OpenMeta
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7 Comments
Sending files by email: good habits and useful tricks
Effectively handling file attachments is an important part of productive email habits. This post focuses on sending attachments. The attachments you receive are covered in the post on organizing email. The rule number one is to question whether an attachment … Continue reading →
Note taking software part 1: what works and what does not
Academics need to capturing ideas and pieces of knowledge while doing other things: processing emails, sitting in meetings, listening to students’ presentations, reading books or articles, listening to podcasts, surfing the web. This capture process should be on the one … Continue reading →
Academic workflows on a Mac 