Non-clinical
How to manipulate your PDFs
I have been playing with PDFs a lot recently, and evidence-based medicine makes them increasingly necessary. Luckily, the days where you needed Adobe Professional to manipulate files are quickly receding.
Creating PDFs
Mac users have the advantage when creating PDFs, with the ability to print any document to PDF from within the print menu. Furthermore, [...]
Creating a personal culture of focus
Zen Habits wrote a great post recently on how to get more done by using laser sharp focus. I would recommend reading the entire post, but I was particularly inspired by the suggestion to “Feng Shui my workplace.”
Author Jonathan Mead is not talking about new-age spirituality, but rather using your place of [...]
Tweaking things done
Some of you know that I am a fan of “Getting Things Done.” The key improvements to my lifestyle have come from the concept of Ubiquitous Capture, the concept of the Next Action and Weekly Review
I first read the book and implemented the process 12 months ago, and I have just reread it, and [...]
Comparison of Papers and Bookends
After a long pause, I have started to write articles again, and therefore needed to reinstall Endnote. Then I realized that Endnote is horrible, and there is surely something better. Enter Bookends, which can import Endnote libraries, plays nicely with OSX apps, and seems the answer to all my problems. I also [...]
How medics can use Dropbox to their advantage
I recently explained how Dropbox gives me insurance for my hard drive back up. But Dropbox has other great features that can be taken advantage of. It is a free service, and doesn’t need an invitation.
Here are just some suggestions for using Drop Box:
File sharing
Each Dropbox has a public folder. Every item [...]