Research
Leap: the nirvana of digital filing
Since I last wrote about digital filing, I have found nirvana - Leap ($34, Ironic Software). Most filing solutions I have tried were either slow, proprietary or limited. Now that I have found Leap, I realise that other solutions try to do too much. Instead of organising files into a database with [...]
How to prepare a medical slide presentation
I am not an expert on presentation skills. I don’t think many medical people are. Medical people often aren’t practiced at slide presentations. It’s not something we do every week, but we do have to do it every few months. Most of us never get to be highly skilled or highly practiced, [...]
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 [...]
Simple statistics for the Mac Masses
Despite being a enrolled post-graduate student at an accredite university, it seems I have trouble accessing a statistics program. We have a number of licenses to SPSS, but it is installed on other people’s computers, which are fine if they can log me in, and leave their desk for an hour or so.
Buying the [...]
Streamline your internet workflow to save time
We increasingly work with online information and services. Streamlining internet interaction can save time and frustration.
Hot buttons
Hot buttons to useful websites can be added to the mac desktop with Quick Links (free). It allows you to hot-click to popular sites. You can leave the buttons on your desktop, in your dock, or even [...]