Software
New iPhone products for accessing your productivity
Dropbox
For those who have taken up Dropbox based on the recent buzz, you will be happy to know there is a new iPhone web login interface. Dropbox is a filesharing/backup service that simply can’t be explained in a few sentences. It can be used to insure your normal backup, or to improve medical [...]
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, [...]
White noise improves focus
White noise is an excellent aide to study and focussed work. White noise iPod loops have been around for a while, but there are now online sources of noise.
Simply noise allows you to dial up your level of noise, and it simply runs in the background. This is perfect for those times that [...]
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 [...]
Dropbox is insurance for your backup
Recently I had a few issues with my hard drive (ahem). I have no computer at Uni, so all my PhD work is on my Macbook. About a week ago, my hard drive suddenly died, with little more than a whimper.
Of course, I have a backup system. I have wireless [...]