My love for Zotero is great, but even I have to admit that it's not perfect. Thankfully, a third-party plugin called Zotfile makes up for its minor limitations with PDF management. Here are the two features I've found particularly beneficial. 1) Extraction of highlights and annotations from PDFs I warn…
Agenda for a one-day Advanced Zotero Workshop | The Zoteroist
This is a tentative agenda. The workshop is small and interactive and we can shorten or extend modules as corresponds to participants’ interests and needs. Contact me before the workshop with…
Insert Citations in Multiple Formats Easily with Google Docs
Google Docs is a great free writing tool with a ton of great hidden features, including the research tool. You can save yourself some time and use the research sidebar to automatically insert the appropriate citations you need for your paper.
In my previous post, I showed you a simple method of getting Scrivener and Zotero to work together. The method I'll show you now is a lot more complicated, but it's much better suited to documents with a lot of citations, e.g. a thesis or book. You're going to need…
I have been using DuckDuckGo for several years now. Recently I was talking to a friend about this, and she explained that while she likes the idea of DuckDuckGo, she still thinks she would occasionally need Google. “Then just bang Google,” I responded, and she looked at me like
View the original issue. This is the week! Once iOS 14.3 drops, millions of people will update their smartphones and suddenly be able to create their “app ideas” by adding them as shortcuts to their Home Screen. The main change? The limitation where “custom icons always open into Shortcuts first” is now gone! Shortcuts added to the Home Screen […]
Scotty works at a large Canadian telecom and technology solution provider as part of corporate communications and co-hosts the Nested Folders podcast alongside Rosemary Orchard.
I think a lot of people are underutilizing links. Lately, I have been working with contextual computing and the idea that you can go from idea to action on your computer with the least amount of friction. For example, if you need to access your task list for a specific project and open your task man
In the wake of this week’s AirPods Max announcement, Apple provided the premium wireless headphones to a handful of YouTubers and media outlets. Nobody had even a full day with the AirPods Max, so none of these are full reviews, but they do provide a closer look at the headphones and some valuable first impressions.
Year-End Music Insights From Apple’s Replay 2020 and Top 100 Playlists, Plus MacStories’ Apple Music Wrapped Shortcut
Apple’s annual Replay playlists are available and updated throughout most of the year by visiting replay.music.apple.com. However, as of this week, if you visit the site, you will see your year-end statistics too, which provide insights about your listening habits in 2020. When you click or tap the ‘Get Your Replay Mix’ button, a webpage
Campus Technology 2020 New Product Award Winners -- Campus Technology
Campus Technology is pleased to honor the winner's of our first New Product Award program. Judges chose winners in 19 categories spanning all aspects of technology innovations in higher education. We are proud to honor these winners for their outstanding contributions to higher education, especially at a time when everything about the way education is being delivered is in flux.