Scrivener for iOS
As you may recall, I’m quite a fan of Scrivener… (see also this post), the “serious” writing tool. Originally available only for the Mac, it has since expanded to Windows … and this summer premiered...
Tagged: Academic Life
Hello Hong Kong, again!
A warm breeze, a cool drink, the sun is setting over one of the most recognisable skylines in the world… yes, it is that time of the year again: Hong Kong, and saying hello...
AcWriMo or NaNoWriMo
Oh it’s almost November, and the big decision of the week is AcWriMo or NaNoWriMo? (I’m sparing everyone the view of Stephan in Movember for the time being…) Both are really exciting initiatives: NaNoWriMo...
PaperShip: Easy annotation tool integrating with Mendeley/Zotero
For a while I have been struggling with the lack of an integrated reading, annotating and referencing tool for Mac, PC – and iPad. But it seems I might have found a solution at...
Hello New Term!
Looks like there is no denying it any longer… for me, this week is the start of the new term again: that means heading out to Hong Kong for September to run three inductions...
Articles I Should have Written….
As we are approaching the end of summer quickly, here is a quick reminder of an article that was waiting to be written … but sadly seems to have been written in 1973 (and...
Zotero and Mendeley – free and easy reference software
Every year I meet too many students that struggle needlessly with their bibliography when trying to write their essays. So, as the new term is about to start I thought I quickly review some...
Academic Accountability – or how much have you written today?
So… you want to write more? Missing a bit of motivation? Let’s face it – you are not alone. I recently mentioned briefly initiatives such as #acrimo … but how can you keep track and...
Scrivener – and Zotero
If you are doing a lot of writing (or hanging out with writers…) you may have come across Scrivener – a well, this is a bit hard to describe… sort of word processor for...
Socially Networked Academic
Being an academic obviously means writing … sometimes a lot of writing. Which, fortunately in some cases can be a lonely experience… sometimes, a bit too lonely for me. Luckily there is always the...