smperris Shane Perris
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Monday, 7 April 2008
Sunday, 6 April 2008
Friday, 4 April 2008
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Oh, I don't want to 'buy' efficiency. I want to remove Windows troubleshooting from my life (although I have less problems with my Vista laptop than I ever did with my Windows 2000 and then XP desktop).
I won't be disappointed, I'm sure. All good things come to those who wait a really, really long time while building up massively unreal expectations :)
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I hear all of that. I was going to get a MacBook at the start of last year but when it came to the crunch, I needed a laptop quickly and I didn't have the scratch for even a low end MacBook + AppleCare. I tried and couldn't even get close. That's why I bought a low-mid range Vista Dell laptop and kept saving my pennies for another day.
All in good time :)
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I should say 'extending my somewhat limited knowledge of programming when I could be playing around with The Boy'
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That's what I suspected. The hunt continues. I really don't want to have to learn all about APIs and programming if I don't have to but I can't understand why there does not appear to be any Windows apps that can do this.
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That's what I thought. All Windows Jaiku apps/widgets I have tried miss this. I'm wondering if this is an API issue or a Windows programmer issue.
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Windows app. Last updated August 2007. I was prepared to overlook that if it allowed me to view and reply to comments but alas, it doesn't. If this keeps up, over the winter holidays I just might have to try and learn what the API is all about and see if AIR is as easy to build with as 'they' say it is.
Jay-Q tells you how many comments are attached to a Jaiku and lets you leave comments on other Jaikus. Alas it is missing the vital part of the conersation - reading the comments. {sigh}
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I never used OneNote 2003, but I hear that 2007 (which I do use) is a vastly superior beast. Don't Parallels or VMWare have an option that you can run a Windows program in its own window without loading the entire Windows OS? Perhaps I misheard.
@smurph Turns out all postgrad students have access to a free download of Endnote X1. I'll give it a go for my next assignment and see what it's like. My next computer (whenver that will be) is going to be a Mac. I want that shiny yet Unixy OS X goodness. I hear about so many awesome little shareware-type and low-cost apps that don't seem to have a Windows equivalent (eg Scrivener). I'm just itching to give it a proper go.
Thursday, 3 April 2008
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For 2000 word assignments where the level of referencing inline is (Author year) and a reference list at the end, I think I'll survive with Word and my wits :)
I've got all my main notes, screen clips etc inside of OneNote 2007. OneNote is a very interesting program. I'm starting to enjoy using it and would probably get even more use out of it with a Wacom style tablet and stylus.
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I'm not using a reference manager. I'm a little ashamed to say that I've never used one and don't even really know what one is (but I can guess). I suppose I really need to re-examine my membership to the scholarly geek club :)
Any suggestions on a manager? This subject is assignment heavy.
I've only really ever used Harvard either. The problem is that the bulk of my assessment in this degree has been practical which means I've fallen out of the habit of referencing themes and statements of fact etc I'm too used to either hyperlinking to source material or not having to reference at all.
Monday, 31 March 2008
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Only problem is my usage is a little too sporadic for the US$20/month for 10 books. I need to be more efficient in my Safari consumption.
Friday, 28 March 2008
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@fabsh: weird but beautiful. If it wasn't so far away from our respective families, my wife and I would move there.
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