I'm an academic working in Design Research in Brisbane, Australia. I investigate how people use products and systems and tools in their lives.
Don’t think there’s a Sunday afternoon pastime better than kicking back in the recliner with a baby sleeping on your chest. </sappydadpost>
Ohhh. I remember that.
Kid 1 is 3, as of Wednesday last week. Sunday afternoon pastimes now include
All of which are equally awesome.
Kid 2 is now about t-minus seven weeks away. Eeep.
If you’re studying, or you have to write academic prose, you need a reference manager. Most universities (in Australia) have a site licence for Endnote which is OK, as far as these things go. I tell students that sucks, but it sucks less than managing your bibliography manually.
Zotero is, on the other hand awesome. It is free and open source, and it lives in Firefox. It can suck references down from most university library websites, from Google Scholar and from many other places where a student or researcher is likely to find material. It can remember where actual downloaded papers are and it can help in keeping notes on different references.
The thing that makes Zotero really worthwhile, though, is that, like Endnote, it integrates with MS Word (and OpenOffice, if you’re that way inclined.) Unlike Endnote, the integration is not annoying.
If you have to write academic prose, I’d strongly suggest that you give Zotero a try.
The Australian Prime Minister, Tintin Kevin Rudd, and the newly appointed Australian Governor General, Quentin Bryce, today.
Addressing accusations of parochialism on the appointment of a Queenslander to the GG post, Queenslander Rudd said of Bryce
“Well she’s spent a fair bit of her career in Sydney, but then again in Melbourne I suppose that’s another crime against humanity.”
1979 Mazda RX-7 ad.
