Comments on: Does technology make academics more productive? http://www.academicproductivity.com/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:56:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Terminal Block http://www.academicproductivity.com/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-20339 Terminal Block Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:23:11 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-20339 will help the society advance,including academic of course. will help the society advance,including academic of course.

]]> By: Tony http://www.academicproductivity.com/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-19328 Tony Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:17:49 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-19328 Sure. Technology will help the society advance,including academic of course. Sure. Technology will help the society advance,including academic of course.

]]> By: Timothée http://www.academicproductivity.com/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-130 Timothée Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:14:17 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-130 So true! I said the same things (or nearly the same) about students in my blog (http://www.le-doc.info/index.php/2007/01/07/91-la-technologie-nous-rend-elle-plus-productifs in french) Consider it as a "manual trackback" So true!

I said the same things (or nearly the same) about students in my blog (http://www.le-doc.info/index.php/2007/01/07/91-la-technologie-nous-rend-elle-plus-productifs in french)

Consider it as a “manual trackback”

]]> By: academic productivity » Information glut and hypertext sickness http://www.academicproductivity.com/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-61 academic productivity » Information glut and hypertext sickness Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:03:19 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-61 [...] In my last post, I discussed the double edged sword of technology for productivity, and how information load makes technology indispensable for managing that load. With information glut the problem is largely self inflicted, and the solutions don’t all rely on technology. [...] [...] In my last post, I discussed the double edged sword of technology for productivity, and how information load makes technology indispensable for managing that load. With information glut the problem is largely self inflicted, and the solutions don’t all rely on technology. [...]

]]> By: jose http://www.academicproductivity.com/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-58 jose Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:00:23 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-58 Hi Alex, Ah, the screen quest! The best solution I have found is a 1400 x 1050 14' laptop screen (pixels are tiny) with a 3M filter. I'm considering adding a second laptop. I'm positioning the laptop vertically (easier to read papers that way). I also dislike the newer glowing screens that are so common in laptops. Having two small 1400 x 1050 screens with filters would be quite an experience. Hi Alex,

Ah, the screen quest! The best solution I have found is a 1400 x 1050 14′ laptop screen (pixels are tiny) with a 3M filter. I’m considering adding a second laptop. I’m positioning the laptop vertically (easier to read papers that way). I also dislike the newer glowing screens that are so common in laptops.

Having two small 1400 x 1050 screens with filters would be quite an experience.

]]> By: Alexander Vozny http://www.academicproductivity.com/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-46 Alexander Vozny Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:52:47 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-46 I would happily read PDFs from screen when new high-resolution non-glowing screens would be available (something like electronic-ink) meanwhile I will have to die from eye-strain. I would happily read PDFs from screen when new high-resolution non-glowing screens would be available (something like electronic-ink) meanwhile I will have to die from eye-strain.

]]> By: mainemc http://www.academicproductivity.com/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-44 mainemc Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:09:32 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2006/does-technology-make-academics-more-productive/#comment-44 I like the three categories you cite, and think that you haven't really gone far enough. The point of information overload these days is only exacerbated by the hyper-specialization that has occurred even in "universal" sciences like chemistry and physics. You often find duplication of results, for no malicious reason at all. It's simply too hard to find information that has been worked on already. Solutions such as DevonThink Pro are helpful, if you have a collector that does some linking between files for you. At This Particular Outliner is a nice series in which issues of information management are regularly discussed, but it seems that DTPro is one of a breed. And yet, cyber-academic though I be (I use a Newton! ha!), I really don't like DTPro and the other similar solutions. I stick to my Finder, aliases into various folders and such. By the way, that's the kind of thing I would like to hear more about. Get opinionated, stop summarizing! Meaning, I guess: stop being an academic about academic productivity, and start spouting off. Ha ha. Just kidding. Sort of. I like the three categories you cite, and think that you haven’t really gone far enough. The point of information overload these days is only exacerbated by the hyper-specialization that has occurred even in “universal” sciences like chemistry and physics. You often find duplication of results, for no malicious reason at all. It’s simply too hard to find information that has been worked on already.

Solutions such as DevonThink Pro are helpful, if you have a collector that does some linking between files for you. At This Particular Outliner is a nice series in which issues of information management are regularly discussed, but it seems that DTPro is one of a breed.

And yet, cyber-academic though I be (I use a Newton! ha!), I really don’t like DTPro and the other similar solutions. I stick to my Finder, aliases into various folders and such.

By the way, that’s the kind of thing I would like to hear more about. Get opinionated, stop summarizing! Meaning, I guess: stop being an academic about academic productivity, and start spouting off. Ha ha. Just kidding. Sort of.

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