Entries Tagged 'Productivity' ↓

Today only - macZOT is offering DEVONthink Professional for $39.95 instead of $79.95.  If you’re a Mac user and have been tempted to get this program, now is the time.
I’ve been using this application for about a year and have found it to be a huge help in managing my notes, PDFs, and other reference [...]

There’s a new blog called Proto-Scholar that has had some useful posts lately.  In addition to the tip about reading your final draft out loud, I thought the advice on working academic conferences would be helpful for those new to the scene.
Today I read how the author, Rebecca, has fallen off the GTD wagon and [...]

I already said how much I liked Merlin Mann’s presentation tips, and now on his redesigned 43Folders site there’s a growing list of reader suggestions on a new post called Improving Academic Presentation Style. 
‘Tis the season for job talks, right?

Ethan Schoonover has written a helpful post about managing tasks in which he recommends the following:
“Write your tasks as if you are delegating them to someone you actually know.”
His point is that by writing down tasks clearly enough that someone you know could understand them, you’ll be providing enough context so that when you return [...]

Merlin Mann has assembled an excellent set of resources on giving better presentations.  He highly recommends the site Presentation Zen, which has long been on my blogroll, and touts the story-telling approach to presentations found in Beyond Bullet Points. He also points to a great thread of reader suggestions on his own site that [...]

Wicked Anomie has another installment of paper publication tips, this time breaking down a couple of the decisions you might receive from a journal.  The post includes useful advice from Gary Fine, the editor of Social Psychology Quarterly, on getting rejected:
“What kind of profession do we live in that 80-90% of our work products are [...]

Wicked Anomie has posted a list of 10 tips for getting your paper published.  The advice comes from a panel discussion with editors of several sociology journals that was held at the recent ASA conference in New York. 
A few of the tips are discipline specific, but most are generalizable. Take Tip #1, for [...]