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Archive for the 'Notetaking' Category

Video Post: My Favorite Things About Zim Wiki

Here’s quick rundown of some of my favorite features in Zim Wiki, the desktop wiki software designed for personal notetaking.
I used gtk-recordMyDesktop to make the screencast, and uploaded the Ogg video straight YouTube. Thanks YouTube for supporting Ogg!

PL Podcast #21 - Zim Wiki (MP3 Format)

In this episode, we review desktop note-taking and task managment software Zim Wiki. It’s a nice app, and despite a just a few issues, it might become my primary note-taking application.

Zim Wiki Homepage

MP3 Download

PL Podcast #21 - Zim Wiki (OGG Format)

In this episode, we review desktop note-taking and task managment software Zim Wiki. It’s a nice app, and despite a just a few issues, it might become my primary note-taking application.

Zim Wiki Homepage

OGG Download

Use Vim as a Note Taking Platform

As soon as I saw this video, possibilities began to run through my mind. This past semester, I’ve taken all my notes in TiddlyWiki, which has served me well. I know I won’t be abandoning the platform for all purposes, but I wonder how effective taking notes for my classes in Vim could be. Especially [...]

Build Bibliographies, Take Notes, Capture The Web…with Zotero

Many of you on Twitter know I’ve been working on a 20 page research paper for one of my graduate classes. Before I started, I discovered a fantastic tool for building your bibliography of sources: Zotero.
This extension for Firefox allows you to build a bibliography from sites you visit. Certain scholarly sites are even [...]