Hacking Your Mac (for academic research!)

1. CSSCR Workshop Hacking Your Mac(for academic research!) Tim Pasch Back to School Seminar- Friday September 19th University of Washington

2. In this course we will: • Go through a Mac-based sample research workflow • Introduce DevonAgent for thorough searching of the Internet • Introduce the program called Papers • Introduce Endnote and give a brief demonstration • Introduce (time permitting) the applications Novamind, iclip, Copypaste Pro, and Screenflow.

3. Let’s start our workflow. • First, we’ll do a deep search of the Internet using some powerful tools to zero in on our topic and potential avenues of exploration. (This is DevonAgent.) • Next, we’ll look at ways to organize the papers that we find in a powerful database called Papers. • We’ll talk about citing these resources using Endnote, • and finally we’ll look at some utilities to make the workflow run smoother. Let’s get started!

4. Using DevonAgent • Beginning a search • Using Boolean quantifiers • Searching along the branches

5. Papers! A powerful tool • What is Papers? • What does it do? • Who can benefit? • Can it integrate with Word and Endnote? • What else can it do? • Does it replace Endnote? • Show me what Papers is like! (let’s practice!)

6. Let’s talk about Endnote! • Love/hate relationship with Mac users • Once understood, a very powerful tool • Just recently compatible with Word 2008 • Let’s talk about the patch for X1, X2 links, and give a demonstration of an Endnote workflow in Word 2008.

7. Word 2008 and Endnote • What’s Cite While you Write? • Show me the toolbar in Word! • Formatting bibliographies? • Input and output filters • Entering references manually • Caveats and cautions before starting • Alternatives (Bookends, Sente, Zotero, Endnote Web)

8. Integrating Papers/Endnote • Moving Between Papers and Endnote • Deciding between the two, or using both? • Import/Export filters between the two • Questions? • Let’s move a reference from Papers to Endnote.

9. DevonThink Pro Office • The dream of the paperless academic • Fujitsu Scansnap Scanners • OCR and the Database to end all Databases • A second brain? • Caveats and comments

10. Novamind&Mindmapping • What is Mindmapping? • When would I use this? • Integration with other programs • Ideas for use • Demonstration

11. Additional ‘helpers’ • Copypaste Pro and Iclip, indispensable tools • What’s Skitch? An indispensable tool, that’s what! • Tell me about Screenflow! The best software of the year! • Thoughts and Questions- and thanks!