Posted on March 18, 2009 by markbieda
keywords: free software, opensource, OpenOffice, grantwriting
I try to give credit where credit is due.
I have written before about using OpenOffice (version 2.4) for “real professional work.” In an earlier post, I wrote about successfully writing an entire grant application using OpenOffice for wordprocessing and figure creation in conjuntion with Zotero for references (and the grant [...]
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Posted on July 1, 2008 by markbieda
Mark Bieda zotero references computer software citations
You use Endnote, refman, or one of the others. You want a free alternative because (1) you don’t want to worry about licensing issues (like buying a new copy for each computer) (2) you want something that will run under windows, linux, and mac os x (3) you just [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2008 by markbieda
Lifehacker is a website with (mostly) technological solutions for productivity – and it is super-popular.
Lifehacker sounds good – who doesn’t want to improve their productivity or upgrade the way they approach a problem?
But there are deep, but slightly subtle, problems with Lifehacker:
1. Lifehacker ignores the big cost of installing a new piece of software: time [...]
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