Archive for August, 2007

New version of Endnotes

August 26th, 2007

Good news for Mac users: the new version of Endnotes (Endnotes X1) has been released for the Mac. (Windows users may take the opportunity to gloat that the new version has already been available for their machines for several months.)
Endnotes is a bibliography management program. Think of it as an electronic [...]

what not to do when presenting with powerpoint

August 21st, 2007

In a similar vein, consider the Gettysburg Address as PowerPoint. And for the developed damning indictment, there’s Tufte’s Cognitive Style of PowerPoint.

December slacking

August 21st, 2007

Does it ever seem like you just don’t get a whole lot done in December? The year is winding down, many folks are celebrating holidays, whatever. Well, for whatever reasons, it seems like states have recently been slacking off in December as well, at least when it comes to both starting and ending [...]

what got you here?

August 12th, 2007

It’s always interesting to see what the most common search terms are that bring people to this website (conflictresolver.net, which is both this blog and the public conflict resolution wiki).
Here are some top search terms for July, with comments:
what do i do i’m the executive director and worn out
(Vacation! Then get [...]

research software news

August 5th, 2007

Three new and interesting developments in research software:
1. A new version of JMP, SAS’s user-friendly and graphic-rich stat software, has been released: JMP 7. Technically the Windows version of JMP 7 has been out for a couple of months, but the Mac version has just been rolled out.
I suppose it makes [...]

a good laugh

August 5th, 2007