Merlin’s weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
Student/Academic Filing Question
caseykoons | Apr 29 2006
Congratulations to you all, especially those of you who responded to my post in the "I'm new" forum. I took your advice and borrowed a copy of GTD from my local library, and I am beginning to try to implement in my life. I've asked a few questions surrounding GTD and the academic lifestyle on this board and I have another one. I'm curious about filing systems. I know that David Allen suggests an A-Z and warns that personal systems are dangerous. The vast majority of the things I save for "reference" are photocopies of journal articles and books related to my field, the History of Religions. I especially curious about the opinions of other graduate students in this matter. Should I have a separate file (by topic or by author) for my academic resources or should I through them in an A-Z general file with my owner's manuals, bank statements and newspaper clippings? Thanks for your help. 24 Comments
POSTED IN:
 My main question: I've eyed...Submitted by jason.mcbrayer on August 8, 2006 - 7:04am.
mdl wrote:
The good thing about LaTeX is that you don't really need to master it before you start using it. The basics only take a few hours to learn, and you can produce complete documents with those. When you start adding graphics or trying to do non-standard layouts, things get a little more complicated. Probably the best way to learn is to get yourself a copy of Kopka and Daly's LyX to make the learning curve shallower. A [url=http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnMac">Mac OS X version exists. mdl wrote:
That sounds like a very good way of doing things. It really points up the benefits of using text files for everything. » POSTED IN:
|
|
| EXPLORE 43Folders | THE GOOD STUFF |
