This summer I’ve got a number of writing projects on the docket: a book proposal, two articles, and sections of an ebook on which I’m collaborating. In an effort to be more organized and productive, For the collaborative writing piece I’m using Google Docs, and have found that Google Drive is at least moderately helpful in keeping the sections and sub-sections organized. I have some issues with Google Drive’s imposition of folder structure and hiccoughs in terms of attributing co-written work, but it is enough for now.
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Terras on tracking article downloads
I’ve been reading Melissa Terras’s musings on the relative benefits of presenting and representing one’s publications in social media. Today she writes about following up with journals to find out what kind of traction an article is getting in terms of digital downloads. Well worth the read and good practice.
Melissa Terras’ Blog: When was the last time you asked how your published research was doing?.
Word search
Just read today’s ProfHacker “Writer’s Bootcamp” piece. After submitting an essay within the last hour I’m feeling less a sense of writer’s block and more a sense of writer’s burnout, but I could really have used Visuwords as I edited that essay: how many times can one write “project” in 10,000 words without feeling ridiculous? Answer: 76, plus all sorts of increasingly silly synonyms. Anyway, thanks to Billie Hara and ProfHacker for pointing me at a great new procrastination – er, I mean productive – technique!
Writers’ Bootcamp: Disaster Preparedness – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Lifehack du jour: Grabbing highlights & notes from Kindle iPad app
Had been wondering why I should take notes on books in the Kindle app if I couldn’t effectively make use of them for my research. Thanks to Tim Wilson (The Savvy Technologist) and Will Richardson I’ve learned how to cut/paste notes from kindle.amazon.com directly into DEVONThink Pro (my document management system of choice).
This morning it was Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy. Huzzah.
ProfHacker Advice: What do you want to ignore?
Particularly helpful advice – especially after struggling to balance end-of-term requirements and research/writing.
What do you want to ignore? – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education.