Devon

Here is a list of things I found on the web this week that maybe of interest, or at least entertaining. Kairosnews reports on a new peer reviewed open access journal, which is aptly called Open Access and is about open access. FREE DevonNote, just take the survey and if you are not already on …..

The Balcony has another Devon video tutorial posted. This is the first in a series that is geared towards using Devon for research purposes. There is nothing much new in this first video, although it is still worth a look. (I had not realized that you could import the OPML format from MindMap to create …..

Those who read this blog know I am a huge fan of Devon. At this point I use it for practically everything, from organizing my research to conducting a job search. If you haven’t yet purchased Devon but were thinking about it, now might be a good time. Just head on over to 43 folders …..

Having lost a hard drive earlier this year I always appreciate the reminders to back up files. Devon issued a tip on their blog about how easy it is to back up your Devon database. Although I back up my whole hard drive frequently, this back-up is super fast and allows me to export the …..

As I mentioned here earlier, this year I will be finishing my dissertation, and thus am also in the process of looking for a job. As I also mentioned managing all of the job ads, documents, forms, etc. that I need for this process quickly became a job best handeled through Devon. So, what I …..

Okay not quite . . .but. . . many people have emailed asking what the Windows alternative to Devon is. My answer is: Nothing. I did however find this today (via Lifehacker), Evernote, might be your best choice. Fair warning, I haven’t tested this as I don’t have an Intel Mac, or quite frankly the …..

In my spare time I have been trying to wrap my head around the power of Devon Think. This program fascinates me, I really do think there are a thousand Oompa Loompas running around inside my computer sorting and retrieving data. The hard part of this application is that there are so many uses and …..

Devon has posted a new training video to their training section of the website. Like I have said many times here before, Devon is wicked powerful, probably the most higher powered research software made. The problem is it is difficult to get a sense of everything it can do, these videos (this is the third …..

Devon posted the following to their blog today. If you have been thinking about purchasing Devon Agent this might be of interest. I would never recommend buying software without trying it out, especially something like Devon Agent or Think, but I recommend both of these. I find myself using them more and more. Get DEVONagent …..

I have already posted a couple of times here about Devon, and how powerful an academic tool this can be. The Devon website has just added some tutorials to the Devon Academy. As they point out these are rather basic tutorials, and are for those who are just getting started, but I think they are …..