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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.
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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 [...]

You can see other posts on this site about Devon, and using it for studying. But, one of the drawbacks to Devon has been the steep learning curve. Because it is so powerful and useful it actually takes a while to learn how to mobilize it, and realize everything that can be done. [...]

Using Devon:
I have been touting the uses of Devon Think for a while now to friends who use Macs, especially those who are writing. But if I were in the position of taking comphrensive exams for the PhD I think this would be the most useful application out there. What Devon allows you [...]