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Have you ever edited a document, saved it, and then wished you could go back and change it? A reader sent this tip in: Versomatic allows you to retrieve old versions without hacking any code or accessing system files. I have not used it, as I run daily backups of documents, but if you don’t …..

I should begin by saying this post is not for everyone, what I am about to write about is merely a matter of preference, but I will say when I started using a computer like this, it made my daily experience so much better.

Zotero is now available to the public. For those who haven’t been following the release, Zotero is free software designed that allows you to collect, manage, and site your references. A couple of things to note before you rush over and download this program. First it is still in Beta which means it has some …..

I just got the MLA newsletter in the mail, and was reading a few of the articles. Apparently MS Word has become a problem in anonymous peer review. Why? Because if you submit a document via email for review, the reviewer can see who created the document. How? Well by default Word tags documents with …..

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 …..

As an academic it is probably a bit obvious to say that I spend a lot of time looking through our library’s database, searching to see if we have a book or a journal article. I use to bookmark the library catalog page and start there. You can speed up this process by creating a …..

if:book has a post about an interesting media studies project at Carelton College. What caught my attention though was the picture that showed the students in New York at the institute. Notice anything about those laptops?

Back from my vacation, and looking to catch up on many things, the largest of which is the Blog Project. But while I work on that there are some things of interest that happened last week in the world of software for education. Here is a rundown: Mellel got an update. This update is free …..

Getting started with Email (This is the second artilce in a series about how I use email. The first one is here.) The most important thing there is to know about email is, stop using webmail. Webmail is easy and simple because you can access your account from any web browser and the interface works …..

Zulupad has just released a new version of their software. Earlier I mentioned Vodoopad for the Mac, which is a great piece of software for taking notes. Zulu does the same, but is available for Mac and PC. Basically both of these programs let you type notes as you would in any text program, but …..