academhack

The other day when I wrote a post about free software, Charles left in the comment section a link to a list of programs for academics which he wrote. Charles’s list is even better than the aforementioned wiki, and contains references to audio, reference, RSS readers, . . .well the list goes on and on. [...]

Looking for a Word Processor? Zaine Ridling at Donation Coder has written a thorough review, and by thorough I mean over 15,000 words, covering various word processors. Not only does he review major and minor desktop word processors, but he also has a rundown of online ones. With each Word Processor he presents [...]

Free Software: Everyone loves Free Software. This site is a wiki which lists various sources of free software that might be of use to those in Academia. The list is not vary extensive right now, but hey its a wiki, so you can just add to it. It does cover the major ones [...]

Last month I spent a lot of time tracking down references in my dissertation. While I am usually good at keeping track of notes, page numbers, and original sources, when we are talking about multiple drafts of a 250+ page document there are bound to be some errors/typos and missing information which requires consulting [...]

The Read Write Web, one of those top quality blogs, has a rundown on Web Applications for Students. This list is long, thorough, and sorted well. The article goes thru replacements for office, notetaking apps, mindmapping apps, useful sites for studying, and so much more. And, the best part the article starts [...]

It seems like everyday I discover a new use for RSS. The problem with RSS is that is is hard to explain, and even harder to get people to start using (I know I tried). If you are still confused about RSS, or are someone who tries to explain this tech to others [...]

Personally I am a big fan of edublogs, if I did not have my own domain I would host by educational blog there. But if the Wordpress/edublogs format is not for you and you are looking for a blogging option for your class, you might want to check out 21 Classes. 21 Classes [...]

Things to distract you from grading final papers:
Trailfire: Lets you create a “trail” through the web, and mark it up, this way you could create a path for students to follow and read related pages on the web. There are many services out there like this, but I like Trailfire for its ease of [...]

Increasingly I find students success, and ability to be media literate, is tied to their ability to use the internet. The problem with this is that reading through a browser posses a different set of problems then reading in print. I imagine something like this occurred in the technological change from scrolls to [...]

The other day I was talking with a group of people who are in one way or another associated with academia, more specifically humanities. I was making the case that given the change in the way that information is archived, stored, and transmitted, academic publishing will change. Indeed, more importantly I was suggesting [...]