Re: Organizing and taming hectic Academia work (faculty viewpoint)? Tips or a good guides sought after :)

[phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord)]

I didn't know about this -- this could be a killer feature for me. I
work a lot with biologists and medics and they are completely
word-centric.

Phil

Titus von der Malsburg <malsburg@posteo.de> writes:

> On 2015-06-10 Wed 07:14, Ken Mankoff wrote:
>> I found a happy medium working in Org, exporting to LaTeX, and then
>> using Pandoc to convert to Word.
>
> With ox-pandoc you can export to .docx directly.  No need to go through
> LaTeX.  Ox-pandoc is pretty amazing.
>
>   Titus
>
>> I would send the Word and always the canonical PDF version in case some
>> equations got messed up. This requires manually incorporating the tracked
>> changes from Word, but I've never been a fan of just clicking "accept" on
>> changes anyway, and don't mind the manual re-integration of comments.
>>
>>   -k.
>>   
>>
>> On 2015-06-10 at 09:49, John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>>> Speaking as an advisor/teacher, you should do what they want if you want
>>> them to help you.
>>>
>>> You could ask if they are willing to comment on the pdf, either by hand
>>> writing on a printed version, or by pdf commenting, or maybe in the
>>> LaTeX source. But, if that is not what they want, and they cannot work
>>> with what you give them, you will not get as much feedback as you want,
>>> and you will end up creating frustration on your end and theirs.
>>>
>>> windy writes:
>>>
>>>> Another question, I am a student , I think it is a big problem that how to
>>>> exchange you article with your teacher, because the teacher will comment
>>>> or revise your article once again and again.
>>>>
>>>> However, Many teachers will not use emacs to write articles and also the
>>>> pdf file is not so convenient to do some modification, how will you deal
>>>> with the problem ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 在2015年06月09 21时21分, "John Kitchin"<jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>写道:
>>>>
>>>> you might also enjoy our youtube video:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgizHHd7nOo
>>>>
>>>> And this one on using org-mode in teaching:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsSMs-4GlT8&list=FLQp2VLAOlvq142YN3JO3y8w
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRUCiF2MwP4
>>>>
>>>> See http://github.com/jkitchin/jmax for my Emacs setup for
>>>> org-mode.
>>>>
>>>> My only other advice is start learning to program in emacs-lisp. It took
>>>> me about four years to get proficient enough to write org-ref. I learned
>>>> by solving lots of little problems, and building up to bigger
>>>> problems. A lot of those are documented in my blog. Read the emacs and
>>>> emacs-lisp manuals (read them in Emacs or in a browser). They take some
>>>> time, so skip the stuff that doesn't make sense and come back to it
>>>> later if you need to. Consider getting the book at
>>>> https://www.masteringemacs.org. It isn't about org-mode, but it will
>>>> make you better at using Emacs. Consider reading Land of Lisp. It isn't
>>>> about Emacs or Emacs-lisp, but it might interest you in programming in a
>>>> lispy language, and it is a fun read.
>>>>
>>>> Buy the org-mode book:
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Org-Mode-Reference-Manual-Organize/dp/9881327709/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433855847&sr=8-1&keywords=org-mode.
>>>> yes,
>>>> it is the same stuff as in the manual, but it is a book you can read
>>>> anywhere anytime.
>>>>
>>>> Start by learning how to get org-mode to do some things you want. Just
>>>> do one thing a day. Every day.
>>>>
>>>> You hopefully have 30+ years of career ahead of you, so even if it takes
>>>> a few years or more to learn how to program in emacs-lisp to customize
>>>> your workflows, you still have plenty of time to benefit from it!
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>
>>>> Holger Wenzel writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Xebar,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Xebar Saram <zeltakc <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Martin
>>>>>> Thanks so much for your prompt response. I did ofc do an extensive google
>>>>> research yet found that as can be seen in your link most entries focus on
>>>>> either writing papers or general bits an pieces .What i am looking for is a
>>>>> holistic approach regarding organizing all aspects of academic life and to
>>>>> hear workflows of other colleagues using org for that
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd start with:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/08/08/What-we-are-using-org-
>>>>> mode-for/
>>>>>
>>>>> follow John Kitchin's blog there closely and read everything he posts in
>>>>> this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Holger
>>>>>> z
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 12:16 AM, M <Elwood151 <at> web.de> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Von: Xebar Saram <zeltakc <at> gmail.com>
>>>>>> > Datum: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 19:39:14 +0300
>>>>>> > An: org mode <emacs-orgmode <at> gnu.org>
>>>>>> > Betreff: [O] Organizing and taming hectic Academia work (faculty
>>>>> viewpoint)?
>>>>>> > Tips or a good guides sought after :)
>>>>>> >> Hi all
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Im a young assistant professor (in humanities and thus my horrific
>>>>> coding
>>>>>> > skills..basically non ) and having been using orgmode for a year or two
>>>>>> > now. I love orgmode dearly and use it mainly for note taking, lists etc
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I am aware of the fantastic orgmode capabilities that could benefit me
>>>>> greatly
>>>>>> > such as exporting, email tie-ins, beamer support, organizing my
>>>>> bibliography
>>>>>> > (i have switched to a .bib file recently for my references), agenda
>>>>>> > capabilities and so much moreand have tried several of these with mild
>>>>>> > success.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > unfortunately (and this maybe due to me not being very technical and
>>>>> lack of
>>>>>> > coding skills) i still feel like im really not using orgmode to its
>>>>> potential
>>>>>> > and still feel miserably lost in terms of organizing my work in academia
>>>>> from
>>>>>> > all aspects.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > i am looking for 2 things really:
>>>>>> > 1. as i said in the post topic a good guide if anyone is aware of or
>>>>> detailed
>>>>>> > examples of using org in Academia (mainly aimed at faculty :))
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > 2. related to that as a young researcher with multiple students, paper
>>>>>> > writing, grant applications, department duties, endless TODOS, endless
>>>>> email i
>>>>>> > would really be grateful for even non org specific tips on how other
>>>>> people
>>>>>> > organize all this to make life more..well..organized :)
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > thanks alot in advance and sorry for the long mail
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > best
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Z
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Xebar,
>>>>>> I think the first 10 results of the correspondindg google search already
>>>>>> show some very interesting examples:http://www.google.com/search?
>>>>> client=safari&rls=en&q=emacs+org-mode+in+resear
>>>>>> ch&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
>>>>>> Did you have a look at those?
>>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>

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