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

[Titus von der Malsburg <malsburg@posteo.de>]

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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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