Zotero: Tricks for managing title capitalization

Everyone who writes needs a solid pdf and reference manager. I’m a big fan of Zotero. Zotero is free, and you can back up 300 MB worth of stuff on their servers for free. If you want more space (and… Read moreZotero: Tricks for managing title capitalization

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Snipping Tool can extract text

Windows users have a built-in screenshot app: Snipping Tool. The Snipping Tool got an upgrade. You can now use it to extract text from an image. After taking your screenshot (shout out to LearningScientists.org), look for the text extraction icon…. Read moreSnipping Tool can extract text

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Zotero: Adding “Advance online publication” to APA reference

For those of you who use Zotero as your go-to pdf and reference manager, you may have encountered problems with citing advance online publications as needed in APA style. I’ve learned the secret. Here’s the citation I am aiming to… Read moreZotero: Adding “Advance online publication” to APA reference

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Windows 11: File explorer now has tabs

If you have updated Windows 11 recently, you have a new feature that will make your life a little easier. It comes without fanfare and therefore is easy to miss. File explorer tabs Open file explorer—that’s what you use to… Read moreWindows 11: File explorer now has tabs

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Dropbox Capture: New screen recording tool

There is no shortage of screen/webcam recording tools. It occurred to someone at Dropbox that if so many people are uploading their recordings to Dropbox and sharing links to those recordings, wouldn’t it be easier if recordings were automatically saved… Read moreDropbox Capture: New screen recording tool

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MS PowerToys new features: Text extractor, quick accent, and screen ruler

In spring of 2022, I wrote about some of the very cool features in MS PowerToys for Windows 10 and 11, such as highlighting the mouse pointer (very handy with three screens) and creating fixed zones on the desktop to… Read moreMS PowerToys new features: Text extractor, quick accent, and screen ruler

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JournalTOCs: Stay current with your favorite research journals

In the years before the Internet, at the first college I worked at as faculty, the library had a table of contents service. You could tell them what journals you were interested in, and when a new print copy of… Read moreJournalTOCs: Stay current with your favorite research journals

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Change color of Google Drive folders

For all of you Google Drive fans and everyone else who is forced to use Google Drive against your will, take some time today to color code your folders. Perhaps you want to more easily see which Google Drive account… Read moreChange color of Google Drive folders

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Canvas enhancement: Fill in rubric with maximum scores

I’m back with another excellent James Jones Canvas Tampermonkey script (Jones’s full description). If you don’t yet have Tampermonkey installed in your web browser, visit the Tampermonkey website and click the first download button, not the beta version. What does… Read moreCanvas enhancement: Fill in rubric with maximum scores

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Turning off Outlook desktop notifications

Outlook notifications are the little popups that appear in the bottom right corner of your screen that scream “PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!” There are a couple very good reasons to turn them off. First, every time they appear, what we… Read moreTurning off Outlook desktop notifications

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