Efficient Academic

IF your into mindmapping and on windows then probably you know Mindmanager.Its a really cool piece of software and beats the competition hands down.Incase you have switched to the latest version of Mindmanager that is version 6 or planning the shift,there is webinar available that lists the features or rather the new features available in Mindmanager 6 its really helpful to have such a guide.It's a video/screen-capture presentation lasting for about 30min so if you have the time and would like to use Mindmanager more efficiently i would recommend you to check out the webinar.

In the Notetaking wars OneNote is definitely leading over Evernote or any other software in terms of user interface and ease of use,so if your among the OneNote users who use the software extensively then here is a blog/site that will increase you productivity with OneNote its called OneNote Powertoys and definitely lives up to its name.

Fosfor gave a glimpse of the educational videos that are available on Google video too bad i had not looked for them earlier..may be i'll dig something up interesting soon,meanwhile you can check out the search on Google video right here.

Latest from Google Labs is Google Trends and Google Notebook.The notebook from google is a pretty interesting tool.What is it for..well..

• Clip useful information.
  You can add clippings of text, images and links from web pages to your Google Notebook without ever leaving your browser window.
• Organize your notes.
  You can create multiple notebooks, divide them into sections, and drag-and-drop your notes to stay organized.
• Get access from anywhere.
  You can access your Google Notebooks from any computer by using your Google Accounts login.
• Publish your notebook.
  You can share your Google Notebook with the world by making it public.

Ya its pretty simple and definitely useful.If google can just move this a little bit ahead then probably it could give Onenote a close competition.Besides its a Web 2.0 product giving access to your notes from anywhere…!Check out the overview of Google notebook and it wont be long before you get hooked on.

Oh lifehack is just a treasure trove of such wonderful articles.This time my pick from Lifehack is about how to/not to take up your work.Depending on your attitude towards your work your productivity could may as well shoot either up or down.Read on to understand the simplest productivity lifehack that i've heard and which for sure i know works .

How many times have you been to a poster presentation session in a scientific meeting? i've been to several.I can categorize these sessions into two: a) the poster is put up and the audience go through it during the coffee/tea break and b) the poster session includes the respective authors of the poster standing beside and explaining the idea behind it.

Now the first option requires that the presenter design the poster in a self explanative manner as the reader has to understand the work on his own.One other point to be noted in this kind of a presentation is that the viewer is more prone to moving away to another poster since there is nothing that keeps him at the place which is not the case when there is a speaker there.

So remember you have to be very sharp presenter when you publish a poster.Ok enough of me saying…read some practical tips here from George R. Hess – NC State University / Leon H. Liegel – Oregon State University.

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