Monday, April 11, 2005
Lots of online tools, now I just need some integration
I use a range of different online tools to find papers, organise my life, arrange my thoughts, keep in contact with people etc, and it's got to the point now where I'm really craving some kind of integrated portal that will give me a window of all the different sites and tools I use. For example, I'm currently using the excellent CiteULike to collate articles that I'm finding online. CiteULike integrates very nicely with Endnote, which means I have an up-to-date library of the papers I'm reading. But I also keep a personal blog, just for jotting down ideas and things I should follow up. At the same time, I keep losing track of papers that I'm trying to read, because my IE windows get closed. I gave up on bookmarks years ago, they're just too inflexible. What I want is a web page that I can open up each morning that will keep track of which sites I have been visiting, show me my recent entries in my blog, give me access to CiteULike etc, without me having to go around these different tools separately. It's not too much of a chore to open up the tools, but things easily get forgotten about, and I'm looking for something to give me a more integrated way of working. Maybe there's something out there that I just haven't seen, maybe I'll have to build something myself. I'm off to see if I can hack any personal portal sites to give me what I want. I'll keep you posted.
I use a range of different online tools to find papers, organise my life, arrange my thoughts, keep in contact with people etc, and it's got to the point now where I'm really craving some kind of integrated portal that will give me a window of all the different sites and tools I use. For example, I'm currently using the excellent CiteULike to collate articles that I'm finding online. CiteULike integrates very nicely with Endnote, which means I have an up-to-date library of the papers I'm reading. But I also keep a personal blog, just for jotting down ideas and things I should follow up. At the same time, I keep losing track of papers that I'm trying to read, because my IE windows get closed. I gave up on bookmarks years ago, they're just too inflexible. What I want is a web page that I can open up each morning that will keep track of which sites I have been visiting, show me my recent entries in my blog, give me access to CiteULike etc, without me having to go around these different tools separately. It's not too much of a chore to open up the tools, but things easily get forgotten about, and I'm looking for something to give me a more integrated way of working. Maybe there's something out there that I just haven't seen, maybe I'll have to build something myself. I'm off to see if I can hack any personal portal sites to give me what I want. I'll keep you posted.
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