New-buntu

Getting ready to upgrade my laptop-workhorse to Ubuntu 12.04LTS.... Hang on for the ride!

lenovo x60 and linux: round 3

this is helpful!

install xinput:
result: useless...

install xbindkeys...
result: also useless...

... there MUST be a better solution -- emperor.linux has a fully functioning version of any flavor of linux on the x60.tablet, which seems to include handwriting recognition. not yet worth the $300...

so.......still working.

(BTW... volume/mute buttons on keyboard work just fine. further, bluetooth works great, just install kde tool + bluez )

managing references

for years i had used reference.manager, then switched to end.note a few years ago (the same time i started using a 12" powerbook). both are excellent programs, now owned by the same company. however, these days i find myself searching through pubmed and the ncbi molecular biology databases with regularity -- and the web interface modules of the aforementioned software are kludgy (at best)...

somewhere along the line i stumbled upon zotero! what a treat!! a firefox extension (you DO use firefox, right?), it may be one of the best web apps i've seen in a long time. it will integrate sets of references into different folders, even keeping track of attachments (like those long lost pdf files), abstracts and your own notes.

all this and more, howie.
the data are maintained in a sqlite database (though i would have placed the database in an easier-to-backup location) and are exportable into a variety of formats: including endnote and will also easily integrate with openoffice!

now, if 'they' can only make zotero a web2.0 app -- with shareable databases.
i would catch the vapors...

Manager resources

Webwise, there are many resources to find (legitimate) management (re)sources. e.g., Free Management Library .

However, the sine qua non of the managerial lifestyle, is the management text! These books go through surges and resurgences .. usually based on their appearance in assorted M.B.A. programs!

A few of my favorites are (not in order):

• The One-Minute Manager (by Ken Blanchard)
• The Art of War (by Sun Tzu)
• The Book of Five Rings (by Miyamoto Musashi)
• Tao of Jeet Kune Do (by Bruce Lee; yes that Bruce Lee!)

... as you can see, I've been highly influenced by eastern philosophies. These are the books I return to time after time. Having said that, I am currently enjoying The No Asshole Rule by Robert Sutton. The sub-title says it all: "Building a civilized workplace and surviving one that isn't".

How about you?? What are your top 5??

[cross-posted at Poultry Management]

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this is the start of a new category of notes for me; Tork.

i think i have too many email accounts (7 that i know of, and probably a dead hotmail account or 2); have had more digital devices (from C to Z: Clie to Newton to Palm to Zaurus); and still keep trying different things to be more efficient.

i've been a real fan of the cornell.notetaking.system and have created an openoffice template for printing out your own corny.notes.
there is also a very nice pdf notepage generator!

however, on some days, you just need a PDA (parietal disgorgement aid).
i've even been know to use the PocketMod -- very useful and cool, if difficult to fold.

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