Comments on: How to Quickly Capture Quotes from Electronic Sources http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/ Decoding Patterns of Success Tue, 22 May 2012 11:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: avner http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7994 avner Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:49:58 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7994 I Highly recommend zotero for firefox users. You will be surprised ! I Highly recommend zotero for firefox users. You will be surprised !

]]> By: Margaret Gouin http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7984 Margaret Gouin Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:02:35 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7984 One of the technoproblems is operating platform. CintaNotes works only on Windows. Evernote only on Windows & Mac. So you have to look around for something that works with your system. Glad to see that all the bases including Linux appear to be covered in these comments! One of the technoproblems is operating platform. CintaNotes works only on Windows. Evernote only on Windows & Mac. So you have to look around for something that works with your system. Glad to see that all the bases including Linux appear to be covered in these comments!

]]> By: Study Hacks http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7977 Study Hacks Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:49:33 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7977 Thank you everyone who has suggested some piece of technology that might accomplish the same general idea -- capturing notes electronically and adding directly to a flat outline -- with less hassle. As longtime readers know, I am a DIY type when it comes to tech strategies (if it can't be done in Word, Excel, and a text file, I'll probably lose interest) so I rely on you guys to point out alternatives for the more techphilic among us. Thank you everyone who has suggested some piece of technology that might accomplish the same general idea — capturing notes electronically and adding directly to a flat outline — with less hassle. As longtime readers know, I am a DIY type when it comes to tech strategies (if it can’t be done in Word, Excel, and a text file, I’ll probably lose interest) so I rely on you guys to point out alternatives for the more techphilic among us.

]]> By: Rui http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7976 Rui Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:22:25 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7976 I use Cinta Notes and Plain Text To Link (Firefox add-on) for the content, then I open them with Word or another word processor and paste the images near the content that I collect. Cheers for your excelent work. I use Cinta Notes and Plain Text To Link (Firefox add-on) for the content, then I open them with Word or another word processor and paste the images near the content that I collect.
Cheers for your excelent work.

]]> By: Penn-~^ http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7975 Penn-~^ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:31:21 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7975 How about Evernote instead? Taking screenshots everytime seems tedious: http://www.evernote.com/ How about Evernote instead? Taking screenshots everytime seems tedious: http://www.evernote.com/

]]> By: Enzo http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7970 Enzo Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:47:26 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7970 Sounds legit. I quite like this site, I might be returning as a mature student next year to tie up some loose ends and I might find myself in need of something like this. Sounds legit. I quite like this site, I might be returning as a mature student next year to tie up some loose ends and I might find myself in need of something like this.

]]> By: RT Wolf http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7969 RT Wolf Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:36:34 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7969 Sounds good to me. Thanks. My next assignment has all the research online (cognitive science) so, that's handy. BTW, sometimes you can't copy right from the PDF to Word, because it's just an image file or because of copy protection. Sounds good to me. Thanks. My next assignment has all the research online (cognitive science) so, that’s handy.

BTW, sometimes you can’t copy right from the PDF to Word, because it’s just an image file or because of copy protection.

]]> By: Francisco Silva http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7968 Francisco Silva Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:58:27 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7968 Sorry to post again, but a <a href="http://www.franciscosilva.net/basket.jpg" rel="nofollow">screenshot</a> You can see grabbed parts of ebooks, parts of spreadsheets and an embedded file (another usefull feature). Best Regards :) Sorry to post again, but a screenshot

You can see grabbed parts of ebooks, parts of spreadsheets and an embedded file (another usefull feature).
Best Regards :)

]]> By: Francisco Silva http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7967 Francisco Silva Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:31:49 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7967 Just to complement your post: If you are using Linux, there is a very nice program that grabs parts of the screen on demand - BasKet note pads. http://basket.kde.org/ Just click the button/press the keyboard shortcut, and the program's window disappears. Now you can select the area you want to copy, and it appears instantly in the middle of your notes. It is extremely usefull when studying from ppt/pdf presentations, or when doing mashups of data from different softwares. (btw, nice blog :D ) Just to complement your post: If you are using Linux, there is a very nice program that grabs parts of the screen on demand – BasKet note pads. http://basket.kde.org/
Just click the button/press the keyboard shortcut, and the program’s window disappears. Now you can select the area you want to copy, and it appears instantly in the middle of your notes.
It is extremely usefull when studying from ppt/pdf presentations, or when doing mashups of data from different softwares. (btw, nice blog :D )

]]> By: Patrick http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7966 Patrick Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:32:19 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/02/10/how-to-quickly-capture-quotes-from-electronic-sources/#comment-7966 Check out Zotero (zotero.org) It's a Firefox plugin that no only makes this collection process much easier but also organizes your references. Cheers. Check out Zotero (zotero.org)
It’s a Firefox plugin that no only makes this collection process much easier but also organizes your references.
Cheers.

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