Problem: migrating from BibDesk to Mendeley with PDF links

 Apple, iPad, Mac OS X, Mendeley  1 Response »
Dec 102011
 

I have been using BibDesk as a reference manager for a while now. I have mainly used it for organizing my database of references with the PDF file attached. Unfortunately BibDesk works perfectly with LyX or LATeX, but not so easily with Microsoft Word, and at least for me, it is more common to use Word to write papers than LyX or LATeX. For this reason I tried both Zotero and Mendeley to have a reference manager that could support the whole literature search, reading, cite lifecycle. My final choice was Mendeley (also because now I have all my references database and files on the iPad too). Importing the references database in Mendeley was pretty easy but…

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Switch from two languages (i.e. eng to ita) on your iPad

 iPad, Iphone  No Responses »
Oct 122011
 

If, like me, you frequently find yourselves in the necessity to write e-mails or text in two (or more than two) languages, you probably have realized that writing in a language different from the one that is currently set in the iOS is really extremely irritating. The predictive typing engine of iOS will continuously change the words you type with possible suggestions found in the dictionary. You can imagine what happens when you write in english and the dictionary is in italian.

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 Posted by Alessio Maria Braccini at 11:48 AM

Announcing the annual edition of the conference of the Italian chapter of AIS

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Apr 192011
 

The VIII edition of the Italian chapter of AIS will take place on October 7th – 8th at the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. The conference welcomes theoretical and practical contributions from Italian and international scholars. Information on the conference can be found at the conference website: http://www.itais2011.org. The call for paper for the conference can be downloaded from here: download call for paper.

 Posted by Alessio Maria Braccini at 5:56 PM

Viber vs Whatsapp

 Iphone  2 Responses »
Apr 172011
 

It has been a while since I have installed Viber and Whatsapp in my IPhone 4. For longtime I have been not albe to test nor to use them since I did not find other users that were among my contacts but now that these two apps have spread a little bit, I have had a chance to use them.
What can I say then? First of all that they rock, Viber above the other. Second that it is funny to play with. I just have one concern regarding Whatsapp. Since Viber integrates both the VOIP functionalities with the text chat, Whatsapp seems less necessary. Nevertheless the chat in Whatsapp is slightly better than the one in Viber (which has also been a recent development), so is it worth having installed both of them?.

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Merry Christmas

 From Alessio  No Responses »
Dec 242010
 

Merry Christmas and Happy new Year to all my blog visitors.

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My MacBookPro restarts everytime I leave it idle for a certain amount of time [solved]

 Apple, Mac OS X, Solutions  No Responses »
Dec 242010
 

Recently I have been experiencing occasional reboots with my MacBookPro. Usually these reboots were happening when the notebook was idle for some time. It was really annoying, especially because sometimes I wanted to leave my Mac running the whole night to complete a torrent download. I have googled the problem a couple of times and I have found hints related to the power management preferences of to problems with the battery. None of them where the right solutions for my problem, but in the end I think I have solved it.

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 Posted by Alessio Maria Braccini at 11:32 PM

Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac: I am impressed!

 Apple  1 Response »
Dec 172010
 

I think the title of this post is self explanatory, but I repeat it one more time: I am impressed. I am in the middle of an intense work session with Microsoft Word for Mac since I am writing a monograph. This time I decided not to use LyX for writing the text and rather use the newest version of Microsoft Word for Mac, the 2011. I have to admit that I was not 100% fine with this decision, but since my editor provided me with templates for Word and no templates for LATeX, and also since because I am writing the monograph really in a hurry, then I have decided to go for Microsoft Word. And what was the result? Continue reading »

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Ignore your visits in Google Analytics

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Nov 282010
 

This is just a quick post. When I have created the Google Analytics account I remember that I have created a sort of a filter that prevented Analytics to record also my visits on the website. But all this has happened many months ago, and now I no longer remember what have I done and how.

Since I have noticed that the analytics log was showing strange behaviors of visitors on my blog, I have thought that probably that filter would not have been in place for word press too. This is why I have googled the problem a little bit and I have eventually identified a solution.

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 Posted by Alessio Maria Braccini at 2:27 AM

WordPress for Iphone: Incorrect username or password (fixed)

 Apple, Iphone, Wordpress  No Responses »
Nov 212010
 

While browsing the Apple Appstore I’ve noticed that there is an app that lets you administer your wordpress blog directly from the Iphone. I thought it could have been a good idea and then I installed it. Unfortunately this was exactly the time when the problems started. I have tried many times to configure the app to work with http://blog.braccini.info but there was no way. When configuring the app you have to fill in some forms with the URL of the blog, the username and the password. All the data were correct but I was always getting the same error: “Incorrect username or password“.

I’ve googled this problem a little bit and in the end I have found the solution.

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 Posted by Alessio Maria Braccini at 1:35 PM

Microsoft Office 2011 installer fails

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Nov 202010
 

I have downloaded the demo version of the latest version of Microsoft Office for Mac. I was curious to see which improvements Microsoft did make to the 2008 version of the office suite that was ok for daily work, but a step behind the 2007 version for Windows. Unfortunately I have run into a problem directly during the installation process. The installer executes itself correctly and, after having asked the position where to install the files, it eventually fail in the middle of the writing process with a generic message: “Installation failed“.

I have googled the error and did not find a proper solution but in the end I was able to fix it and to install it correctly.  Continue reading »

 Posted by Alessio Maria Braccini at 1:41 PM
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