#Scientific Writing
Scientific Writing appears on this blog whenever drafting theses, preparing preprints, or documenting software turns into a topic in its own right. My work involves writing for different scientific audiences, so reflecting on that process feels both natural and useful. Posts tagged this way deal with structuring manuscripts, phrasing results, preparing figures, managing references, and maintaining reproducible documentation for code and data. I share these thoughts here in the hope that they might help others navigate the often complex task of communicating scientific ideas clearly and effectively.
There are currently 28 articles with this tag (newest first):
Exploring connected notes: Local graph views for DEVONthink knowledge bases
DEVONthink has long been my preferred tool for managing personal knowledge. Its smart features, l...
Bridging ideas on the go: WikiLinks come to DEVONthink To Go
The WikiLinks feature has finally arrived on DEVONthink to go, DEVONthink’s mobile app, which un...
How to get an RSS feed of your Mastodon bookmarks
The third-party service Mastodon Bookmark RSS allows you to subscribe to your Mastodon bookmarks ...
Track the growth of your Zettelkasten with DEVONthink
You can easily track the growth of your Zettelkasten using DEVONthink’s smart groups.
Problems with large vaults in Obsidian
In the past few days I played a bit with Obsidian. Turns out that its iOS app has some serious pr...
DEVONthink and privacy
One thing I really love about DEVONthink, is its high security and privacy measures regarding the...
Using VS Code as LaTeX editor
It doesn’t take much to convert Visual Studio Code into a powerful LaTeX editor. Here are the nec...
Putting text sources into the Zettelkasten?
Should text sources (ebooks, PDF, website snapshots) be saved in a Zettelkasten?
On project notes in the Zettelkasten
Should project notes be a type of notes of their own in our Zettelkasten?
The Feynman problem-solving algorithm
Yet another problem-solving approach by Richard Feynman.
The Feynman method as an effective learning tool
The Feynman method can help you not only to remember new knowledge, but also to really and deeply...
How DEVONthink’s auto-WikiLink feature changed my Zettelkasten workflow
DEVONthink’s automatic WikiLinks function is a powerful tool, both for discovering connections be...
DEVONthink Markdown Table-of-Contents generator
I wrote a custom AppleScript for DEVONthink Markdown files, that bypasses the problem of broken l...
DEVONthink Image Toolbox
I just shared a collection of AppleScripts on GitHub for handling images in DEVONthink.
Floating Back-to-top button for Markdown documents
You can quickly add a floating Back-to-top button to your Markdown documents in just two steps.
Using Obsidian as a Zettelkasten
In this post I show how you can quickly set up a Zettelkasten in Obsidian.
Using DEVONthink as a Zettelkasten
In this post I show how you can quickly set up a Zettelkasten in DEVONthink.
Use your Zettelkasten as a research, thinking and learning tool – Personal knowledge management as a system
In the last part of the series about personal knowledge management, we dive deeper into the Zette...
Take smart notes with the Zettelkasten method
With the Zettelkasten method by Niklas Luhmann, we give the previously presented personal knowled...
Don’t take isolated notes, connect them! Vannevar Bush on building a self-organizing network of knowledge
In 1945, Vannevar Bush presented his concept of a self-organizing personal knowledge network by l...
Boost your research with a smart personal knowledge management system
My next posts will be a short series about personal knowledge management and how it can be integr...
Clean Thesis: A simple and elegant LaTeX thesis template
If you’re looking for some inspiration for your thesis, I just came across Clean Thesis by Ricard...
Free LaTeX editors
A list of currently freely available LaTeX editors (constantly updated).
Markdown vs. LaTeX for Scientific Writing
A comparison of Markdown and LaTeX in regard of scientific writing.
Free Markdown editors
A list of currently freely available Markdown editors (constantly updated).
How to use LaTeX in Markdown
A quick guide on how to enable MathJax support in your Markdown documents.
New Teaching Material: LaTeX Guide
I’ve added a LaTeX guide to the General Teaching Materials in the teaching section. It serves as ...
New Teaching Material: Markdown Guide
I’ve composed a Markdown Guide for my teaching courses.