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@phf good to have it even if rarely used. #usefultools #simplemachines

'Timey Wimey'
A tool for planning meetings across timezones
https://timeywimey.co/

via @stefan
https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113646159934473815
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

'Typst' @[email protected]
The love-child of #LaTeX and #Markdown - open-source, runs locally in VSCode(-ium) etc. and has a webapp similar to #Overleaf
https://github.com/typst/typst
https://typst.app/

Very good explainer and overview: https://blog.jreyesr.com/posts/typst/
I've been using it to create two presentations last week & am very impressed (see reply).
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools @[email protected]

'VSCodium'
VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code. Microsoft’s `vscode` source code is open source (MIT-licensed), but the product available for download (Visual Studio Code) is licensed under this not-FLOSS license and contains telemetry/tracking.
The VSCodium project exists so that you don’t have to download+build from source.
https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
https://vscodium.com/
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

'Datasette'
@datasette is a tool for exploring and publishing data. It helps people take data of any shape, analyze and explore it, and publish it as an interactive website and accompanying API.
https://datasette.io/
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools
(thanks @_O https://chaos.social/@_O/113627702207943375)

@Textplus Danke für das Teilen!
Ich teile Research Software gern unter den Hashtags #UsefulTools #DHsHelper und #AcademicTools - wäre das vllt. auch etwas für den #nfdiSoftware?

'streamlit'
Streamlit turns data scripts into shareable web apps in minutes.
All in pure Python. No front‑end experience required.
https://streamlit.io/
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools
(thanks @LisaHornung! https://fosstodon.org/@LisaHornung/113627501553178703)

'plotly'
Plotly allows you to save interactive HTML versions of your figures to your local disk.
https://plotly.com/python/interactive-html-export/
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools
(thanks @Bindestriche! https://social.anoxinon.de/@Bindestriche/113627301740770480)

'gephi-lite'
A free and open-source web application to visualize and explore networks and graphs. It is a web-based, lighter version of Gephi.
https://gephi.org/gephi-lite/
https://github.com/gephi/gephi-lite/tree/main
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

'Briss (2.0)'
a simple cross-platform application for cropping/splitting PDF files
(especially double to single page)
https://github.com/mbaeuerle/Briss-2.0
Original: https://sourceforge.net/projects/briss/
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools
cc @vermessungsbibliothek

'Metadata Menu'
This plugin is made for data quality enthusiasts: access and manage the metadata of your notes in #Obsidian
https://github.com/mdelobelle/metadatamenu
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools (thanks @Drezil !)

'Academic File Converter'
📚 Easily import publications and Jupyter notebooks to your Markdown-formatted website or book
https://github.com/GetRD/academic-file-converter
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

'Pympress. a PDF presentation tool designed for dual-screen setups'
Highly configurable, fully-featured, and portable
https://github.com/Cimbali/pympress
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

'Flameshot. Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.'
Screenshot + annotate in one go
https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools (thanks @v_i_o_l_a for sharing!)

'Countdown. Simple timer for live events'
https://github.com/CVMEventi/Countdown
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

A really great tool to quickly compare two images: https://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~vgg/software/image-compare/app/latest/
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

https://rstockm.github.io/mastowall/?hashtags=luftbildpl%C3%A4ne&server=https://norden.social

#usefultools

The #Mastowall for #Chronolink is not bad either :: #usefultools :: https://rstockm.github.io/mastowall/?hashtags=chronolink&server=https://norden.social

thx @rstockm

So cool. #Mastowall by @rstockm

Recent #ChronoMedia toots >>> https://rstockm.github.io/mastowall/?hashtags=chronomedia&server=https://norden.social

#usefultools

#UsefulTools: 🚩 Un guide fait par @adrienfillon
sur les red flags des publications scientifiques (exactement le genre de document que je cherchais la semaine dernière pour les étudiant.e.s sans trouver de pédagogie suffisante ou assez exhaustive)
🔗 : https://github.com/adrien-fillon/red_flag_etudes_scientifiques/blob/main/Les%20red%20flags%20des%20%C3%A9tudes%20scientifiques.pdf

#GenerativeAI tools recommended by colleagues and the associated explicative quotes as I remember them: #UsefulTools ? (not sure about the tag)
✍️ EDITGPT: https://editgpt.app/ "for grammar and proofreading, with track changes" (I did not use it)
🐦 POE: https://poe.com/ "apparently better than ChatGPT for academic use" (it's a combination of different generative AI, I did not use it)
🎓 JENNI: https://jenni.ai/ "generates sourced text" (I did not use it)

🧭 Compass to Publish, un site de l'#ULiege qui sert à savoir si une revue est prédatrice ou non. #UsefulTools
Très utile et fort détaillé :
🔗 https://app.lib.uliege.be/compass-to-publish/
📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwisQdgHWWs

I'm really impressed with #scrivener for long form writing. It's been around for a long time, but the idea of being able to write long form in out of order sections and then collect them later makes a lot of sense to me.

And the corkboard view works like a giant kanban board, which is dope.

#productivity #writing #macapps #usefultools #mac #macpowerusers #editors #kanban

I'm really impressed with #scrivener for long form writing. It's been around for a long time, but the idea of being able to write long form in out of order sections and then collect them later makes a lot of sense to me.

And the corkboard view works like a giant kanban board, which is dope.

#productivity #writing #macapps #usefultools #mac #macpowerusers #editors #kanban

I'm really impressed with #scrivener for long form writing. It's been around for a long time, but the idea of being able to write long form in out of order sections and then collect them later makes a lot of sense to me.

And the corkboard view works like a giant kanban board, which is dope.

#productivity #writing #macapps #usefultools #mac #macpowerusers #editors #kanban

I'm really impressed with #scrivener for long form writing. It's been around for a long time, but the idea of being able to write long form in out of order sections and then collect them later makes a lot of sense to me.

And the corkboard view works like a giant kanban board, which is dope.

#productivity #writing #macapps #usefultools #mac #macpowerusers #editors #kanban