I had a terrible time trying to keep up with a paper research notebook I would start one, and then get too lazy to write things down (I write so much slower than I type!) and WAY too lazy to actually physically cut-and-paste plots with scissors and tape. I use Evernote as a computer-based research notebook. I even get excited when I drive by their HQ in Mountain View (hey, don’t judge!). Dropbox is run by MIT grads so watch out for awesome events like Dropquest 2012, a puzzle-hunt based on MIT’s Mystery Hunt.Ĭost: Free for 2GB (up to 18 GB if you find all the fancy ways to get free space!) Pay $99/year for 100 GB, $499/year for 500 GB. Make sure you get the iPhone/iPad/Android app too, and access your kitten pictures from anywhere. My advisor and I have a shared folder, which comes in handy for updating drafts, collaborating on code, or sharing a new result. You can store papers, plots, posters, pictures of kittens in an online repository that syncs with a folder on your computer. I probably don’t need to tell you what Dropbox is.
#IOBSERVE CEDRIC WINDOWS SOFTWARE#
Apologies to Linux/Unix/Windows folks!) Software I Can’t Live (Productively) Without: (Note that I work exclusively on a Mac, so all these are based on software available for Macs. Over the last two years, I’ve found a handful of software that helps me productive and happy at my screen. We code, we write, we make plots, we think, we read… all from our desk chairs. For many astronomers, we spend 80% of every work day parked in front of a computer screen.
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