tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post3466802268808848583..comments2024-03-14T01:32:43.610-06:00Comments on The Geomblog: Reading papers.Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-63226289572329702672010-01-06T14:24:06.489-07:002010-01-06T14:24:06.489-07:00There's a good comparison chart of reference m...There's a good <a href="http://bit.ly/LfCDn" rel="nofollow">comparison chart of reference managers</a> at Nature Network.<br /><br />To address the larger question, yes, it's not possible to keep up with all the literature in your field. You can either do what some people do, which is read the first paper that comes up in a search when they find they have time to read (not recommended), or only read your friends papers (also not recommended), or you can use your social network to filter out the really important papers. Tools like Mendeley help you find what other people are reading, and this data is then used to feed a recommendation algo to suggest things for you to read.<br /><br />If anyone has issues with Mendeley (or other ref managers, I've used them all & now work for Mendeley) please let me know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-52083271679327234742009-12-31T04:58:25.804-07:002009-12-31T04:58:25.804-07:00You should be able to manually download a paper an...You should be able to manually download a paper and then upload it to Mendeley (in cases where the paper is available on someone's homepage, etc).Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-4058434218180586612009-12-30T18:37:27.777-07:002009-12-30T18:37:27.777-07:00Was not aware of Mendeley before. How does it comp...Was not aware of Mendeley before. How does it compare to zotero and/or CiteULike?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-69949424898043003162009-12-30T18:28:45.033-07:002009-12-30T18:28:45.033-07:00One solution that works well for me is to organize...One solution that works well for me is to organize a reading group. That way, you get to have papers that you wanted to read explained to you over the span of an hour. If you can involve enough people, it is not that much work for any one person.Kamalikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888443373425119549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-19548608383830573242009-12-30T16:23:26.719-07:002009-12-30T16:23:26.719-07:00Not universally applicable, but my solution is to ...Not universally applicable, but my solution is to not read papers :). There are 2-year old papers in the area closest to me (data structure lower bounds) that I haven't read yet. I'm sure one day I'll get a flash understanding how the proof goes, while thinking about an entirely different topic... That's also more fun, no? :)Mihaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11599372864611039927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-54013843142279885732009-12-30T16:07:32.497-07:002009-12-30T16:07:32.497-07:00something I've experimented with, though not f...something I've experimented with, though not frequently, is to pipe things I need to read to a voice synthesizer and make mp3s that I can listen to while driving/exercising/doing chores/etc. If you have a mobile device that does voice synthesis, it may be even easier<br /><br />of course, I don't know how feasible of an idea this is for math notation, LaTeX, or PDFs in general, but for some stuff it works fantastically. I used to do this with some of Rajeev's lecture notes he posts to catch up on lectures I missed.<br /><br />i read an article saying t.v. raman does this, but more interestingly, has his voice synthesizer sped up, so he can go through text faster. it took him a little bit to get used to it i guess, but i guess the brain adapts.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578837634288302480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-18336783740561909582009-12-30T16:00:58.695-07:002009-12-30T16:00:58.695-07:00I think the answer's pretty simple, really: Re...I think the answer's pretty simple, really: Read fewer papers!<br /><br />Trying to read <em>every</em> paper that you <em>absolutely must</em> read to keep up with three (four? five? six?) different fields is an impossible task; you'll be reading papers 40 hours a day. But the time you spend teaching, writing, thinking, sleeping, eating, playing, and all that other non-reading stuff is at least as valuable.<br /><br />(Nice to meet you, Mr. Pot; my name is Mr. Kettle.)<br /><br /><em>I feel the need to ... keep abreast of things and share the latest news with my students.</em><br /><br />You might try reversing that relationship: Get each of your students to keep abreast of one or two areas, and then share the latest news with you (and each other).JeffEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633745186684887140noreply@blogger.com