Comments on: Academic reading without paper: the BibDesk & Skim duo

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By: Rense Nieuwenhuis

Rense Nieuwenhuis — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:33:58 +0000

Well, thank you! Indeed, even reading complete books becomes a possibility with the increasing quality of both software and computer screens. I sometimes wonder what in a few years I will find myself reading from screen, and what from paper.

For now, I think there’s nothing better than a beautifully printed book, especially when I want to read it carefully. For reference, I don’t mind digital.

By: Allen H.

Allen H. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:55:59 +0000

Great write up! I agree with you, the duo is quite nice! I’ve even taken to reading ebooks in pdf in the full-screen mode in Skim. You can even use BibDesk as a sort of book-case for your ebooks.

Good write-up!

By: Rense Nieuwenhuis

Rense Nieuwenhuis — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:24:41 +0000

Dear Michael,

thanks for the compliment!

I agree that using keywords to organize papers does help to some extent, but I must say that I would still love to be able to apply some ‘nesting’ to my categories / keywords. On that account I must admit I prefer the way ‘Papers’ handles it. Perhaps some future version will allow it …

By: Michael McCracken

Michael McCracken — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:03:11 +0000

Hi, nice writeup. I’m glad BD and Skim fit so well. (I’ve been a developer on both)

If you want subfolders to keep track of the papers being used for a current article you’re writing, I suggest instead using keywords. You can set the sidebar on the left to show keywords instead of folders, and then organize papers by assigning keywords. I use keywords for permanent organization by categories, like “compilers” and “performance”, and folders to keep track of papers in progress.

Since a paper can have any number of keywords and be in any number of groups, it works fine (for me) without needing a hierarchy of groups.

Cheers,
mike