In my traditional paper notebook, I traditionally log an entry with the title “Research Effort” and the day’s date.
For example, May 23, 2013 Research Effort.
I tend to note the start time and end time for my record-keeping purposes.
I also typically write down my general weekly objectives, and then daily objectives, with notes to keep track of where I left off so I can continue easily the next day.
Obviously I can write itemized lists very easily in this blog.
However, I would like to experiment with creating a “To-Do” list in Google Tasks, using my personal e-mail account. The University of Tennessee uses Office 365, which does have a “Task Management” feature, but as far as I can tell, there is no way to export the list.
If this were my own, personal lab notebook, I could very easily import my task list via e-mail, by using the “publish via e-mail” feature in wordpress. Unfortunately I don’t think I can do that with this blog, since it is a shared platform. It is possible that I could write my tasks for the day into this digital notebook, as I would in a traditional paper notebook, and then e-mail the blog entry to myself, hopefully converting the task list to a Google Task to-do list.
Here is the task list I just e-mailed to my personal University of Tennessee e-mail address from my personal, private e-mail account:
DataONE Research – May 23, 2013
- Respond to inquiry from Dr. Davis
- Respond to inquiry about blog setup from Dr. Budden
- Remove .TIFF files from blog, replace with .PNG files
- Identify options for setting up personal mendeley account
- Identify options for setting up task management tie to open lab notebook
I could potentially start the day with such a task list, and then use each task as a heading, systematically moving through each task and jotting down nodes as appropriate.
I am curious if there is a desktop application for Mac (which I use at home) or PC (which I use at the center for communication and Information Studies). Quick Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=wordpress+publisher+application&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
First Result: 10+ Apps for Desktop WordPress Publishing
http://churchm.ag/10-desktop-apps-for-wordpress-publishing/
My interest is primarily in having a smaller window which could be moved to the periphery of my workspace, taking up a smaller area than the current, very large space occupied by a fully opened WordPress “Add new Post” window.
Looks like the options listed there cost money – should look for “FREE” apps for wordpress..
Free wordpress desktop app yields possible candidates:\
http://zoundry.com/
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/essentials-other#essentials=overviewother
List from WordPress.com for Mac and Windows:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Weblog_Client
A list for windows platforms from a blogger:
http://randomtek.com/blog-editors-wordpress-desktop-applications/
BTW If you ever want to install a wordpress site… http://www.microsoft.com/web/post/installing-and-publishing-a-wordpress-blog-with-webmatrix
Will investigate these options more tomorrow – ending research effort today at 4:09 pm.
