Tried and Tested: December Roundup December 26, 2008
Posted by travisthetrout in Tried and Tested Roundup.add a comment
The tried and tested tools that I’ve not liked:
The ones I have no use for, but the concept is good:
- MonkeyonyourBack: Nifty idea if I wasn’t a student and actually got to tell others what to do.
- Tab-up: good collaboration tool. Perfect for sports teams and societies organisation and the like.
Waste of my time:
- Eluma: download to desktop – complicated, overrated and somewhat boring.
- Hordit: inferior version of later this/bookmarking – unnecessarily fiddly.
- RustyBudget: looked interesting, signed up, found it dull. left.
Others do it better:
The everyday student stuff:
- Coollecter: Downloadable DVD catalogue: not a bad idea, but I personally use lists and imdb for this purpose.
PB Wiki (2 months later) December 13, 2008
Posted by travisthetrout in Note-taking, Web App.1 comment so far
So now that I’ve had more time to experiment with pbwiki I decided to do another post (previous post here)to explain how it is going and what I like and don’t like about it. A lot of people use it to compile any information all in one place – and I do agree – it is great for that.
First of, it is probably been one of the few tools I will use in the long-term and I could see myself using this for a long time to come, for any reason, simply because of the openness it presents. I’ve mainly been using it for Civil Litigation module and have branched out into other online tools for other subjects. As variety is the spice of life.
In order to compare the range of products I use, and to get a better idea of what is better for what use, I’ve highlighted the main Pros and Cons of PBwiki from my point of view.
The Pros:
- freedom to write about what you want, how you want.
- Easy interlinking between different wiki pages, particularly recent ones which other wikis lack
- Easy to format text, add in tables etc.
The Cons:
- Doesn’t mark up errors in spelling, or allow inter brower spellchecker through firefox to do so – have to go back and Spell check.
- Can’t do sub folders within folders – scrolling through a large number of files in the same folder can be tiresome – I have hundreds of pages in some folders.
- inability to create own page templates.
For a subject as diverse as law, a wiki is definately the best option, as it presents a lot of flexibility.
Hitler’s Real Estate Downfall December 1, 2008
Posted by travisthetrout in Fun Stuff.add a comment
With everyone being so depressive about how there are no jobs in property law (lucky me) thought it was time to inject some light-hearted humour into the whole thing.
Open Culture brought to my attention an amusing video using the footage from the German film – the downfall (used countless times for everything, but I like this one).
Excellently done.
