I know, it depends on how many features you need. In my view MS Word 6.0 (1996?) reached the sufficient complement of features I use regularly in text production. Everything since then has been UI and refinement. What features do we really need for reference management and where does the tool save ME time? The rapid capture of citation when browsing is a big part of it - the lightweight access to a free tool that continues to be developed.
It's not "as" full featured as EndNote of course, but for creating topical citation lists that I can edit later, it's quite good. Besides, do you think design grad students will spend money on a reference manager? ;) It's better to encourage discipline that gets followed rather than to set a bar so high that its ignored. My students do use Zotero and Mendeley, but I haven't seen EndNote yet in the MDes.
I don’t have the time to draft a new post on systems theory in dialogic design - I've recently given a workshop at AHO in collaboration with Birger Sevaldson, and some background is at: http://www.systemsorienteddesign.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164:workshop-by-professor-peter-jones&catid=1:latest-news
Requisite variety is one of the principles guiding the methodology of structured dialogic design, discussed in the papers at http://globalagoras.org Most of them are here at: http://www.globalagoras.org/publications/article-library
I'd be happy to discuss more later - I'm particularly interested in integrating dialogic and systemic design literatures into MDes and PhD curricula. If you are currently working on innovative design curricula, we should find better ways to share our developmental work.
Peter
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From: Terence Love [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:48 AM
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Subject: Re: texts / critical mapping
Dear Peter,
Zotero full featured? I found Zotero and Mandeley didn't do what Endnote does and went back to Endnote.
Interesting you found different. You want to say more?
I'd be grateful if you would also say more about how you are using Ashby LoRV.
Best wishes,
Terry
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