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Hi, I'd be keen to hear how science-communicators here are tackling note-taking: what apps people are using, what approaches they find helpful, and so on. All suggestions and advice welcome! Our usages will reflect the type of material we work on, and where we draw our material from. In my case, I write mostly on genetics, genomics and wider topics in biology, taking my material mostly from online sources and directly from the research literature. I also cover topical issues such as GMOs, glyphosate use recommendations, and from time-to-time other things (in biology) that just seem fun or interesting. I use an Apple laptop and an iPhone. I'd like to be able to work off-line if I need or want to, for example when I am unable to get good internet while travelling. One app I see well-regarded is EverNote. Comments on that or other software would be most welcome. As I'm new to this list, I thought I should also add a brief introduction. I'm a scientist with an interest in science communication. My scientific training is in computational biology, with about 30 years experience in that area. I follow in particular gene regulation and genomics, including medical or diagnostic applications. My writing interests include those I mentioned earlier, as well more focused topics like gene editing, epigenetics, examples of genetics & medical applications, and so on. Ive been writing online since before 2009 when I was a founding member of Sciblogs, New Zealand's largest collective of scientists writing online. (The format there has changed quite a bit since I started!) I find my background in computational biology very useful: I'm used to drawing out the conceptual elements in a biological 'story'. This forms the basis of representing the biology well in analytical work; in science communication is it repurposed to be the concepts readers might need to understand a story. I'm hoping to spend some of my time over the next few weeks writing, and try use this period to move my writing to more publication-oriented efforts - hence asking after note taking. Grant Jacobs -------------------------------------------------------- Grant Jacobs [log in to unmask] Dunedin, ph. +64 3 473 8857 NEW ZEALAND. http://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/ ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send reqests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************