Here is my humble attempt at giving advice to new seminarians and even current ones. I am beginning my second semester of doctoral studies. I thought it may be beneficial to write out (from a current students perspective and on that recently finished his Masters) some of the things I wished I would have known before beginning seminary.
Read MoreQuickly Paste Bible References Using Accordance or Logos Bible Software
Learn how to quickly paste bible reference without leaving your word processor by using services from Accordance and Logos Bible Software
Read MoreNew User Guides for Drafts and Evernote
One of the best ways to get content into Evernote is through an excellent little app called Drafts. I’ve written about Drafts and Evernote before in my Evernote for Academics series. Granted, with the advent of iOS 8 you can now use the Evernote widget to start a document but if your just inputting text then Drafts is still better (as in cleaner, easier to use, faster, more options, etc.)
Read MoreAdding Email Messages to Evernote via EverMail
EverMail is a neat little tool for Mail.app on the Mac that allows you to quickly and easily add mail messages to Evernote.
Read More∞ On being "productive" →
I eagerly evaluate every new productivity solution that shows up because I truly want them to be “the one,” but after doing this for over a decade, I’m certain the tool isn’t the problem. I am. Where the innovation needs to occur is not within Asana, Things, or Workflowy, it’s with how I choose to spend my time. It’s developing a well defined protocol for myself regarding maintaining my to-do list, and then religiously following this protocol and consistently investing my time.
Indeed, it's not the tools that make us productive but following and doing a system that is consistent. Some tools help this endeavor but merely having a certain app doesn't accomplish anything.
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Evernote for Academics: Guest Post - Madison Pierce on Using Evernote for Research and Writing
Madison Pierce is a PhD Candidate in New Testament at Durham University working on the Book of Hebrews.
Read MoreEvernote for Academics: Day 06 - Research Workflows
We finally made it to Day 6 of the Evernote for Academics series. Today I will briefly cover some ideas that you can use in your research. Tomorrow, I will have a guest post on how one student uses Evernote in her research workflow.
Read MoreEvernote for Academics: Day 05 - School
Thanks for coming back for the fifth post in the Evernote for Academics. Today I am going to discuss some of the ways that you can use Evernote in school. In
Read MoreEvernote for Academic: Day 03 - Getting Your Stuff Into Evernote
Day 03 of the Evernote for Academics series. In this post I cover how to get all your "stuff" into Evernote.
Read MoreEvernote for Academics: Day 02 - Tagging vs. Notebooks
Day 02 of the Evernote for Academics series covering notes, notebooks, notebook stacks, and tagging.
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