EndNote is an awkward dinosaur that feels more like an appliance than an assistant. Enlisting a program to be my electronic brain trust is a serious commitment, and I want something that will love me back. I’ve taken EndNote for a few test drives and I remain unimpressed by its clunky interface and overall brutish appearance. But with each article I added to the haphazard archive, a growing sense of doom told me it was only a matter of time before everything imploded. What began as a physical collection of papers stuffed into a filing cabinet made a digital transition some years ago. I don’t claim to have an elegant way of organising the articles I save - in fact, no particular system at all. Worse, the scattered mess of paper was digitally augmented by a few hundred more articles, stored as PDFs in cryptically-named folders on my hard drive. The tower of literature was listing dangerously and threatening to topple onto my wireless keyboard. Why did I feel this 1977 article from The Worm Breeder’s Gazette was important enough to copy, three-hole punch, and file away? What was I thinking?
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This realisation occurred when my gaze turned from the screen to one of several large stacks of references and notebooks full of scribbles and coffee-stained NMRs. It turns out that merely purchasing a large computer does not help writer’s block.
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Mac amongst the chaos: a work space "fit for a king" Expensive, severely overkill, and nothing short of heaven. After trips to the Apple store and Ikea, I’m now at the helm of a giant new iMac. I decided to construct a work space fit for a king. I convinced myself that my Powerbook, a friend and ally through all these years, is too dinky for the task of writing a thesis. And although I haven’t actually written one page of the document, my procrastination has taken on a technological twist. Of course, trepidation and anxiety are common reactions for anyone who has ever attempted to jump over this final, highest hurdle before getting a PhD. Having never written anything a tenth as large, I fear it will come out a tangled mess. But the practical aspects of sitting down in front of a computer to assimilate that into a 300 page document are just a tad intimidating. I envisage a magnum opus that puts years of labour and ideas in perspective.
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In theory, I’m supposed to be writing a thesis right now.