Comments on: Cheap Mac Apps for Students and Teachers http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/ Current Blog Project: Six Months With a Quaker Preacher Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-1918 Chris Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:37:15 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/#comment-1918 Oh, I forgot about audacity. I put it on my work computer to play around with it. It seems cool enough. Not sure what I'll ever do with it, but the price was right on it! Oh, I forgot about audacity. I put it on my work computer to play around with it. It seems cool enough. Not sure what I’ll ever do with it, but the price was right on it!

]]> By: C. Wess Daniels http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 C. Wess Daniels Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:35:43 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/#comment-1916 Seth thanks for the tips - I haven't heard of audacity and will check it out - free is almost always better. Seth thanks for the tips – I haven’t heard of audacity and will check it out – free is almost always better.

]]> By: seth http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 seth Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:53:43 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/#comment-1908 hey wess, a nice alternative to open office is neoofficeJ. its a javascript version of open office it runs a bit slow on booting up but it doesnt require the use install X11. people really should just get away from word docs all together, they are enormous, a security threat and generally not that useful as far as im concerned. Seems like a good ole' fashioned .rtf or .txt does the trick. an alternative to voiceCandy (which i have never used) is audacity. A completely free opensource audio recorder that supports the LAME mp3 codec natively. I actually recorded an entire ep on it once its nice because in addition to being a nice recorder its actually a multi-tracker as well. hey wess, a nice alternative to open office is neoofficeJ. its a javascript version of open office it runs a bit slow on booting up but it doesnt require the use install X11. people really should just get away from word docs all together, they are enormous, a security threat and generally not that useful as far as im concerned. Seems like a good ole’ fashioned .rtf or .txt does the trick.

an alternative to voiceCandy (which i have never used) is audacity. A completely free opensource audio recorder that supports the LAME mp3 codec natively. I actually recorded an entire ep on it once its nice because in addition to being a nice recorder its actually a multi-tracker as well.

]]> By: C. Wess Daniels http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-1889 C. Wess Daniels Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:58:16 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/#comment-1889 Chris thanks so much for your input! You really need to check out Delicious Monster it is super easy to put books in by scanning barcodes and now that you have a nice new imac with a camera it would be no problem. Then you can export it to library thing, something I've already done. Chris thanks so much for your input! You really need to check out Delicious Monster it is super easy to put books in by scanning barcodes and now that you have a nice new imac with a camera it would be no problem. Then you can export it to library thing, something I’ve already done.

]]> By: Chris http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-1878 Chris Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:02:21 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/07/21/cheap-mac-apps-for-students-and-teachers/#comment-1878 Thanks Wess. I have used several of these apps. I thought, since I have recently been a student and am currently a teaching assistant and a professor, that I would commennt on a few. Open Office - I downloaded and installed it a few weeks ago. The program itself is nice and it felt good to stick it to Microsoft, but I found it difficult to install fonts (I need my Greek fonts!) and did not have the patience to learn it all. So I uninstalled it to free up disk space on my packed iBook. GIMP - Don't use it much, but it is an awesome app! ANd the price is right. Flock - Becoming dependent on it. RSS reader, Flickr viewer, blog writer, del.icio.us intergrater and more! Skype - I've been a Gizmo Project user for several months. Just this week the net was all abuzz about how it could be a Skype killer, especially now that they offer free Gizmo to landline calls and not just Gizmo to Gizmo calls! Library Thing - Paid for lifetime membership in March, but I have only input about 200 (maybe 10-15% of total) books. I like the idea, but it is labor-intensive if you already have lots of stuff to enter. I recommend starting to use it before your library gets too unwieldly. I suppose the same goes for Delicious Library. Accordance - I have known people who switched to Mac just to have this bible software. It is the best, no doubt. I recommend it to all my Greek students. Others are catching up though, particularly BibleWorks. They are all expensive! Endnote - Love it! So many ways to use it - searching, formatting, organizing, etc. Saved me a lot of time on the dissertation. One word of warning, if you plan to integrate Endnote with your word processor (I did while writing the diss. It's a wonderful way to insert footnotes!), you will want to see if it is compatible with Open Office. I would guess it is not. I am going to give ibackup a try. SOunds helpful. I don't IM much and don't like the sound of my own voice, so I am not sure Adium and Voice Candy are necessary. Thanks again! Thanks Wess. I have used several of these apps. I thought, since I have recently been a student and am currently a teaching assistant and a professor, that I would commennt on a few.

Open Office – I downloaded and installed it a few weeks ago. The program itself is nice and it felt good to stick it to Microsoft, but I found it difficult to install fonts (I need my Greek fonts!) and did not have the patience to learn it all. So I uninstalled it to free up disk space on my packed iBook.

GIMP – Don’t use it much, but it is an awesome app! ANd the price is right.

Flock – Becoming dependent on it. RSS reader, Flickr viewer, blog writer, del.icio.us intergrater and more!

Skype – I’ve been a Gizmo Project user for several months. Just this week the net was all abuzz about how it could be a Skype killer, especially now that they offer free Gizmo to landline calls and not just Gizmo to Gizmo calls!

Library Thing – Paid for lifetime membership in March, but I have only input about 200 (maybe 10-15% of total) books. I like the idea, but it is labor-intensive if you already have lots of stuff to enter. I recommend starting to use it before your library gets too unwieldly. I suppose the same goes for Delicious Library.

Accordance – I have known people who switched to Mac just to have this bible software. It is the best, no doubt. I recommend it to all my Greek students. Others are catching up though, particularly BibleWorks. They are all expensive!

Endnote – Love it! So many ways to use it – searching, formatting, organizing, etc. Saved me a lot of time on the dissertation. One word of warning, if you plan to integrate Endnote with your word processor (I did while writing the diss. It’s a wonderful way to insert footnotes!), you will want to see if it is compatible with Open Office. I would guess it is not.

I am going to give ibackup a try. SOunds helpful. I don’t IM much and don’t like the sound of my own voice, so I am not sure Adium and Voice Candy are necessary.

Thanks again!

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