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Complexity scientist and writer, author of The Half-Life of Facts and Overcomplicated; scientist in residence at Lux Capital.
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gephiSoftware
For data visualization, I use gephi for networks, an amazingly powerful tool which many describe as "Photoshop for networks."
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
MendeleySoftware
For my management of citations and bibliography, I use Mendeley, which is a really good free program that can work with both Word and LaTeX.
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
TeXShopSoftware
For scientific papers, I use TeXShop, which is a great implementation of LaTeX.
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
YoruFukurouSoftware
YoruFukurou (which apparently means "Night Owl" in Japanese) is extremely powerful for filtering and reading tweets, but doesn't overwhelm me with information.
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
ScrivenerSoftware Literature & Latte
And for longer writing projects, such as books, I use Scrivener. Scrivener is an incredible writing tool and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
TextWranglerSoftware Bare Bones Software
I use a combination of the Terminal and TextWrangler for this.
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
NetNewsWireSoftware Brent Simmons
I use NetNewsWire for the rapidly dwindling number of RSS feeds that I still follow (fewer than ten), as Twitter has supplanted my webpage discovery process.
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
MacBook AirHardware Apple
My primary computer is an 11-inch MacBook Air with 4 gigs of RAM.
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
Plot 0.997Software
For graphs and data plots, I use a somewhat unwieldy and defunct undiscovered gem called Plot 0.997.
His Uses This interview, on the writing and research tools behind his books and articles.
2013-06-04·usesthis.com ↗
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