Last Thing - perfect timing

I was SOOOO happy to see what Thing 8 was. I was just given the opportunity to write a chapter for one of the two quasi-bibles of emergency medicine. This is HUGE for my career. However, I have 2 months to accomplish this. So in two days since I got the email, I've developed a wiki to organize my outline, PDFs of references, etc. as well as added about 30 references to my new Connotea library. My next decision point will be whether or not to use EndNote or RefWorks. I've had recommendations to use EndNote, but not much personal experience. I used RefWords back in undergrad. I'll probably use RefWorks because I bounce between computers all the time. Looks like Write-n-Cite (part of RefWorks) now takes Word 2007 documents.

I choose Connotea because it seems a little more aimed at the medical sciences. Also, I find it easy to cut and paste the PMID # into Connotea.

I probably spent one hour or so looking up references and putting them on my wiki and my Connotea library.

Since this is the last "thing" of this project, I think this will be my last post. Will it be my last blog? I don't think so.

My academic interest is more in the translation of knowledge instead of the creation of knowledge. I already am accustomed to using technology to teach (proud to admit I'm a geek) and the stuff I've learned here applies perfectly. I have some ideas for some work related blogs and other Web 2.0 stuff. While P&T committees are very interested in more of the typical journal and textbook publications, I think most of the learners will be seeking knowledge in Web 2.0 applications. We educators need to adapt. And quite honestly, working on this sort of stuff is so much more fun that reading or writing journals.

Thank you, 8Things divas. We'll talk later.
TattlingYeti

Thing 7

This one's pretty easy for me. I already use Google Docs extensively. I've been using it to share documents with residents when we are working on a scholarly project. Currently I'm trying to figure out when to use a wiki and when to use this.

I have to write a book chapter soon. I'll need to decide what to use. I work to two different hospitals and a simulation center. The sim center has Office 2007, so does my home computer. Google docs does not support the new formatting. If I write my chapter on my home computer, I can only work on that computer. Maybe I'll divide up the work into stages and use a wiki initially, then use my home computer (word 2007) to finish it up.

Basically, if I need to collaborate, I'll either use a wiki or try my darndest to get the collaborators to use Google Docs. Technically, I think it's in Beta but I've never had trouble for the editing. However, sometimes the printing is a little weird.

Since I'm pretty facile with Google Docs, I only spent ~20 minutes on this one.