Double-spacing in LaTeX
I’m currently writing a grant proposal and the narrative is supposed to be double-spaced. As with most of my writing, I’m using LaTeX. I’ve double-spaced a .tex document before, but I do it so...
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Using Mendeley with BibTeX
Note: This post overlaps significantly with Mendeley’s blog post found here. My current reference manager of choice is Mendeley, which is a free desktop and web solution designed for storing,...
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Alfred and Evernote
I’m a big fan of using the Mac productivity tool Alfred and I use Evernote to store all sorts of snippets of information. Alfred is free, but if you purchase the Power Pack, you gain the ability to...
View ArticleEnabling syntax highlighting in vim
I don’t use vim very often, but when I do it would be handy to have some syntax highlighting. Over on Google+, Vincent Knight shared a link to a post on Geekology that describes how to turn on syntax...
View ArticleLaTeX Homework Template
For most of my inquiry-based learning (IBL) proof-based courses, I typically assign two types of homework assignments: Daily Homework Weekly Homework I’ll briefly explain each of these. Daily Homework...
View ArticleUsing GitHub to Coauthor Papers
Inspired by a recent discussion on Facebook about accepting friend requests (on Facebook) from students, Matthew Leingang (Courant Institute), Ron Taylor (Berry College), and I decided to write a...
View ArticleStepping away from Twitter
Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, yada, yada, yada. Each of these social networking sites has something to offer and I have accounts on most of them. However, I think it may be time to...
View ArticleEditor for Mathblogging.org (or just say “yes”)
A couple of days ago, Peter Krautzberger sent me an email asking if I was interested in becoming an editor for Mathblogging.org. According to Mathblogging.org’s about page: From research to...
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