| | Hey guys, well nothing too much new, other than the fact that schools is back in session. So anyway that being said, theres a couple things out there on the internet that I've found that can save your ass more often than not, if anything it'll speed life up.
- Nothing is more annoying than writing a paper and then being slapped in the face because you didn't format it right. There are some things out there to help you!
- MLA Format Templates!
- Download these and you'll just have to fill in the stuff in the right places and you'll be good
- If you use Microsoft Word, click here
- If you know how to use templates, use this, if you don't know what this is, just use the thing above.
- If you have liberated yourself (or saved money) and use openoffice, and click here
- MLA "Works Cited" tools
- These all work similarly, easy to use, I've had a lot of success with WorksCited4U
- WorksCited4U
- EasyBib
- Well, with MLA covered, lets go into the lesser known world, of Web-Based Applications!, so this is a growing field in the web industry, and there are a lot of great uses for it. Basically what you do is you work on a paper in your internet browser, and don't worry about downloading it and using word. Just type it when you can, save it, work on it again, save it to word or something, format it the way you want (or just copy/paste it into one of the MLA templates) and print it, it makes life simpler if you like to do work at school like me.
- Writely - This was bought out by google back in March I think, I've been using it for my word processing primarily since January. I just type it, and no matter what computer I'm on, I know I can access it, it's pretty easy to use, just sign up for an account, or give me a shout.
- Google Spreadsheets - Very quite since it was released as a beta, this is sort of like an excel, but online, works the same as Writely pretty much, just save and go. and then export to program of choice if you'd like.
- Oh, if you haven't yet, Get a fucking Gmail account. It's getting better by the day, and the best thing is, if your in school and logged into gmail, it's got a nifty chat feature so you can IM while in class. IM me at conor.ryan@gmail.com it's the greatest, and rumor has it, AIM support is on the way. (so you'll be on AIM and Gtalk at the same time!)
- Gmail is also great because it's fast, and it'll handle all your files that you need to email to yourself easily.
Have a nice school year
ps-my new lay out, feels like Maddox
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