My Knowledge Management Process With PDF Files – Part 2

I’ve been asked a few times about how I organise my PDF files and keep track of documents. This post looks at my workflow for capturing, storing, tagging and organising my Knowledge Management system. This is Part 2

My Knowledge Management Process With PDF Files – Part 1

A few times I’ve mentioned about how I manage collections of PDF documents, Text files and the accreted detritus of a Network Engineer. Since a number of people have asked me to talk in more detail about how I organise this and what methods I use, here is some rough description of how I perform knowledge management.

Using TextExpander to Type Faster

Seen some people talking about using TextExpander – here is one way that I use it.

OSX:Creating a DuckDuckGo Search From Launch Bar

Tip on configuring LaunchBar to add DuckDuckGo to your search templates. Because DuckDuckGo is better than Google search for me.

Rant: Screen Reading – Comparing Windows and MAC

In the last couple of years, I find that I rarely use physical books to read something new. I recently started a new role that requires me to use a Windows 7 laptop and I’m finding it unreadable. Either there is something wrong with Windows or Apple have done something exceptional with screen displays.

Productive Mac Software Bundle – Recommended

Some tips on a Mac Bundle

Network Diagrams: OmniGraffle Tip – Merging Shapes

In OmniGraffle, you often want to merge shapes together to create a single object, but you don’t want to lose resolution and you want them to scale properly. Grouping doesn’t help, but this does.

iTerm 2- Top Tab Tip – Show the Profile Name

Quick tip on configuring iTerm 2 to show the profile names in Tabs – because it annoyed me.

Internets of Interest:18 Aug 2011

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 18 Aug 2011:

OSX: Resize Multiple Font Sizes at Once

Resizing all selected text with different sizes byt he same amount. A tip for OSX users.