i can export notes and also marked pdfs, to a folder on the boox which i copy to my laptop if/when i need. i sometimes open a notepad in boox and jot down ideas from certain papers, or note the author/journal/year in a little shortlist. what the boox does is let me read those papers at all, which would not be possible for me otherwise. i mark up pdfs for my own comprehension as i read, and don't have a huge need to access those annotations later. i export from zotero my pdfs to a folder which copies to my boox. I have a small tablet and could never use it for this purpose, screens are an awful experience for me and they're much heavier.īecause the comfort of the ereader is so important for me to work, i don't mind it being a little fussier to transfer files. i snuggle up with my dog and read by a small lamp and it's just as comfortable as paper. How it's working: the onyx is really light, really easy on my eyes, the digital pen is a dream (for me), the ability to keep my metric tons of literature in digital folders and carry a featherweight magical inkscreen instead is a miracle. i grudgingly accepted that i need more modern tools, or i will be buried alive in all the papers i print out. but the volume of literature i need to consume is just insane, it's like being hit with a firehose (spent a few years as a research assistant and now phd student in neurosci dept). when i did my master's in endocrinology / molecular biology i printed everything out, had stacks of binders, because i need to write with a pen and i can't stand computer screens. My situation: i need a way to read tons and tons of articles, take notes, and keep the papers organized. I bought an onyx boox max 3 specifically to set up a workflow with zotero. As I say: the only thing I'd change is to get a more up to date model. The combination of improved daily notekeeping and improved academic literature consumption is why I got the boox and I'm a real fan. Dropsync uploads the PDF version automatically and if I need it (and stuck to writing in lines instead of a mindmap) then the handwriting recognition is good enough to understand or need little correction. It's so good that it's replaced the handwritten / scanned note taking workflow I had for client notes. It's not a 100% pencil and paper feel but it's much better than any of the many tablet/ laptop + stylus combos I've used before. I know this is off topic: the pen based note keeping is just brilliant. This has been totally transformative for me! I'm actually drafting a book that's been stalled for years because I can finally get over the friction of reading journal articles that aren't in the really-essential-must-read-for-work-today category.Ģ. I don't like the built-in neoreader app so I downloaded foxit, but several choice worked just fine. The zotero - zotfile - Dropboxsync method works brilliantly. I'm saving up for the most recent Boox cos they improve processor with every new model.ġ3 inch is essential for journal publications in A4 format (the hassle and poor results of reflowing research pdf just isn't worth the effort)ġ3 inch is impractical if you're mobile (I got a 3rd party hard cover that's very good but just a bit too big for A4 orientated cases and bags)ġ. The boox max at 13 inch is expensive, so I got a small version to test my use cases and bought the full size within a week. I've been a fan of pen based input since the apple Newton and had dozens of devices.
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