#UsefulTools

PresGas - RPG and Left NerdPresGas@freeradical.zone
2025-01-15

@phf good to have it even if rarely used. #usefultools #simplemachines

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-11

'Typst' @typst@mastodon.social
The love-child of #LaTeX and #Markdown - open-source, runs locally in VSCode(-ium) etc. and has a webapp similar to #Overleaf
github.com/typst/typst
typst.app/

Very good explainer and overview: blog.jreyesr.com/posts/typst/
I've been using it to create two presentations last week & am very impressed (see reply).
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools @typst@a.gup.pe

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-11

'VSCodium'
VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code. Microsoft’s `vscode` source code is open source (MIT-licensed), but the product available for download (Visual Studio Code) is licensed under this not-FLOSS license and contains telemetry/tracking.
The VSCodium project exists so that you don’t have to download+build from source.
github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
vscodium.com/
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-10

'Datasette'
@datasette is a tool for exploring and publishing data. It helps people take data of any shape, analyze and explore it, and publish it as an interactive website and accompanying API.
datasette.io/
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools
(thanks @_O chaos.social/@_O/1136277022079)

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-10

@Textplus Danke für das Teilen!
Ich teile Research Software gern unter den Hashtags #UsefulTools #DHsHelper und #AcademicTools - wäre das vllt. auch etwas für den #nfdiSoftware?

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-10

'streamlit'
Streamlit turns data scripts into shareable web apps in minutes.
All in pure Python. No front‑end experience required.
streamlit.io/
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools
(thanks @LisaHornung! fosstodon.org/@LisaHornung/113)

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-10

'plotly'
Plotly allows you to save interactive HTML versions of your figures to your local disk.
plotly.com/python/interactive-
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools
(thanks @Bindestriche! social.anoxinon.de/@Bindestric)

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-09

'gephi-lite'
A free and open-source web application to visualize and explore networks and graphs. It is a web-based, lighter version of Gephi.
gephi.org/gephi-lite/
github.com/gephi/gephi-lite/tr
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-04

'Briss (2.0)'
a simple cross-platform application for cropping/splitting PDF files
(especially double to single page)
github.com/mbaeuerle/Briss-2.0
Original: sourceforge.net/projects/briss
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools
cc @vermessungsbibliothek

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-03

'Metadata Menu'
This plugin is made for data quality enthusiasts: access and manage the metadata of your notes in #Obsidian
github.com/mdelobelle/metadata
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools (thanks @Drezil !)

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-03

'Academic File Converter'
📚 Easily import publications and Jupyter notebooks to your Markdown-formatted website or book
github.com/GetRD/academic-file
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-02

'Pympress. a PDF presentation tool designed for dual-screen setups'
Highly configurable, fully-featured, and portable
github.com/Cimbali/pympress
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-02

'Flameshot. Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.'
Screenshot + annotate in one go
github.com/flameshot-org/flame
#UsefulTools #DHsHelper #AcademicTools (thanks @v_i_o_l_a for sharing!)

Henrik Schönemannlavaeolus@fedihum.org
2024-12-01
Marine Mas, PhDphdmas@sciences.social
2024-04-10

#UsefulTools: 🚩 Un guide fait par @adrienfillon
sur les red flags des publications scientifiques (exactement le genre de document que je cherchais la semaine dernière pour les étudiant.e.s sans trouver de pédagogie suffisante ou assez exhaustive)
🔗 : github.com/adrien-fillon/red_f

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