I would want it to be able to add references to my main BD database, for instance, if I am wandering around in the stacks and see a bunch of books I want to remember, or if I see an article I want to mark down; or, if I am looking up call no info to go find something, and I want to add that information to a record, rather than write it down on a little slip of paper, which I am probably going to lose anyhow; and I would want to be able to search my references and look at them (the references) much for the same reasons---to find something when I am away from my computer.
The iPhone can be used to read papers on, but it's almost not worth the effort. I think searching and editing records is the key. Adam On Apr 14, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Michael McCracken wrote: > This is an honest question, because I don't own an iPhone: > > What would you want a BibDesk iPhone app to do? > > I just now looked at the Papers for iphone app, and I guess they think > you'll want to search, organize and read your papers on your iPhone. > Perhaps. Is the screen really adequate for reading scientific papers? > > I can see the appeal of not printing out a bunch of papers but still > being able to read on a train (they say the beach, and I say they are > missing the point of the beach)... > > But, as others have mentioned, there's a resources problem in getting > something like this done. > > -mike > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Raffi Khatchadourian > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes :). I have to use citeulike eight now to compensate for the >> lack of that >> functionality. >> >> Raffi >> On Apr 13, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Daniele Pontillo <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello again >> does anyone agree with me that an iphone application to sync to and >> from the >> bibdesk client might be useful? >> thanks again >> Daniele Pontillo >> Vice-Director, Cardiology Division >> Belcolle Hospital >> Strada Sanmartinese, Viterbo, Italy 01100 >> Work: +39 0761 339424 >> Mobile: +39 3383734157 >> Home: +39 0761 834051 >> http://www.danpont.it >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: >> High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. >> Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: >> High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. >> Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> >> > > > > -- > Michael McCracken > UCSD CSE PhD Candidate > research: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~mmccrack/ > misc: http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------ Adam M. Goldstein PhD, MSLIS -- [email protected] [email protected] http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein -- (914) 637-2717 -- Dept of Philosophy Iona College 715 North Avenue New Rochelle NY 10801 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
