This Past Week

I feel like I've had to catch up on so much - my mind was definitely on Spring Break the week before it since I wasn't able to be at class (and I knew ahead of time) and I was going to NYC that weekend.

But now that I've procrastinated everything between this class and research, I've realized it wasn't too much, thankfully!

I really like using Google Docs.  I think I'm going to start to bring some of my Microsoft Office documents into Google Docs because there are plenty of times when I could work on them, but I'm not at my computer.  Despite knowing I can make everything have a completely private setting though, I still don't trust some documents to be on the internet instead of just my computer.

Google Sites is not the most user-friendly site to use, in my opinion.  Then again, every website making tool tends to have a slight learning curve.  I started using Wordpress this summer at the recommendation of somebody and thought it was the hardest thing to learn in the world.  I've gotten the hang of it since, but I know I'm not even close to knowing a quarter of what Wordpress can really do.  It works perfectly for just my use, which is nice... but I think I need to pick up a Wordpress for Dummies book, or something!

Week 5

I have always been a big fan of Microsoft Office and all the different things you can easily do with it, especially Word.  It might be the "nerd" in me, or the procrastination... but I always used to play around with Word and try to figure out new things to do within in.

I still find myself learning new techniques, especially during the projects I've had to do at UB so far.  I don't particularly love the paragraph tool, but I do find myself using it at the end of writing a paper just to make sure everything looks nice.  Thankfully it does!

By far, the best thing I could have ever learned to do in Word is adjust bullets, paragraphs, etc.  I can't tell you how many times I tried formatting a resume in my undergrad until I learned how to really do it the right way.  I use it all the time, probably even when I don't have to use it... maybe I'm making up for all that frustration and lost time!

And staying with Word -- I never thought I'd say this, but I absolutely love EndNote.  I could not figure out how to properly use it last semester and I ended up citing everything the long way, but I've finally taken the time (and it wasn't even that much time!) to figure it out... it makes everything so clean, neat, and easy!  I know there's plenty more I can learn to do with EndNote, which I hope I figure out soon, but just figuring out how to attach citations simply and keep track of my references makes me a happy camper.  No more Word docs of links to articles and journals for this girl!