Tag Archives: academic

Kindle for Academics

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Nick Matthews

Currently, no ebook reader appears to completely solve my needs. Some come close in some areas, while still making things unnecessarily complicated in the final steps of the solution. Some ebook readers, such as the Kobo, quickly fail to solve … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Reading | Tagged academic, citation, copyright, digital rights management, drm, ebook, fair dealing, fair use, kindle, kobo, literature | 2 Comments

How do you cite a Kindle ebook using the MLA?

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Nick Matthews

For a recent essay, I was referring to two Kindle edition ebooks. While I found text highlighting in the ebook to be extremely natural, and extremely easy to cross reference, there is very little guidance as to how to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, amazon, citation, ebook, essay, kindle, MLA, pagination | 1 Comment

Reflections on the Past Year

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Nick Matthews

While the beginning of January may seem to be a more appropriate time of year for reflecting on the past year, performance review time in the office tends to be mid-February. Despite some challenges, I think this year was quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, goals, julie czerneda, on spirit, paddy forde, reading, reflection, robert j sawyer, science fiction, Writing | Leave a comment

Choosing Electronic or Print Books for Academic Research

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Nick Matthews

As someone with 200 books within arms reach of my desk, without counting those in the bookshelf behind me, I obviously have a fondness for the written word. When reading a particular text closely however, what advantages are there to … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Reading | Tagged academic, amazon, citation, ebook, edition, etext, homer, james joyce, kindle, library journal, odyssey, print, robert fagles, scholarly, ulysses | Leave a comment

Classes start again

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Nick Matthews

It feels as if I just handed in my final paper for last term, but it appears that classes start this week. This term I’m taking English 408A – Writing for the Media, and English 301H – Honours Literary Studies. … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia | Tagged academic, andrew deman, convergence culture, english, media, murray mcarthur, odyssey, postaday, postaday2011, uwaterloo, Writing, writing for the media | 1 Comment

Evaluating professors and lecturers

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Nick Matthews

As a part time undergraduate student, I’ve had several years taking courses at the University of Waterloo. Just a course or two per term, except for that soul-sucking term where I briefly managed three courses. Hello full-time student tax credits. When selecting courses … Continue reading →

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Creative Writing Retrospective

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Nick Matthews

My thoughts on English 335, Creative Writing I at the University of Waterloo. Continue reading →

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