At the PhD By Design conference we asked 90 PhD researchers to map the information resources that they use and find useful. We have compiled these as lists in the following sections.

What technology/websites/apps would you recommend for making research easier?

Technology:

  • Scrivener (writing)
  • Scapple (mapping stuff)
  • Zotero (references, organizing notes and transcriptions)
  • Evernote (online notebook – professional version has OCR recognition so you can scan and digitalise your notes)
  • Mendeley (reference manager)
  • Sensecam – for participant ethnography, makes an image every couple of seconds
  • Wacom Pen – to animate/scan participants drawings
  • Fashion web archives. ex. Business of Fashion.
  • Thunderbird - mail
  • nvivo
  • Instapaper - save papers your read
  • Papers for MAC - a new type of word
  • aaaaaaarg (illegal)
  • aaaaaarg.fail

Websites:

Apps:

ANY ADVICE ON FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES?

 

What (design) conferences or meetings would you recommend not to miss?

 Any good research institutes you know of?

If you know of any other resources to add to this list, please let us know!