Organizational Tools

As part of the Reed Group you’ll be managing research projects, course work, and collaborations that will include a mix of methodologies, data sources, and timelines. In this environment it is essential to have an organizational structure to help you stay organized and on top of projects. Note taking software can be a great way to stay organized, coordinate job diaries and keep track of file locations. This page has background on tools that have been used by current and former Reed group members

Notion

Notion is an organizational tool to help you organize thoughts, manage projects, and keep track of notes. The app is highly customizable and has a variety of prebuilt templates to get started. Notion pages can be made collaboratively or shared to groups. It has extensive multimedia capabilities and some advanced methods for managing data. A major drawback of Notion is that it is entirely web-based, so you need an internet connection to use the app (as of June 2023).

Obsidian

Obsidian is an open-source, lightweight, offline organizational tool. Notes are written in basic Markdown, which is capable of formatting latex and various code blocks. The developer community around Obsidian is very strong and has led to a large number of community built plugins.

For more tips on using Obsidian, see Trevor’s blog post: Markdown-Based Scientific and Computational Note Taking with Obsidian