Davka is continuing a sale that they have on their Soncino Talmud for Mac (here) and PC (here). I received my copy for a Mac the other day and I am very happy with it. It includes a nice interface and allows parallel scrolling between the Talmud, Rashi, Soncino, etc. I don’t know much about [...]
The Babylonian Talmud is now available for users of Accordance software. See here for details. The text is from the editio princeps (Venice, 1520-1523). They have also reformatted Jacob Neusner et al.’s English translation to better work with the original. This is great news for this snowy day. There are still a few tractates which [...]
It seems that Otzar ha-Hochma knows no rest. It was apparently a typo. See here for a previous round of criticism.
The midrash Sifre be-Midbar (Sifre on Numbers) has been added to Accordance. The text is from MS Oxford Bodleian 151.
Accordance, the unbelievable Mac program for scholars of Biblical and related literature, has just announced the first taste of a Rabbinics bundle which is in the works. Now available for download and purchase are Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael, based on the Munich Codex provided by the Primary Textual Witnesses Project (PTWP) of Bar-Ilan University under the [...]
The Apple Blog has reviewed the recent release of the DEVONthink Pro Beta (it looks very nice) and has also posted a comparison of it to Evernote.
I have posted about DEVONthink before since I think that it is a great program for Mac users. Here is another nice series of posts about how to use DEVONthink and make the most of its capabilities. 1. Devonthink and Other Mac Apps for History and Humanities Research 2. Devonthink for Historical Research, part II [...]
No, I am not talking about the Kabbalah or subversive rabbinic commentary, rather I am talking about Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature. We are Netflix members and I always saw that feature, but I never bothered to learn what it was until I read David Pogue’s article. See, there is a purpose to newspapers. Somebody has [...]
Last year I read this interesting post at Academic Hack about the possible uses of Twitter by academics. I thought that it sounded interesting, but left it at that. Today I read this post by David Pogue and decided to try out Twitter again. Here is a post with some links to Twitter-friendly tools. I [...]
Many people are always trying to make their workflow more efficient. There is a very helpful thread at the Efficient Academic Google group. One of the posts linked to these two excellent articles for academic Mac users. 1. Some affordable Mac apps for academic tasks 2. My paperless academic workflow
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