Researcher Identity

Most of us do not have a unique name, as an example there are several people named Stephen Addison, more than one of the others is a faculty member.  In order to ensure that people find your work you can use a unique researcher id number.  You can register for these numbers at ORCID and/or RESEARCHERID.  I recommend that you sign up for both - you can easily transfer information between them.  My public profiles are here and here.

You can also post information at ResearchGate and Academia.  Academia has an interesting feature - you get reports of when someone looks at your papers, it doesn't tell you who they are, but it does tell you what country they are from.  ORCID and ResearcherID are easier to add information to.

LaTeX in the cloud

It is now possible to use online systems to create LaTeX documents.  This allows sharing, collaboration, and the ability to use LaTeX on iPads and other devices with a browser.  It is no longer necessary to have a LaTeX installation on your computer.

Examples include WriteLaTeX, ShareLaTeX, ScribTex, and Verbosus,    These services offer free and paid options, what is available free varies.  To date, I have played with the first two.  I have found WriteLaTeX to be particularly friendly.

CleanPrint

I have been frustrated many times by printouts and PDFs from web pages.  CleanPrint is a tool that I have wanted for years - it captures the article, allows you to delete pieces that you don't want, allows you to add notes and interfaces with Dropbox and other tools.  CleanPrint can be installed in your browser or you can add it to your website.