Entries Categorized as 'Tool'

Electronic Logbook: LATEX Makeover!

Date November 11, 2009

About three weeks ago, Jodi and I hosted an old friend and colleague. While his primary purpose was to come to SMU to deliver a seminar on his recent work in neutrino physics, he accidentally got me thinking (again) about improving my electronic logbook experience. I’ve spoken before about different ways you can choose to [...]

Communication: Breakdown

Date April 8, 2009

It’s been a number of years since I had to think – I mean really think – about electronic communication and HEP. On BaBar, I became accustomed to a specific model of communication. E-mail for personal correspondence, for which no record inside the collaboration is necessary (e.g. arranging a meeting time); Hypernews for conversations whose [...]

Electronic Logbooks

Date March 26, 2009

I’ve experimented over many years with electronic logbooks. I got tired of literally cutting and pasting print-outs of plots into paper logbooks, swollen  by glue and pictures, back in 2001. Since then, I’ve experimented with a number of different electronic logbook technologies. It’s important to me that they can be backed up, and that data [...]