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I am in academic research. I want to see if this will be good for my work setting. I tried to sign up and got a nginx bad gatewawy error page :(. I'll try again
by daemonk 10y ago
I am in academic research. I want to see if this will be good for my work setting. I tried to sign up and got a nginx bad gatewawy error page :(. I'll try again later if I manage to remember.
- loarake 10y agoIf you're writing papers in LaTeX, then https://www.overleaf.com https://www.overleaf.com should be good for you. Almost all of our department has started using it.
- daemonk 10y agoI actually just finished a manuscript with overleaf and published it on biorxiv (shameless plug: http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/07/25/065789.1 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/07/25/065789.1). Unfortunately, latex isn't used that widely in biological sciences. There is a bit of a learning curve that people just aren't willing to invest time in. During preparation of the manuscript, I had to convert latex to word to distribute to collaborators and then manually edit the latex file accordingly afterwards. Maybe this type of service where it is more microsoft office based will be better when collaborating with non-computational inclined people.
- loarake 10y agoI've had a similar experience. I'm in a hybrid field (medical physics) where half of the people are from pure physics and the other half from a more biomedical engineering background. It's pretty funny to see the culture clash between the two when it comes to writing articles. We had to learn latex in our first year of undergrad to write lab reports whereas the biomed people really don't see any value in using latex over word (especially for collaborating).
- dban 10y agoTry Authorea! (Disclosure: I work there) Authorea is for researchers to write and collaborate online. Multiple users can write across formats in the same document (including LaTeX, markdown, rich text) and you can push a button to export to different file formats, journal styles, or publish to the web.
- JohnHammersley 10y agoThanks for the mention - glad you like it! (I'm one of the founders). Given that you've been helping to spread the word, would you like to join our advisors programme? Details at https://wwww.overleaf.com/advisors https://wwww.overleaf.com/advisors
- yurisagalov 10y agoSorry, we were having load issues -- just increased capacity. Go ahead and try again :)
- daemonk 10y agoI got to the create a team name step and got an error page trying to submit the team name. I guess your servers are getting the hug of death from hackernews. edit Got in after trying couple more times.
- yurisagalov 10y agoHackerNews and ProductHunt, yeah. Busy morning!