diff --git a/content/posts/rss-feeds-to-find-science-papers/index.md b/content/posts/rss-feeds-to-find-science-papers/index.md index 234f106..daccccc 100644 --- a/content/posts/rss-feeds-to-find-science-papers/index.md +++ b/content/posts/rss-feeds-to-find-science-papers/index.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ +++ -title = "How I keep on top of science." +title = "Using RSS feeds to keep on top of science." author = ["Zachary Billman"] date = 2022-07-13 tags = ["science", "scitools"] @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ categories = ["science"] draft = false +++ -It is an age-old question: how can one keep up with the continuous output of science? I remember at the beginning of my PhD struggling to figure out how anyone found out when a new paper came out. Did they sit on nature.com and spam the refresh button? Did they know when each journal released their latest issue? +It is an age-old question: how can one keep up with the continuous output of science? I remember at the beginning of my PhD struggling to figure out how anyone found out when a new paper came out. :dizzy_face: Did they sit on nature.com and spam the refresh button? Did they know when each journal released their latest issue? ## Behold the power of RSS! {#behold-the-power-of-rss} @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ Here is what my own site looks like. -{{< figure src="./images/feed1.webp" caption="Figure 1: My current FreshRSS setup. On the left I have my feeds separated into folders. In the middle you can see the titles of papers that appear in my feed." >}} +{{< figure src="./images/feed1.webp" caption="Figure 1: My current FreshRSS setup. On the left I have my feeds separated into folders. In the middle you can see the titles of papers that appear in my feed." link="./images/feed1.webp" >}} And after I hit `J` to move to the first item in the feed. -{{< figure src="./images/feed2.webp" caption="Figure 2: With a title selected, you can see the abstract and authors." >}} +{{< figure src="./images/feed2.webp" caption="Figure 2: With a title selected, you can see the abstract and authors." link="./images/feed2.webp" >}} After collecting all of your desired RSS feeds, you cannot forego your responsibility of actually reading them! Most RSS feed aggregators have shortcuts to move through titles quickly (Typically `J` to move on to the next one and `K` to move up.) {{% sidenote %}} @@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ When you make a new search on PubMed you might notice the "Create RSS" button. G -{{< figure src="./images/feed3.webp" caption="Figure 3: Somehow I never noticed this button until I needed it." >}} +{{< figure src="./images/feed3.webp" caption="Figure 3: Somehow I never noticed this button until I needed it." link="./images/feed3.webp" >}} This changed the game for me for keeping up with papers. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve the problem of library management. I will leave this as an exercise for the interested reader. I hope this helps you get your eyeballs on that science you crave. diff --git a/org/monolith.org b/org/monolith.org index a70b741..ecc26f3 100644 --- a/org/monolith.org +++ b/org/monolith.org @@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ These images have been compressed quite a bit for a lighter internet footprint. * Science :@science: -** How I keep on top of science. :science:scitools: +** Using RSS feeds to keep on top of science. :science:scitools: :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_BUNDLE: rss-feeds-to-find-science-papers :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: index :EXPORT_DATE: 2022-07-13 :END: -It is an age-old question: how can one keep up with the continuous output of science? I remember at the beginning of my PhD struggling to figure out how anyone found out when a new paper came out. Did they sit on nature.com and spam the refresh button? Did they know when each journal released their latest issue? +It is an age-old question: how can one keep up with the continuous output of science? I remember at the beginning of my PhD struggling to figure out how anyone found out when a new paper came out. :dizzy_face: Did they sit on nature.com and spam the refresh button? Did they know when each journal released their latest issue? *** Behold the power of RSS! @@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ Here is what my own site looks like. #+CAPTION: My current FreshRSS setup. On the left I have my feeds separated into folders. In the middle you can see the titles of papers that appear in my feed. #+NAME: fig__feed1 -[[./images/feed1.webp]] +[[./images/feed1.webp][file:./images/feed1.webp]] And after I hit =J= to move to the first item in the feed. #+CAPTION: With a title selected, you can see the abstract and authors. #+NAME: fig__feed2 -[[./images/feed2.webp]] +[[./images/feed2.webp][file:./images/feed2.webp]] After collecting all of your desired RSS feeds, you cannot forego your responsibility of actually reading them! Most RSS feed aggregators have shortcuts to move through titles quickly (Typically =J= to move on to the next one and =K= to move up.) #+header: :trim-pre t :trim-post t @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ When you make a new search on PubMed you might notice the "Create RSS" button. G #+CAPTION: Somehow I never noticed this button until I needed it. #+NAME: fig__feed3 -[[./images/feed3.webp]] +[[./images/feed3.webp][file:./images/feed3.webp]] This changed the game for me for keeping up with papers. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve the problem of library management. I will leave this as an exercise for the interested reader. I hope this helps you get your eyeballs on that science you crave.