Posts from May 2023
11 or so Android Ebook Reader Apps for Academic Writing Workflows: Annotations are Hard
I tested a bunch of Android EPUB reader apps to see if annotations would work with my Zettelkasten workflow. The result: it’s not easy to improve the workflow.
BOOX Vector PDFs Are Already Colored
Ok, no need to investigate further: PDFs are colored if you use color pens, so I’m now just using that instead of replacing colors in the PDF source.
Colorize Onyx BOOX Notes Vector PDFs (Really Rough Edition)
I wanted to colorize greyscale vector notes. This led me down a rabbit hole of replacing color definitions in the PDF’s source code.
Boox NeoReader Annotation Export Is Meh
The Onyx Boox e-reader is equipped with a good e-book reader app, but its export is almost useless to parse and use in an academic context.
Safari URL Scheme for macOS and iOS
Replace https: with x-safari-https:, and you can open a link in Safari, no matter the user’s default browser.
Wrap HTML Tables in Figures using Nanoc and Kramdown
On mobile phones, wide tables didn’t scroll horizontally – instead, they broke out of the content container and everything looked a bit wonky. So I wrap them in <figure> elements now.