Handy software for a researcher

Mendeley, Zotero

Evernote, OneNote

IrfanView

pdfsam

7-zip

TeamViewer

For first year economics PhD students

“Programming Languages and Protocols” on this website: http://byumcl.bitbucket.org/bootcamp2013/economics/intro.html.

Matlab Boot Camp:  http://people.brandeis.edu/~pmherb/MatlabBootCamp/.

Beginner Intro to TeX/LaTeX/LyX – How to set it up in Windows 7/8.1

One way to easily install LaTeX and the editor LyX in Windows:

1. Install MiKTeX. Run the update wizard to get the latest updates.
2. Add your favorite document classes (e.g., Elsevier journal articles) to the path C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\tex. [AppData does not appear in my pc because it’s hidden. Check by launching Windows Explorer then click on the View menu on the ribbon, now tick ‘Hidden items’.].
3. Rehash by running texhash, or /miktex/bin/texhash.exe (on Windows this may be in C:\Programs).
4. Install LyX. Click Tools > Reconfigure, and restart it.