[OS X TeX] Fwd: A better word processor than Word, Google Docs, or LaTeX for writing research

[George Gratzer]

Is it really better?

GG

> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Alberto Pepe <alberto.pepe at authorea.com>
> Subject: A better word processor than Word, Google Docs, or LaTeX for writing research
> Date: May 11, 2015 at 3:09:40 PM EDT
> To: G. Grätzer <gratzer at me.com>
> Reply-To: Alberto Pepe <alberto.pepe at authorea.com>
> 
> Hi, my name is Alberto Pepe and I'm an Associate Research Scientist at Harvard University.
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> As a working researcher, I find writing papers is often slow and tedious.  Manual tasks like formatting references and merging co-author contributions take a lot of time.  So two years ago I posed a challenge to my colleagues: can we build a better word processor for scientific writing?
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> Last year we launched a free online publishing platform, Authorea <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/BqDX8MnAYLGwZcqwXL2ZQg/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA> (https://www.authorea.com <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/BqDX8MnAYLGwZcqwXL2ZQg/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>), to address this problem.
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> Today over 27,000 researchers and students use Authorea daily to take research and lecture notes, prepare manuscripts together and easily format and submit them to journals. Authorea is part of the open science movement. We're committed to improving the way scientists collaborate, write, share and discuss their research.
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> We invite you to sign up on Authorea <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/gOGXI825IIDegQ7M5qICjw/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA> (https://www.authorea.com/signup <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/gOGXI825IIDegQ7M5qICjw/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>). It costs nothing. If you find Authorea useful, please invite your colleagues and send us feedback so that we can continue to improve this service.
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> Alberto Pepe (Harvard <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/OYlK892a5fla6aZO763oKYQaPQ/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>, UCLA <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/wa812byqgoGVFIiWT09JRA/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>, CERN <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/FtcjqJ8xrKiKrJ6T4WQEqQ/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>)
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> Authorea Co-Founders:
> Nathan Jenkins (Univ. of Geneva <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/8Rxhl763Gz0w9rAftJJAq0pQ/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>, UC Berkeley <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/x5eygKEDUN4vsobK59LATw/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>)
> Matteo Cantiello (KITP <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/q5vKyU2G9rGZ6GTWs4i7Xw/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>, UCSB <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/I7DGvYIZbngPDP8g8tCeQw/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>, Utrecht Univ. <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/8apRDbSwlsiu29P8MTYHXg/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>)
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> Watch a 3-minute video to learn about Authorea <http://ec2-52-7-14-212.compute-1.amazonaws.com/l/Faz4JVK7fECkMMbUL763LEjQ/ZffwfSxbCZeesTNarGa0ZQ/5MqTa8u0tmgkMOTe55x2UA>
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