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A quote and a testimonial...

Posted on: Thursday 11/9, 2006;  11:30 PM

Two of the users of A WorkLife FrameWork have kindly provided quotes about it, and I wanted to share them with the readers of this blog.

The first is from Michael Kelly, Associate Professor of Finance at Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology

"WorkLife puts Mathematica and its powerful symbolic capabilities at the center of your working life, which is where it ought to be!"

The second—more of a testimonial—is from Brian G. Higgins, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis

I have been using your WLF package  for the past 5 months, and have found it to be an invaluable extension to Mathematica. What I like best about WLF is that I can now do my day to day tasks as a Professor without leaving the Mathematica environment. Let me give you some concrete examples.

As part of my professional duties, I am the President of an international professional society. I am using WLF as a contact manager. I have set up a series of WLF diaries to keep track of all my activities with my executive board and our collaborating companies. My diaries keep a record of my to do lists, and all my critical contact information such as phone numbers, addresses and emails. Thus by reviewing my diary during the day while working on an unrelated Mathematica project, as I can readily manage all the outstanding tasks for the society and prepare the necessary follow-ups. In short I have found WLF an effective tool for multi-tasking!

As a Professor of chemical engineering, I have found that WLF is perfect for managing my courses that I teach. What I have done is set up individual diaries for specific classes. In this way I am able to list questions students ask about homework and lectures (normally by email), and record my answers which I can then review for future class discussion. By linking my diaries to Mathematica notebooks containing my lecture notes, homework solutions etc.,  I have been able to develop an efficient method for tracking class material.

I have also found a use for WLF diaries in my research. I use the diaries to record new research ideas, carry out preliminary computations for future publications, and track communications and references related to topics I am working on.

I am sure sceptics may say that there are dedicated software solutions on the market for doing many of the tasks I have listed above.  That is true, and I have tried out a few software packages over the years, especially contact managers and diaries.  What I found frustrating is having to constantly switch between software XYZ and Mathematica to do a simple task. Your WLF package has simplified my life and made me more productive. I don't know how I would manage without your solution.

    Thank you.

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