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Using WriteLaTeX in our Evolutionary Game Theory Hackathon and beyond
By John Hammersley

Jake, David and Artem's recent paper on 'Edge effects in game theoretic dynamics of spatially structured tumours' came about after an impromptu 4-day hackathon. It was also the first time they'd used writeLaTeX for collaboration, and to get their perspective on the experience we asked them some follow up questions. Here's what they said...

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Having a hard time convincing your coauthors to learn LaTeX? With our Rich Text mode you no longer need to...
By John Lees-Miller
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This weekend has seen the release of a major upgrade to the writeLaTeX editor, including a new user interface, an updated project pane to manage your files, and the first release of our new Rich Text mode for easier editing and collaboration.

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WriteLaTeX at The Guardian's Activate Tech Talent Day in New York
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On the 19th November, writeLaTeX founder Dr John Hammersley gave a four minute pitch on how writeLaTeX is changing the face of scientific writing, collaboration and publishing.

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What should the scientific record look like in the digital age?
By Julia Schölermann

A guest blog post by Julia Schölermann

Join us at the SpotOn conference in London on Friday Nov 9th 3-4 pm to discuss the possibilities and implications of rethinking the scientific record. Join the conversation live on twitter using #solo13digital or read our session notes - prepared collaboratively and on the fly using writeLaTeX.com and pushed to figshare at the conclusion of the session.

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Video Lectures are Good: MOOCs for science dissemination and an open access to education
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Castello Miramare, Trieste.

– John Lees-Miller reporting from Trieste

Hello from the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy! The ICTP supports science and science education in the developing world, and we got an invite to one of their workshops.

As usual, I learned much more from the workshop than the workshop did from me. I was invited to talk about writeLaTeX and how it makes collaboration easier for scientists and students around the world. But this post is about all the other great stuff at the workshop.

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