The following was submitted to the blog as a comment to an earlier post about Idea Mason, but it is so important that I’m adding it as a current post so that everyone can easily find it. For background, read my review of Ides Mason. Thanks, Sue, for bringing this to my attention.
As someone who is a Doctorate student Idea Mason is very focused on academic writing and quite helpful for the scholar who needs to build their dissertation or manual. For example, I have been using this application for the past six months and it has given me a better appreciation of what post-graduate students experience when building these sort of documents. I was intimidated with it at first but once I started getting a better feel for how it worked I learned there were things I was able to do that I could not do with freeware or some of the commercial brands and that to me was priceless.
My time is very limited however this is an issue that I would like to keep open as I feel more persons need to be aware of it. I just discovered that Idea Mason is closing their doors due to economy which I think is sad to hear. No one wants to close a business they have worked so hard to build and maintain. I do have to wonder if there is a way the company can be kept open as they are bringing a great thing to education and the academic world. That’s just my thought. Thanks so much for discussing this issue as I feel it is important for everyone to know how great this application does work.”
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Comment by
Lalit
5 Jul 2009
I was shocked to discover this! It's a fantastic tool that I've finally managed to understand on how to use! Fortunately, I am glad that they allowed the deactivation of secure key but what bothers me is what happens if my hard drive crashes? Will I not be able to use it at all when I reinstall?
I suppose the best thing to do is to make a mirror copy of my current hard drive and hope that it never crashes!
Comment by
HalfOff
18 Sep 2009
It is sad to see Idea Mason fold. I haven't gotten around to fully realizing its potential as a research/writing tool. It appears that the tutorials are no longer available, with the Idea Mason website down. Are these tutorials available anywhere?