Book Citations Go Mobile with QuickCite
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
A mobile app called QuickCite snaps a photo of a book’s ISBN and emails you a citation. Is this 21st-century awesome? Or a weird app for a research tool (the print book) we rarely use anymore? You’ll have to read the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus blog and decide for yourself.
In any event, it’s the result of a cool weeklong app-a-day programming marathon from students at the University of Waterloo. Now, if only they could make an app that would scan a barcode on a student’s paper and email that student three paragraphs of thoughtful feedback. 
A mobile app called QuickCite snaps a photo of a book’s ISBN and emails you a citation. Is this 21st-century awesome? Or a weird app for a research tool (the print book) we rarely use anymore? You’ll have to read the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus blog and decide for yourself.
In any event, it’s the result of a cool weeklong app-a-day programming marathon from students at the University of Waterloo. Now, if only they could make an app that would scan a barcode on a student’s paper and email that student three paragraphs of thoughtful feedback.
