Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).
The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar Noé, Rachel Brosnahan, Amy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.
Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.
Freemium – free tier with limits; paid plans for higher usage and team collaboration. Broader Software Categories (for context) | Category | Examples | Purpose | |----------|----------|---------| | Reference managers | Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote | Organize citations and PDFs | | AI reading assistants | Deep Paper, Elicit, Scite, Explainpaper | Explain and query papers | | PDF annotators | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDF Expert | Highlight, comment, mark up | | Literature mapping | Connected Papers, Litmaps, ResearchRabbit | Visualize paper connections | | Writing & formatting | Overleaf (LaTeX), Grammarly, Scrivener | Write and polish manuscripts | If you meant a different “deep paper” or want a comparison with similar tools like Elicit or Scite , let me know!
Here’s a concise overview of — a software tool for research and academic reading — followed by a broader look at software categories. Deep Paper (by deeppaper.ai) What it is: An AI-powered research platform designed to help you read, understand, and organize academic papers. It’s like a “deep learning” assistant for PDFs. Softwares