The Scholarly Kitchen
Archive for March 2009
Do You Want Lies?
We’re in the early days of a major revolution in information dissemination and creation. Clay Shirky shows us why we need to think the unthinkable. Continue reading
Usage Map of Science
Los Alamos researchers create a usage map of science. Why does it look so different than a citation map? Continue reading
Twitter in Plain English
Twitter has gone mainstream. If you’re not on it, here’s a movie that might motivate you to jump on board. Continue reading
A View from Inside Amazon
Image via CrunchBase Part of the reason I wanted to self-publish my first mystery novel was to learn what modern self-publishing could accomplish on a shoestring budget. And I was particularly interested in Amazon‘s role in the world of booksellers. Over the past six weeks, I’ve learned a college course’s worth about Amazon — and … Continue reading
Adventure in Open Access Publishing
Would an Open Access publisher accept a nonsensical paper if the author were willing to pay? Continue reading
The Author ID Dilemma
The notion of a persistent, unique, portable author identifier sounds reasonable, but there may be a showstopper or two hidden in the mix. Continue reading
What Can We Learn from the Gazette?
The Gazette is going through a transformation in how they envision and create content. Can other publishers and content providers learn something from their approach? Continue reading
Scientific Plagiarists Talk
What do authors say when they are caught duplicating text and figures from another paper? More than you’d imagine! Continue reading
Smart Skittles!
Skittles.com shows how you can quickly and easily leverage Twitter and Facebook for major audience. Can we take a clue? Continue reading
Kindling the iPhone
Amazon’s release of the Kindle for iPhone moves the battle lines from devices to stores. How will iTunes respond? Continue reading
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