Some Memorable Dishes from the Kitchen in 2009
As 2009 comes to an end, here is a selection of entries that left an especially nice flavor on the palette.
Do You Suffer from “Change Blindness”?
Change is hard to notice, and this video shows how blind we can be, even when challenged to spot it.
Freeze, Zoom In, and Enhance — The Computer Image Trope in TV Dramas
It’s the holidays, so time to watch some crime dramas. Look for these modern cliches as you enjoy the thrills.
The Unstoppable Corporate Force Meets the Immovable Social Network
The companies behind social networks and media are running into conflicts with their users as they try to generate revenue from their services. Recent moves by Google, Facebook and AT&T are all sparking controversy as each encounters opposition to their business models from their customers.
Do Medical Editors Discriminate Against Poor Authors?
Do medical editors have different quality standards based on the author’s geographic location?
Churn in the Book Space: Rational & Irrational Behavior Among Book Publishers
Two fiction publishers decide to delay release of their e-books, further marginalizing their books. Meanwhile, an STM book publisher gets it right.
Academia and STM Publishing Have Gone Electronic
How much more data will it take before everyone gets it?
Why Anti-Social Media Will Fail in the Coming Years
Social media is becoming the norm. Will laggards be viewed as anti-social in 2010?
Open Science Debate: Democracy or Dominance?
Can one ideologue really hijack the OSTP forum on Open Access implementation?
Should Editors Influence Journal Impact Factors?
Is it ethical for editors to alert authors of relevant in-journal articles?
Get a Whiff of Google’s Augmented Reality Stickers
Do stickers point to integrated data in the real-world? Or is augmented reality easier to accomplish? What could data integrated into the real world mean to science and research?
The Expense of Online? We’re Still Coping With the Internet’s Early Compromises
What early design compromises in building the Internet are still with us today? How does it add expense to running sites? Can we upgrade an entire planet?
A First Look at the Nook: An Also-Ran That Can Barely Get Out of the Box
The new Nook is over-packaged, and has design and technical issues that keep it from competing well with the Kindle. Too bad.
Does Reviewing Your Peers Create Better Results Than Peer-Review?
National Academy of Sciences members contribute the very best (and very worst) articles in PNAS, a recent analysis suggests. Is diversity a better indicator of success than consistency in science publishing?
Google Will Begin Adding Real-time Search Results in the Next Few Days
As Google adds real-time Web features to its search over the next few days, it may be the last nail in the coffin for publisher-centric commodity information.