The Scholarly Kitchen
Archive for January 2011
Why Is the Internet Considered to Be “Artificial”?
The artificiality of Internet inventions and experiences is about novelty, not artificiality. We’ve always been pretenders. Continue reading
Wikipedia Turns 10 — Let’s Celebrate It!
Wikipedia’s 10th anniversary must be acknowledged, and its seismic, worldwide redefinition of the reference work recognized. Continue reading
Poor Comparison Leaves Darnton’s Journal Price Jeremiad in Jambles
It’s time to abandon the library-as-victim narrative and write a new story. Continue reading
10 New Business Models in 2010 — A Primer on Innovation
Want to see the business models behind PatientsLikeMe.com, Groupon, and Spotify? Here they are, along with 7 others from 2010. Continue reading
What Should You Do When Your Blackberry Is Frozen?
A lovely little skit about what happens when your Blackberry is broken. Continue reading
Will Your Next Editors Be Cyborgs or Robots?
As new analytical tools emerge, editors can harness them to advance their craft — or find their craft automated out of their hands. Continue reading
Diverging Content Preferences: Is Baby Bear’s Disappearance Cause for Worry?
Short-form and long-form content are flourishing, while that “just right” middle ground is vanishing. Continue reading
Prediction for 2011 — The Individual Rules!
In 2011, the power of the individual consumer will set your strategies. Continue reading
Year One: The Born Digital Publisher
New publishers today are all Born Digital in their outlook, eschewing print strategies as expensive and difficult to break into. Continue reading
Responding to One of Darnton’s Three Jeremiads — the Google Books Settlement
An essay in the New York Review of Books about the Google Books Settlement is based on flawed reasoning. Here’s why. Continue reading
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