The Scholarly Kitchen
Archive for December 2012
Update from the Blog — Thanks for an Amazing Year
The Kitchen continues to thrive — more than a million views in 2012, thousands of followers, and a lot of energy going into 2013. Here are some details. Continue reading
Video Rewind — The Creative Deadline, a Video
Simple technologies plus creativity and hard work can create stunning results, as this 2010 video shows. Continue reading
Video Rewind: Printing’s Alive, a Celebration
Is print dead, or just demoted? This video shows that it, and its advocates, won’t go down without a fight. Continue reading
Video Rewind — Unicode, the Video: All 49,000 Characters
Unicode is a vast system for rendering the written word. Here’s a video of its scope and complexity. Continue reading
Video Rewind — What To Do When Your Blackberry Is Frozen
A very funny sketch about apples, oranges, blackberries, and juice. Continue reading
Video Rewind — Lighting Up the Slopes
Lights, snow, action! Nothing finer than a suit of LEDs carving up the slopes. Continue reading
The $20 Tablet, and Four Interesting Questions for the Academic Market
A low-priced tablet computer from India might have the potential to change the game for many. Are we ready for a potential rapid and system-wide disruption? Continue reading
The Best Mistakes — and Corrections — of 2012
In a year of mistakes, some corrections stand head and shoulders above others. Let us celebrate the honest and witty souls behind them. Continue reading
How Much of the Literature Goes Uncited?
Making sense of non-events (citation, circulation, and publication) requires context and a tolerance for uncertainty. Continue reading
The Slow But Steady March Toward Paid Content
The New York Times is now publishing short e-books, another step down the path to monetizing content directly instead of through the sale of advertising. Continue reading
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