The Dead Magazines Song
The grim parade of dead magazines — put to music!
Does YouTube Threaten Text?
YouTube is the #2 search engine in the world. Will digital natives be more video-centric than text-centric?
Legalizing Authorship
Improving transparency and accountability in biomedical publishing has turned authorship into a legal system.
The Invisible Author
Professionalism of science has given face to invisible technicians and collaborators and can partly explain the growth in authorship.
X-Ray Tape
When you wrap your presents, are you also being bombarded by x-rays?
Content Is Dethroned
Content from yesteryear no longer works in the modern world. We have to re-imagine.
Picture This, Science Teachers!
Amazon’s new iPhone app leverages camera phones and humans in a new way. Can science education take a similar approach?
Suicidal Subscriptions
Is the fate of print pre-ordained, or an outcome of suicidal circulation strategies?
Shrinking Pie = Lost Waste
A major label is now getting most of its revenues from digital sources, but the pie is shrinking. Is it? Or is it just showing how inflated the pie was in the era of fixed media?
An Authorship Accelerator
Can nearly 3,000 individuals really be authors on a single paper?
Naughty Networks
Social networks drive naughtiness. Should Santa Claus revise his approach?
10,000 Kindle Subscriptions
The New York Times has 10,000 Kindle subscribers. What else is coming?
Google’s SearchWiki
Google’s new SearchWiki implementation has grabbed some attention, but will it actually make a difference to users?
Are Publishers Anti-Publishing?
Do publishers really believe in what they do? Or have they essentially thrown in the towel?
The Soft Underbelly of Science
What can be learned about science and publishing from the El Naschie controversy?