Go Away = Come Back
The link is the currency of the Web. Give users more to spend, and they’ll reward you with loyalty.
The $1 Billion Apomediation
UAL loses $1 billion in value, thanks to the power of apomediation combined with a mess in the metadata.
Google Knols = Infomercials
Google Knol may be just author infomercials, not a vibrant reference work with accountability.
The Gridlock Economy
Michael Heller’s book “The Gridlock Economy” explains many things, including airport congestion, Google Books, and the drop in drug discovery.
Large Hadron Collider Rap
Friday fun with the Large Hadron Collider and rap.
48 Hours on Wikipedia
Lies inserted into Wikipedia get corrected quickly, a small study finds.
Want Citations? Publish First!
A new paper describes why early papers get big returns on citations. Fortunately, it is not a case of winner-takes-all.
The Myths of Texting
Text messaging and its social and linguistic effects are examined in a new book.
The COUNTER House
Project COUNTER releases its third Code of Practice for the counting and reporting of usage data. Is COUNTER also promoting overconfidence in its products?
SSP TMR Rocks the House!
The SSP TMR has closed, but much of the meeting was captured. Here’s your guide, and insights on why the meeting will evolve next year.
Live Blogging from SSP TMR
Listen to interviews from David Perlmutter (“Blog Wars”), Scott Hensley (WSJ), Fabien Saveney (ScienceBlogs), and more at the SSP TMR blog.
Joining: The Binary Game-Changer
Six degrees of separation is now down to three. Will you join? We’ll be talking about such things at the SSP TMR in Philadelphia this week, as well.
Google Chrome Arrives
Google’s Chrome debuts, and reaffirms that Google knows exactly what it is doing.
iPhone, Enthusiastically!
A few weeks after giving up my Treo, I’ve found the iPhone to be quite an impressive little machine.
Sarah Palin and Wikipedia
VP choice Sarah Palin’s Wikipedia entry was modified prior to her being announced as the choice. Could the news have broken earlier if the media were more tech-savvy? And why are all the Wikipedia editors anonymous?