Open Source Lessons
Open source has come to hardware, illustrating again why the lessons still don’t apply to scholarship.
Internet Trends 2008
Morgan-Stanley’s 2008 Internet Trends report is out, and the shocks emanate from the complex interrelationships of the trends.
Social Media Grows
A new report from Forrester Research (paid report) reveals that social media is growing in nearly every way possible, with some aspects rocketing into majorities of the population. The author of the report, Josh Bernhoff, provides an overview in his […]
Big News, Small Newspaper
The Christian Science Monitor drops daily print. The big news may be that it still exists at all.
Subscription Toys
The subscription model retains many virtues, but making it work in the digital world requires new toys.
The 0.7% Book Settlement
For a fraction of their revenues, Google creates a win-win.
OpenID Goes Mainstream
Microsoft adopts OpenID in its Windows Live environment. Dick Hardt’s argument seems poised to win the day.
Is the Facebook Platform Dead?
Once touted as Platform 2.0, Facebook is now suffocating its applications to make room for a new growth strategy every Web publisher should see coming.
Breaking News
News is breaking. How it’s breaking holds lessons for customer-centric scholarly publishers.
Business Model Mystery
Why would a business person ask an academic what the business model is? Strange days, indeed.
Is Email Losing Its Mojo?
Users are dropping email, and young people aren’t taking to it. What does this portend?
Social Network Veteran Flees!
What happens when you’ve had one virtual life too many?
Linking and Copyright
If linking becomes the main form of citation, does copyright become a moot point?
Elsevier’s LHC Promise
The large hadron collider is broken, and perhaps the open access claims Elsevier is making are, as well.
Go Away = Come Back
The link is the currency of the Web. Give users more to spend, and they’ll reward you with loyalty.