The Steve Jobs Commencement Address
This week’s Friday fun — Steve Jobs’ commencement address at Stanford. An inspiring message from one of our true luminaries of innovation.
This week’s Friday fun — Steve Jobs’ commencement address at Stanford. An inspiring message from one of our true luminaries of innovation.
A Kaiser Foundation study finds that kids are consuming electronic media more than ever. But there are suprises in the data and potentially important caveats for scholarly publishers with an eye to the future.
Publishing can’t attract the best and brightest until it markets itself correctly — as being about more than the containers of the past, and being all about the ideas and communication approaches of the future.
A famous publishing course is officially laid to rest, while a renowned publishing mag gets a reprieve. Which decision makes the most sense?
Change is hard to notice, and this video shows how blind we can be, even when challenged to spot it.
What early design compromises in building the Internet are still with us today? How does it add expense to running sites? Can we upgrade an entire planet?
A new initiative for a unifying online catalog of resources is underway. Can it provide a substrate for future innovation?
Share your Thanksgiving with Cookie Monster, and learn to eat from the best. Then, enjoy a more cerebral approach to the legendary monster through an NPR interview.
Economic turmoils continue to rock academia. University presses are feeling the pinch. How are European presses adapting?
The accelerated, real-time Web has some people worried about its cultural effects. Given the alternatives, I’ll take it.
How can $1 be worth more than $1? Let a lobbyist teach you.
Is the revolution in authorship and writing going to lead to more social upheaval? Two scholars argue it may well be the case.
Carl Sagan remains relevant, even moreso thanks to this brilliant little video featuring the Sagan song stylings and a special appearance by Stephen Hawking.
A classic science clip from the moon, proving that Mr. Galileo was, indeed, correct.
What would SSP IN be without a field trip? Seed Media’s Joy Moore arranged an expedition to community art space AS220 where IN attendees viewed work by local artists, had lunch, and talked with Bert Crenca, AS220’s founder and artistic […]