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Starting From the Mobile Web — An Argument for Rethinking Deployments to Reach People

We’ve been building with the assumption that Web sites should flow to the desktop. But if everything is mobile, and people are mobile, and we want to reach people, shouldn’t we think differently?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 15, 2010
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

The “Me at the Center” Expectation — A New Consumer Mindset and What It Might Portend

The world should present itself relative to me = the emerging expectation. What that means for broadcasters and publishers? Get ready to be shared.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 15, 2010
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Post-publication Review: Is the Dialog of Science Really a Monologue?

It has never been easier to post a comment to a scientific article. Just don’t expect an adequate reply from the author — or one at all — according to a new study.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Sep 10, 2010
  • 18 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

The “Burden” of Peer Review

Do the benefits of peer review outweigh the work involved? How does post-publication review stack up in comparison?

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 31, 2010
  • 52 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Today’s UK Researchers: E-journals Dominate, Access Not an Issue, Skimming Increasing

A set of findings confirm rather than surprise, but apparently some publishers are still behaving as if they’ll be surprised.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 26, 2010
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Teaching the End of Print — Using Books Poised on the Edge of Oblivion

A teacher publishes a syllabus contemplating a print era bounded by two inventions — the printing press and the networked screen. It’s part of a sweep of interesting observations.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 23, 2010
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Good God! Can’t a Journal Author Have Any Fun Anymore?

An article’s authors and a journal’s editor are surprised when a puff-piece backfires. Thanks for the pretentious seriousness, blogosphere.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 17, 2010
  • 17 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

It’s Going Too Fast — Can Embargoes Manage the Real-time Web?

Previous experience with information traveling so fast it goes out of control suggests that part of filtering includes managing release points.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 12, 2010
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

It’s the End of the Book As We Know It — and I Feel Fine

As bookstores and books in general meet the fate of physical media everywhere, maybe we should celebrate.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 11, 2010
  • 107 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

E-book Sales Beat Hardcover Sales at Amazon: Tipping Point or Fluke?

Amazon’s Kindle and e-book sales take off, and the overall trend is for a huge shake-up in the retail book space.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 21, 2010
  • 22 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Measuring Reading Speed on E-Readers Teaches Us That Speed Isn’t Usability

A Nielsen usability study confuses speed with usability, raising many questions in so doing.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 13, 2010
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

The iPhone 4 Unboxed: Early Observations for Publishers

Some early observations on the iPhone 4. I will leave the technical reviews to others and just focus on what the new iPhone 4 means for publishers, and particularly STM and scholarly publishers.

  • By Michael Clarke
  • Jun 24, 2010
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Does Thinking Benefit More from Contemplation or Exchange?

Distractions spur thoughts, so why do we want deep, contemplative thinking?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 22, 2010
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

The Content Graph: How Brands, Trust, and Quality Can Network the Future of Online News

By realizing content links news outlets and creating a barter system, Scott Karp’s Publish2 offers an interesting approach to the “content graph” networked information has created.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 22, 2010
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

The iPad in Medicine: The Good, the Bad, and the Germy

A physician uses the iPad, and it works great. But can you wash it enough for the hospital setting?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 22, 2010
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

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