Is Science Being Distorted?
A recent PLoS Medicine article claims that information economics distort science. But maybe it’s an obsession with journals distorting the views of the authors.
Blogs Move Mainstream
A new Technorati report on the state of the blogosphere jibes with observations that blogs have become mainstream.
Google’s “In Quotes”
One of the great joys of the computer age is that we can slice and dice digital information and try to make new sense of it. It doesn’t decay, and the results come quickly. The recently unveiled Many Eyes is […]
Kindle’s Snacks and Speed-dates
The Kindle’s use-case isn’t what I’d assumed. In fact, I’m thinking very differently about it.
Elsevier’s LHC Promise
The large hadron collider is broken, and perhaps the open access claims Elsevier is making are, as well.
Your Twitter Search
Is anyone Twittering about you or your brand? Now you can find out.
Headlines 2.0
Editors still write headlines like they’re for print and people. With online, headlines shift to a new environment and have at least two more audiences.
The Myths of Texting
Text messaging and its social and linguistic effects are examined in a new book.
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.
Late Summer Recap
In case you were on vacation, here are some dishes you might have missed during our summer season.
George Orwell’s Blog
Image via Wikipedia The New York Times recently reported that George Orwell has started blogging. Or, rather, his diaries are being put online daily as part of a new blog. This is a fascinating blog to read. Each entry is […]
E-books: A Textbook Case
The Kindle is a textbook disruptive technology. And I mean, “textbook.”
iPhone, Reluctantly
After years using another smartphone, I finally switched to the iPhone 3G. It’s a platform for clever interaction designers.
Citing the Kindle
The Kindle takes hits, but seems on-course to become a major force in scholarship in the future.
Watching the Wrong Things?
Scholarly publishers have traditionally focused on articles, issues, subscriptions, citations, impact factors, and business models. But maybe by focusing on these things, which are much more about us than about our readers (who are becoming users today, a significant shift […]