The Power of Language, the Choice to Share Ideas Widely, and Why Humans Have Prospered
A bizarre evolutionary scenario gave us the most powerful tool nature has ever created.
A bizarre evolutionary scenario gave us the most powerful tool nature has ever created.
Social media continue to evolve, with Google Plus being the most recent conspicuous entry. Scholarly publishers may find these new platforms can be useful in evolving new forms of communications.
New research demonstrates that there’s a decent likelihood that your data exhaust can be used to find out sensitive things about you.
How we think often leads to what we think. Are you publishing using the metaphors users are adopting?
Boiling down the social Web to create a measure of influence? Not as easy as it looks.
The social media revolutions continues to roll onward.
A very musical new platform is announced with utmost secrecy.
Hype and marketing angles aren’t adequate ways to truly help real people succeed in the information age.
Incrementalism is a tempting path forward, both familiar and seemingly safe. But the squeeze is on.
The downside of silent filters becomes crystal clear in this important talk.
John Palfrey talks about digital scholarship, digital students, and the challenges and opportunities both provide. From the closing plenary of the SSP Annual Meeting.
Technology is literally fruity! Enjoy this classic little sketch again.
A viral book sensation’s obvious story may not be as obvious as some think, harder to replicate, and indicative of a strong counter-trend.
This week, we revisit the power of persuasion, and wonder out loud if perhaps publishers suffer from traits that hold back engagement.
The power of Twitter was on full display on May 1, as one tweet alerted an audience of mass-media proportions about the killing of Osama Bin Laden.