A Parable of Innovation in Publishing — A Mostly True Story
This is a parable of the role in innovation in publishing and makes the case that we should not criticize companies that try and fail to do new things.
This is a parable of the role in innovation in publishing and makes the case that we should not criticize companies that try and fail to do new things.
Major social media plays in science hit the rocks, as hype hits reality and the culture of science.
The disintermediation of publishers and libraries is more difficult than many suppose, as each link in the value chain does in fact add value to the process of scholarly communications.
Humans are better at socializing than the social Web’s design allows for. But new levels of sophistication may be coming.
The social Web is creating new ways to do important things — like find things, learn things, and trust things. It’s disruptive in the purest sense.
An April Fool’s post is bested by reality — but that doesn’t mean the idea isn’t silly anyhow.
Google and Facebook are battling, but looking more and more alike.
Blogging still gets no respect. Is that because we’re more hidebound about our communication advances than the 16th century was?
Publishing supplemental files online now common, but commenting remains rare, a new study reports.
The HarperCollins e-book lending limitations provide lessons in how both sides typically deal with change.
A fascinating talk from last month’s O’Reilly Tools of Change conference, in which Kevin Kelly talks about how the proliferation of screens, the incorporation of gestures and voice, the abundance of data streams, the notion of “always on,” and so […]
A study of social media adoption hides some sensible lessons within a jumble of other signals.
With more and more science being tested and communicated outside traditional outlets, we may face a moment when faith in the existing system breaks down.
A debate at PSP reveals much, especially after it ends.
John Battelle wonders if we’re painting ourselves into a corner with crude tools of identity. Instead, is there another way?