Privacy, Google, and the Reading Public
Privacy is something we trade in all the time. The questions are about the best trades to make.
Physician, Heal Thyself: Medical Ghostwriting Uncovered in a Clinical Textbook
NIH-funded researchers append name to ghost-written textbook. Is it time for physicians to heal themselves?
Anxiety and Clichés About the Digital Generation? It's Still the Economy, Stupid
A recent New York Times Magazine feature plays off fears that the next generation is prone to distraction and underachievement. The facts, and an apparently superior media outlet, argue otherwise.
Breaking the Silence Around Premature Quantification
Improper use of financial analysis can obscure problems in strategy, a problem faced by for-profit and not-for-profit organizations alike.
Taking a Break — The Reasoning Behind a Speaker’s Circuit Sabbatical
Speaking is fun and rewarding, but it has its downsides. Time to pause and refresh.
The Reboxetine Scandal — How Should We Make Medical Trial Data Available?
Another scandal rocks medical journal publishing. It’s time to stop pretending journals can salvage this on their own. It’s time to bring modern solutions to bear.
Where Trust Is Built and How It Can Be Destroyed — A Publisher’s Perspective
A write-up of a presentation at Charleston, here’s one way to parse trust in academic publishing.
Interview With a Ghost (Writer)
A bone-rattling interview with someone who may haunt the medical literature.
The Stein Taxonomy: An Analytic Model for Social Reading
Bob Stein has proposed a taxonomy for social reading, which refers to all the conversations and comments that take place about a book.
Openness and Secrecy in Science — A Careful Balance
If openness is an ideological tenant of science, why are scientists so secretive?
Is There Really a Systematic Problem in Medical Publishing? Or Just a Reporter With a Narrative?
A recent Atlantic article has cast doubt on high-impact medical research. But is the article accurate? Or is it biased itself?
Is the Medium Still the Message When the Medium is Pervasive?
McLuhan posited “the medium is the message.” Is it still? GenY might teach us a thing or two.
Is the Music Industry’s Recent Past Still Instructive?
Recent inflection points for the music industry may yet again prove instructive for publishers and others. But is it already too late for us to recover the craft of making products rather than providing content?
“Toxie” Illustrates the Difference Between a News Story and a News Narrative
“Toxie” is a story based on facts, and worth waiting for. Why can’t the news media return to telling it like it is rather than playing to the narrative?
Does Rejecting Papers Amount to More Than Just a Transaction Cost?
The expenses publishers incur rejecting papers and book proposals are about more than filtering.