Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nope!
In the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Nicholas Carr writes that the Internet is making us stupid. Could it actually make us smarter?
Office 2007 and Web 2.0 Expo
Over the last year, Microsoft has really engaged with the STM publishing community and has been maintaining a steady dialog on how they can help publishers start to use OOML and the OpenXML (DOCX) format. I had the honor of […]
Twitter — One Month Later
One month ago, I wrote on this blog that I would begin using Twitter for a month, and see how it worked, both technically and practically. Now, one month later, here are some reflections: Overall, I liked it. I added […]
The Future is Now! Or Really, Really Soon
Futurists provide us with something we all want to hear, yet far enough into the future to avoid accountability.
The Perfect eBook?
A design competition winner suggests we’ve scrolled back.
Printeractivity — A Forgotten Constant?
We’ve all been amazed at the interactivity of print. What?! Yes. The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. Need I say more? Well, yes, I do. Or, more interestingly, I can. Take This Old House, a magazine derivative from the PBS […]
SSP TMR Blog Debuts
The Society for Scholarly Publishing‘s Top Management Roundtable meeting, scheduled this September 3-5 in Philadelphia, PA, now has its own blog, updating interested parties about the meeting’s format, linking to interesting work from speakers, and allowing for blogging at and […]
Info at your fingertips (without a screen or a keyboard)
Is it possible for people to have information at their fingertips without being tied to the usual web brower or even a book or journal? In her talk “Just-in-Time Info” Pattie Maes, Associate Professor, MIT, Program in Media Arts and […]
Stuart Brand’s Gift
In an interesting interview with John Markoff, author of “What the Dormouse Said,” Stuart Brand is described as having the uncanny ability of showing up at the right place and right time to influence major ideas. One of these cases […]
Book Digitization Will Continue
The recent announcement by Microsoft that it is canceling its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic doesn’t mean that book digitization initiatives are coming to a halt, states Joseph Esposito in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. […]
Live Entry 2: Green
An interesting session on “Green Publishing,” meaning more environmentally aware publishing choices. One observation from the audience is that there were two types of “green” being mentioned in the same breath — the type when choices are made solely based […]
Interface Eye Candy
Two new visualization approaches have caught my eye, and though I typically loathe cute interface write-ups (the kinds of interfaces that generate write-ups are usually too trendy and ephemeral, and won’t stand the test of time), since today is a […]
The Browser Battle Heats Up
Image via Wikipedia Firefox is my favorite browser. It has been for years. Now, Mozilla is preparing to release Firefox 3.0, according to a story in the New York Times, which details how Microsoft, Apple (through its controversial push of […]
easY readiNG thanKS to XML
A fascinating article in Publishers Weekly details changes in large print books and magazines, enabled by the broad utilization of XML and more custom and e-publishing options. One of the groups profiled is ReadHowYouWant. Not only are new type sizes […]
We’re Still Digitally Divided
The digital divide, a term coined by President Clinton and Vice President Gore, is alive and well, according to a recent survey. Some eye-opening results: 30% of American heads-of-households have never created a document on a computer 21% of American […]