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Stick to Your Ribs: Can the Creativity of Social Persuasion Cure "Corporate Asperger's Syndrome"?

This week, we revisit the power of persuasion, and wonder out loud if perhaps publishers suffer from traits that hold back engagement.

Tweeting Bin Laden — The Power of a Single Tweet and Serial Trust Networks

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.

The Making of a Magazine — The Movie

How Business Week is made, via a short video montage.

Plan vs. Path — Which Is Better for Innovation?

Planning is a centerpiece of corporate behavior, but to encourage innovation, blazing a trail is perhaps a better approach.

Not With A Bang: The First Wave of Science 2.0 Slowly Whimpers to an End

Major social media plays in science hit the rocks, as hype hits reality and the culture of science.

Worried About Apathy in Modern Society? Maybe It's More About Information Design

Social and civic apathy may be more a result of sloppy or intentionally disenfranchising information design. For non-profits, learning how to overcome these may be a key to success.

Speed Climbing — A Dizzying Short Film

Enjoy light vertigo? Watch this full-screen.

Slicing and Dicing — Do Distinctions Between Users' Technologies Make Sense Anymore?

Does thinking about technology as something new and different gerrymander strategies and initiatives in unhelpful ways? Maybe we need to accept that the future has arrived for our users.

Blackboard May be the Target of a Takeover

Blackboard is the target of speculation about a takeover, the WSJ reports. What might this mean?

Unicode, the Video — All 49,000+ Characters in 33 Minutes

The human capacity to make written symbols is truly astounding.

When Bad Science Persists on the Internet

Even when a paper is retracted, free copies of articles still persist in institutional repositories and public websites. Authority for the accuracy of scientific record must keep pace with open access. Fortunately there is a solution.