When Newspapers Are Gone
Seth Godin wonders if we’ll miss newspapers. For a growing proportion of the population, it’s already a moot point.
From Stuff to Clouds
The “Big Switch” from desktop to cloud computing has implications for how we define intellect and culture. The medium is still the message.
The Cat’s in the Bag
In dire economic times, it’s good to see an innovative use of felines.
Radical Reinvention — Wii!!
As publishers face the loss of 2/3 of their options, a radical reinvention may be required, ala Nintendo’s Wii.
A Journal Feeds Wikipedia
A journal begins requiring authors to submit peer-reviewed pages to Wikipedia. Is this a great idea?
No Money in Printed Flickr?
Image via CrunchBase Back in May 2008, I wrote about a new publishing venture, 8020 Publishing, and their magazines, Everywhere and JPG. They had an intriguing idea — magazines based on user-submitted (amateur) content. And they had plenty of content, […]
A Self-Publishing Adventure Begins
When you have to walk the talk, you end up self-publishing. Can it succeed for a work of fiction?
Will the iPhone Kill the Kindle?
Has the iPhone put the Kindle in the corner? Or will users be predictably irrational and complicate things for publishers?
The iPhone Will Survive the Storm
The Blackberry Storm looks to be a weak clipper system rather than a hurricane. Meanwhile, the iPhone may be poised to control the weather.
Data Depart = Newspapers Die?
Sure, the news is a commodity now, but perhaps losing the data is what triggered the beginning of the end for newspapers.
Does YouTube Threaten Text?
YouTube is the #2 search engine in the world. Will digital natives be more video-centric than text-centric?
Content Is Dethroned
Content from yesteryear no longer works in the modern world. We have to re-imagine.
Picture This, Science Teachers!
Amazon’s new iPhone app leverages camera phones and humans in a new way. Can science education take a similar approach?
Suicidal Subscriptions
Is the fate of print pre-ordained, or an outcome of suicidal circulation strategies?
Shrinking Pie = Lost Waste
A major label is now getting most of its revenues from digital sources, but the pie is shrinking. Is it? Or is it just showing how inflated the pie was in the era of fixed media?