The 0.7% Book Settlement
For a fraction of their revenues, Google creates a win-win.
OpenID Goes Mainstream
Microsoft adopts OpenID in its Windows Live environment. Dick Hardt’s argument seems poised to win the day.
The Article Download Game
The Usage Factor may come with unanticipated consequences: article spam and malfeasance.
Is the Facebook Platform Dead?
Once touted as Platform 2.0, Facebook is now suffocating its applications to make room for a new growth strategy every Web publisher should see coming.
Authors Seek Shelter
In the information tsunami, some of the best writers are seeking shelter, preferring intimacy and connection to broadcast and reach.
Breaking News
News is breaking. How it’s breaking holds lessons for customer-centric scholarly publishers.
Business Model Mystery
Why would a business person ask an academic what the business model is? Strange days, indeed.
Elsevier’s Article 2.0 Contest
Elsevier’s Article 2.0 experiment is a nice idea built on a faulty approach. It may even be cynical.
Many Eyes = Many Brains
Socially networked data visualization becomes a reality with Many Eyes.
Renaissance II
Are we in the early days of a new Renaissance? One keen observer agrees, and trends point in that direction.
Blogs Move Mainstream
A new Technorati report on the state of the blogosphere jibes with observations that blogs have become mainstream.
The Collapse of Peer Review
Is peer review in decline? Evidence from the field of economics suggests that top authors are bypassing the journal certification process and distributing their papers on their own. Will other authors follow?
Kindle’s Snacks and Speed-dates
The Kindle’s use-case isn’t what I’d assumed. In fact, I’m thinking very differently about it.
Is Email Losing Its Mojo?
Users are dropping email, and young people aren’t taking to it. What does this portend?
Social Network Veteran Flees!
What happens when you’ve had one virtual life too many?