Hot Takes on the First Quarter of 21st Century Scholarly Publishing
Todd Carpenter looks back on the past quarter century of a digital revolution in scholarly publishing.
The Year in Review: 2025 in The Scholarly Kitchen
Before we plunge into 2026, a look back at 2025, a difficult year for many in the scholarly community.
Google’s Last Last Year in Search
The year in search at Google — is this the last one of these we’ll see?
Preserving Human Ingenuity for a Future Planet Ruled By Octopuses
An engineer and musician teaches an octopus to play the piano.
Guest Post — How Changes to ADA Title II Impact Libraries, and What We Can Do to Respond, Part 2
Today’s guest blogger argues librarians have been advocates for accessibility of digital content long before ADA Title II — and they have a role in responding to the latest regulatory updates.
How Printing Was Revolutionized By Cake. Sort Of.
Discover the flong: a papier-mâché mold that revolutionized 19th-century printing, blending ingenious tech with a dash of pastry-inspired charm.
Scholarship is Like Music: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Just as scholarly knowledge development is based on previous research findings, popular musicians stand on the shoulders of Pachelbel’s Canon.
The Death of the LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Line
In today’s post, Teodoro (Teo) Pulvirenti and Marianne Calilhanna join Randy Townsend to unpack the disturbing topic of suicide among the LGBTQ+ community.
What’s the Magic Word?
What’s the magic word? Is it “please”? “Abracadabra”? Wingardium leviosa”? Why are humans drawn to incantations and affirmations?
INFIDEO Friday: How AI is Changing Our Search Experiences
What happens when AI-infused information systems increasingly provide answers rather than directing people to sources?
The AI Slop Overload Does Not Taste Good
AI-generated recipes are taking over the internet. How do they taste?
Guest Post: When the Front Door Moves: How AI Threatens Scholarly Communities and What Publishers Can Do
AI-enabled discovery and summarization tools seem like magic to end users, but for publishers it looks like disintermediation.
The Devil is in the Details, Specifically, Titivillus, the “Medieval Demon of Typos”
Have you been visited by Titivillus, the demon of typographical errors?
Is Grammar an Inherent Product of the Human Brain?
A long-running academic controversy — do humans share a universal grammar that stems from the structure and evolution of the human brain?
Language Evolves, or rather, Constantly Cooks New Ways to Pass the Vibe Check
A millennial linguist dares to speak to a gen-alpha audience in their native tongue.