Good project communication is always a big challenge. The broader the project’s impact, the bigger the team — and the challenge. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise since communication in all areas of business (and throughout our lives) is challenging. How can we be sure that the right people across both the team and… Read More
Learning is hard. It takes time, effort, and engagement. It’s the payoff that keeps us going. Unfortunately, like exercise or dieting, in many cases learning has been institutionalized as drudgery. What’s worse is that for those of us over 35 or 40 we learned how to learn in a way that took all the fun… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Michael Hansen, CEO Elsevier Health Sciences opened the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) Annual Information Industry Summit by reintroducing the audience to Galileo. His lessons from Galileo: In a time of change, remember your roots. Galileo reminded Hansen of Elsevier’s core strength to: “bring insights to the world and have… Read More
We're talking about Google Wave over on the Scholarly Kitchen. Google Wave was built to answer the question, “How would email look if it were invented today?” But Wave goes far beyond email-like functionality and tries to get to the heart of communication in all the forms that we’ve come to know. Wave is part… Read More
After Michael Clarke's coverage of Sci Foo Camp on the Scholarly Kitchen, I thought there was nothing left to say. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 I was wrong. NatureVideo just posted a Science Foo Camp 2009 video on YouTube. From DNA, to skulls, to puzzles, it seems like Sci Foo had it all. It… Read More
Attending SSP IN! Here's a post I wrote on the Scholarly Kitchen: Fifteen years ago would anyone have imagined that Apple, a dying computer company, would come back to life by gaining control of the music business?Ann Michael under, The Scholarly Kitchen, Sep 2009 Read all the coverage of the Society for Scholarly Publishing IN… Read More
Aside from the topic, which is interesting, I love the idea that Silicon Alley Insider is facilitating the proliferation of their content. Embedding text. Why wasn’t this done years ago? Related articles by Zemanta Google boosts book digitization by capturing reCAPTCHA (arstechnica.com)… Read More
Image via CrunchBase I found this fascinating quote today: Earlier this week, I wrote about the management trap that occurs in industries undergoing disruptive innovation. David Smith from CABI forwarded this presentation from Netflix to me. It’s excellent, and deserves to be shared widely.Kent Anderson under, The Scholarly Kitchen, Aug 2009 Culture View more presentations… Read More