This morning I published a post on SXSW over on the Scholarly Kitchen. Here’s an excerpt: Sometimes you need to magnify something to see it clearly, and Elon Musk is the magnification of curiosity, exploration, and optimism. He described everything from the thruster problem that delayed the space station docking of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, to… Read More
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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
Through the years I’ve been fortunate to meet lots of smart people in publishing, media, and technology. It’s been an amazing experience working with both organizations “going digital” and others that have been there for some time but are continuously refining their approach to content and publishing. It’s an exciting place to be (scary, but… 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
Why haven’t I been blogging regularly? One big reason is the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) IN Meeting. Richard Newman, from the American Medical Society, and I are the co-chairs of the SSP IN meeting. SSP IN will take over the entire Hotel Providence from September 23rd – 25th. I could tell you all about IN… Read More
Earlier in the spring, while attending the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) NetGain conference, I was asked to answer a question as part of a series for the SIIA Content Division. As the result of sheer coincidence, Chris Anderson was a keynote at the conference and was also asked the same question. Several people were… Read More