It seems that everyone we talk to is thinking about their digital strategy. It makes sense. Most not-for-profit organizations that offer their customers (e.g., members, non-members, physicians, researchers, clinical researchers, policy makers, the interested public, patients, etc.) a multitude of services and content-focused products do so through several internal departments. Historically, these departments have acted like independent… Read More
Xfinity Remote app does several things right
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Image by Gare and Kitty via Flickr Ever seem to bump into a phrase repeatedly? For the past three years I keep hearing about “the edge becoming the middle” and every time I do it’s in a new context, with a similar yet different meaning. The first time I heard this phrase was in a… Read More
Kent Anderson reviewed Jaron Lanier's book over on the Scholarly Kitchen: I started Jaron Lanier’s recent book, “You Are Not a Gadget,” skeptical of his initial opinions. His complaints about standardization and today’s limiting philosophy of information technology didn’t impress me at first — after all, we had to embrace standards around electricity, electromagnetic spectrum… 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
My husband recently pointed me to an interview with Rory Sutherland and the following video of his TED Talk. Similar to Predictably Irrational and Nudge, Sutherland's view is that people don't make decisions on pure economic value alone. Intangible value plays a large role, although many are loathe to admit it. "There is a basic… 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
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