The Observer, A thriller in ten chapters: “The Observer’s literary editor Robert McCrum stood down this month after more than 10 years in the job. And what a tumultuous 10 years. When he started it was a world of ‘cigarettes, coffee and strong drink’. But that has all changed – new writers, big money, the [...]
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Veel steun voor petitie open access
January 31st, 2007
Marie-Jose Klaver: “De Europese Commissie wordt in de petitie opgeroepen om de aanbevelingen uit haar eigen Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets of Europe (pdf) formeel uit te voeren.”
Tags: eu · europe · open access · publishing · science
links for 2006-05-19
May 19th, 2006
Flash: 10 ways, “information” “outstanding recursive photo mosaic browser” – (Waxy) (tags: photography) 75-day Getting Real book stats update – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) “It’s been about 75 days since we released Getting Real, the book, in PDF format” “The revenue generated so far is a hair under $175,000.” (tags: publishing 37signals books) 80s [...]
Tags: 80s · art · art market · books · data mining · david hockney · music · photography · privacy · publishing · security · video · web
links for 2006-03-22
March 22nd, 2006
Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad? “”What went wrong with Friendster? Why is MySpace any different?”” (tags: socialnetworks myspace friendster) Wired: How France Is Saving Civilization “New legislation in France would force Apple Computer to open the iPod and iTunes to competitors — and that’s a good thing for consumers, in the long [...]
Tags: apple · business · danah boyd · design · drm · france · friendster · internet · itunes · linden labs · marketing · media · myspace · nl · publishing · second life · signal versus noise · social networks · vpro