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Sounding the Revolution « The Scholarly Kitchen
This is my favorite Thai expression. It can mean any number of things depending on the context. Often it is used in sales situations at the night markets: This expression came to mind after reading a recent article in the Guardian by John Naughton. Naughton makes the point that it is difficult to know what is actually going on when you are in the midst of the revolution, never mind fathoming the depths of the revolution’s long-term consequences. He suggests looking at history as a guide, pointing to Gutenberg’s print revolution.
There’s a new thesis making the rounds that has already stimulated plenty of discussion about the benefits and costs of copyright laws. It comes from the German economic historian Eckhard Höffner, his work summarized in a Der Spiegel review titled “No Copyright Law: The Real Reason for Germany’s Industrial Expansion.” Höffner contends (according to the review) that the near absence of copyright law in eighteenth and nineteenth century Germany laid the groundwork for the “Gründerzeit”—the enormous wave of economic growth that Deutschland experienced in the middle and later nineteenth century.
Did Weak Copyright Laws Help Germany Outpace The British Empire? | Epicenter | Wired.com
A new European-funded initiative is advocating an entirely new system of science publishing, in which scientists avoid the hassles of traditional peer review by taking a quietly radical step: post their results on their websites. As the news release for LiquidPublication simply states: "Don't print it; post it." To disseminate the information, the program has a software platform that lets other scientists search for what's been posted, leave comments, link related works, and gather papers and information into their own personalized online journals -- all for free.
Publish or post? - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences
The Hugh Cudlipp lecture: Does journalism exist? | Alan Rusbridger | Media | guardian.co.uk
Thank you for inviting me to give this lecture in honour of the memory of Hugh Cudlipp. Ask any British journalist who were their editor-heroes over the last 30 or 40 years and two names keep recurring. One is Harry Evans . The other is Hugh Cudlipp . Why were they so admired? Because they seemed to represent the best of journalistic virtues – courage, campaigning, toughness, compassion, humour, irreverence; a serious engagement with serious things; a sense of fairness; an eye for injustice; a passion for explaining; knowing how to achieve impact; a connection with readers.
Jean-Claude Bradley is an organic chemist at Drexel University in Philadelphia. As with most scientists, Bradley used to be very secretive. He kept his research under wraps until publication and frequently applied for patents on his work in nanotechnology and gene therapy.
FEATURE: Interview With Jean-Claude Bradley - The Impact of Open Notebook Science
IT’S BEEN billed as the iTunes of scientific research and this week was named one of the top 10 technology companies to watch in Europe by a giant of the dotcom boom.
Science's experiment in publishing - The Irish Times - Fri, Aug 13, 2010
Eptcs slides-for-coasp-2010
A talk to be given in the "Session on Editorial Innovation in OA Publishing" at http://www.oaspa.org/coasp/sessions.php on Aug 23, 2010 in Prague. Also available from http://www.cse.unsw.edu.