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Four short links: 9 November 2009

By Nat Torkington
November 9, 2009

A Battery-Free Implantable Neural Sensor (MIT Tech Review) -- Electrical engineers at the University of Washington have developed an implantable neural sensing chip that needs less power. Uses RFID's induction technology which means the power source can be up to a meter away. Proof of concept was implanted in a moth to sense central nervous system activity. New Microsoft...

""We had all the advantages and let it slip away"

By Andrew Savikas
October 1, 2009

Among the most honest assessments of the failure of newspapers to adapt to the Web comes from John Temple, former editor, president and publisher of the now-defunct Rocky Mountain...

Stop Giving the Newspapers Your Advice - They Don’t Need It

By Joshua-Michele Ross
September 15, 2009

Speculation about the demise of the news business and advice about what they should do about it is everywhere. It makes for great, self-congratulatory sport but it won’t help the news industry. Why? Because the news industry doesn’t suffer from a shortage of ideas or possible revenue models, it suffers from a different but more acute malady: being an institution...

Four short links: 10 August 2009

By Nat Torkington
August 10, 2009

The Propaganda Newspapers -- London councils increasingly providing their own newspapers, masquerading as mass-market popular appeal newspapers but without anything critical of the council that produces it. This is an evolutionary dead-end for reinventing newspapers, and is why the non-profit/trust structure works so well. Time for Computer Science to Grow Up -- publish in journals so conferences can be...

Four short links: 6 July 2009

By Nat Torkington
July 3, 2009

Offline Mapping App for iPhone -- carry Open Street Maps maps with you even when you're not in 3G/wifi range. (via Elisabeth) My dentist used an in-office CAD & CNC mill to produce a new tooth for me today (Nat Friedman) -- hello, future! New version of Scratch released -- Scratch is an excellent way to teach kids how...

"Being wrong is a feature, not a bug"

By Andrew Savikas
July 1, 2009

A thoughtful piece from Michael Nielsen on the disruption of the scientific publishing industry includes a lot that's very relevant to other publishers and media companies. For example: In...

Four short links: 19 May 2009

By Nat Torkington
May 18, 2009

Economic Stress Map Outlines Recession's Stories (AP) -- The Stress Index synthesizes three complex sets of ever-evolving data. By factoring in monthly numbers for foreclosure, bankruptcy and most painfully unemployment, the AP has assembled a numeral that reflects the comparative pain each American county is feeling during these dark economic days. Fascinating view of the country, and I wish...

Scribd Store a Welcome Addition to Ebook Market (and 650 O'Reilly Titles Included)

By Andrew Savikas
May 18, 2009

The document-sharing site Scribd has launched a new "Scribd Store" selling view and download access to documents and books. As part of the launch, there are now more than 650 O'Reilly ebooks now available for preview and sale in the Scribd store, and all include DRM-free PDF downloads with purchase. (Scribd will soon be adding EPUB as a format, and...

Report: Large-Form Kindle to Target Textbooks and Newspapers

By Mac Slocum
May 5, 2009

The Wall Street Journal says a large-form Kindle -- rumored to make its debut tomorrow -- will be partially targeted at the textbook market: Beginning this fall, some students...

There's a newspaper in my iPhone

By Rich Rosen
April 17, 2009

As the "death of the newspaper" gets continuing coverage (mostly on television), new apps bring the New York Times, USA Today, and now The Wall Street Journal, to your iPhone.

Ignite Show: Monica Guzman on Being an Awesome News Commenter

By Brady Forrest
April 15, 2009

This week's Ignite Show features Seattle PI reporter Monica Guzman. She's spent most of her career writing for online properties and she's been able to watch learn what makes for a good conversation around a news item. As someone who also spends a lot of time publishing content online I can appreciate Monica's thoughts on good commenters and hearing...

Four short links: 14 Apr 2009

By Nat Torkington
April 14, 2009

Open data, lean startups, RSS-as-newspaper, and a design call to arms: OpenSecrets Goes Open Data -- The following data sets, along with a user guide, resource tables and other documentation, are now available in CSV format (comma-separated values, for easy importing) through OpenSecrets.org's Action Center [...] : CAMPAIGN FINANCE: 195 million records dating to the 1989-1990 election cycle, tracking campaign...

Four short links: 30 Mar 2009

By Nat Torkington
March 30, 2009

A great free book, dead newspaper dig, movie Torrent wakeup, and money from free: Digital Foundations with Adobe Illustrator -- CC-licensed book that gets you started using Adobe Illustrator. I'm loving it, and I have the artistic ability of a particularly philistine rock. See also their advice to authors on how to negotiate a Creative Commons license. (via bjepson's delicious...

Four short links: 23 Mar 2009

By Nat Torkington
March 23, 2009

Digital rights, digital wrongs, newspaper science, and hardback socializing. Just another four short links: Twitter Mistrial -- this isn't a calamity for justice, we're just able to do something we couldn't do before (were there many jurors running pamphlets off on their printing presses in the old days?) so we need to figure out whether we want it or not....

O'Reilly Week in Review for March 16th, 2009

By James Turner
March 18, 2009

This week's roundup include discussion of the Sun/IBM rumors, the future of newspapers, Microsoft and Science Commons teaming up, and the weekly podcast quiz....

Coming to Grips with the "Unthinkable" in Publishing

By Andrew Savikas
March 18, 2009

While much of the Twitter chatter this past weekend was about the annual South by Southwest festival and conference, there was quite a bit of "retweeting" of links to a...

Hearst Gets Into the E-Reader Game

By Mac Slocum
February 27, 2009

Hearst Corp. is developing its own wireless e-reader that may debut this year. From Fortune: According to industry insiders, Hearst, which publishes magazines ranging from Cosmopolitan to Esquire and newspapers...

How to Save Journalism? Get Rid of the Newspapers

By Kurt Cagle
February 24, 2009

I've recently been following a superb series by Michelle McLellan on the Ideas that get in the way of saving journalism. In this series of blogs, she does a superb job of raising some very uncomfortable questions for newspapers, most importantly, whether they are in fact so wedded to the idea of the newspaper that they've lost sight of the journalism.

Why Are Newspapers Dying?

By Kurt Cagle
December 9, 2008

While newspapers are likely on their way to the recycle bin, editorial journalism isn't. We are moving to an era where journalistic integrity and personal prestige of the individual journalist is becoming more important than the prestige of the newspaper or other media that the journalist writes for. Journalism is becoming decentralized, and there are many indications that this is, just perhaps, a good thing.

800 Newspapers Coming to Iliad E-Reader

By Peter Brantley
December 6, 2008

iRex Technologies scores scores of newspapers for its new iLiad e-reader. From E-Reads: Digitally delivered news is gaining momentum and as we turn the corner to 2009 it's gotten...

New York Times Movie Reviews Released as API

By Peter Brantley
October 30, 2008

The New York Times has released an application programming interface (API) to its movie reviews, which is a rather significant feature. From the Times' Open blog: Finally -- and this...

The Digital Generation and E-Readers are Tied Together

By Mac Slocum
October 8, 2008

Over on Radar, Nick Bilton from the New York Times R&D group weighs in on the future of paper and e-readers: A common response to the prospect of an eReader...

TOC Recommended Reading

By Mac Slocum
September 25, 2008

Direct-To-Fan: Radiohead, Marillion And The End Of Labels (Robert Andrews, paidContent.org) 80s rock group Marillion, hardly a Top 10 draw nowadays, engages its fans so closely that they funded...

News Roundup: Customizable Magazine Service Launches, French E-Reader Includes Subscriptions, Library Tags Online-Offline Recommendations

By Mac Slocum
September 18, 2008

Maghound Customizable Magazine Service Launches Maghound, a customizable magazine service from Time Inc., is now available. From Folio: The membership pricing is tiered-- three titles for $4.95 a month,...

News Roundup: Sony Reader Arrives in UK, Google Scanning Newspaper Archives, Blanket Copyright Licenses vs Fair Use

By Mac Slocum
September 11, 2008

UK Reaction to Sony Reader Release Sara Lloyd discusses the impact of the Sony Reader's recent release in the United Kingdom: Anecdotally, Waterstones store staff report a great deal of...

What Does Esquire's E Ink Cover Mean for Print Publishing?

By Mac Slocum
September 9, 2008

My take: Print's future hinges on content, not technology. What do you think?

TOC Recommended Reading

By Mac Slocum
August 26, 2008

Transforming American Newspapers (Part 1) (Vin Crosby, Digital Deliverance) Contrary to myopia of many newspaper executives, advertisers aren't newspapers' primary customers. Although advertising revenues may be sunshine for newspaper executives,...

Links: The Simple Solution for Context

By Mac Slocum
August 12, 2008

News consumers searching for context can be served through the Web's simplest tool: hyperlinks.

TOC Recommended Reading

By Mac Slocum
August 6, 2008

What's Really Killing Newspapers (Jack Shafer, Slate) Other institutions do far better jobs at issuing social currency these days. What is Facebook but the Federal Reserve Bank of social...

TOC Recommended Reading

By Mac Slocum
July 30, 2008

This is Not a Comment (Derek Powazek, Powazek.com) Chastising all internet commenters for the actions of the loudest, craziest ones is no different that swearing off all newspapers because of...

How Hackers Show it's Not All Bad News at the New York Times

By Andrew Savikas
July 28, 2008

The hacking-friendly culture within the New York Times just may save the organization.

The Media Industry's Perspective Problem

By Mac Slocum
July 23, 2008

Media orgs that focus on content containers rather than content consumers will be stymied by "reverse publishing" and other bad habits.

TOC Recommended Reading

By Mac Slocum
July 16, 2008

Sittin' Here, Watching The Market Go By (Booksquare) Since there has been significant interest in using the iPhone as an ereader, I was, well, expecting amazing things from the...

News Roundup: Book Chain Installing Espresso POD Machines, Ebooks: False Sense of Security for Publishers?, Newspaper Revenue Slide Continues

By Mac Slocum
June 26, 2008

UK Book Chain Installing Espresso POD Machines UK book retailer Blackwell will test the Espresso Book Machine at one of its locations this fall with an eye toward installing...