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Jul 1, 2009
Michael Nielsen » Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted?
It’s true that stupidity and malevolence do sometimes play a role in the disruption of industries. But in the first part of this essay I’ll argue that even smart and good organizations can fail in the face of disruptive change, and that there are common underlying structural reasons why that’s the case. That’s a much scarier story. If you think the newspapers and record companies are stupid or malevolent, then you can reassure yourself that provided you’re smart and good, you don’t have anything to worry about. But if disruption can destroy even the smart and the good, then it can destroy anybody. In the second part of the essay, I’ll argue that scientific publishing is in the early days of a major disruption, with similar underlying causes, and will change radically over the next few years.
Michael Nielsen presents a compelling argument in this essay that explores the sensible reasons why large organizations are ill-suited to grapple with disruptive technology; it is the same reasons that make them effective in their current industry as it exists today which become obstacles to the sweeping reforms necessary to adapt to the industry as it changes.
Jun 24, 2009
Every millisecond counts (via Google) To accompany Google Speed
Jun 24, 2009
Vladimir Vukićević - To Sprite Or Not To SpriteAs a general rule of thumb, if most of your sprite doesn’t contain real image content, you should probably avoid using it. Also, keep an eye out for future solutions that will preserve both the page load speed, as well as avoiding the negative memory and performance impact of sprites.
Jun 24, 2009
TONY HAWK (high quality poster print)
TONY HAWK (high quality poster print)
Jun 23, 2009
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