12 Feb, 2008
Posted by: admin In: education| publishing| user experience
There have been lots of good ideas being floated around at the
O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference for Publishing but I just heard one of the best.
At the conclusion of one of today’s sessions, an audience member asked the panel about the danger of releasing textbooks into academic environments without DRM. Ben Vershbow turned the question […]
12 Nov, 2007
Posted by: linoleumjet In: publishing
Excerpt:
Technological innovations - digitization in tandem with network computing – have changed the information ecosystem. From what we’ve learned so far, it’s safe to say that at least some of the changes are tectonic in nature. These structural shifts in the way in which we create, disseminate, access, and (re-)use information, knowledge, and entertainment have […]
28 Sep, 2007
Posted by: linoleumjet In: education| publishing
On Confessions of a Science Librarian: an interview with CJ Rayhill, Senior Vice President at Safari Books Online
Excerpt:
“The future of the textbook market is clearly shifting. You have products like SafariU, iChapters, and CourseSmart beginning to emerge to solve a difficult issue — the high cost of textbooks. In addition, most higher-education courses involve exposure […]
“Sebastopol’s O’Reilly’s recent sales bump may be indicative of industry trend…”
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I'm Juliette Melton, a San Francisco resident, user experience researcher, and infrequent blogger. This is where I share interesting examples of user experiences that I come across and where I post updates on my various projects. See linoleumjet.com for my more photo-related postings.