Monthly Archives: August 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

RT @timoreilly: That word “events”: It does not mean what you think it means. Why elmcity project is so cool. http://bit.ly/bCArq # @mikekarr It's just that kind of day. mmm…Sultry in reply to mikekarr # @timdonohue Great news! Congrats! @RT @duraspace: Tim Donohue joining DuraSpace as tech lead & develpr for DSpace http://bit.ly/wylOb # RT @avivagabriel: RT [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23

RT @infopeep: Powell, A and Johnston, P. What researchers think about data preservation and access http://bit.ly/HAZXw # any thoughts on how #cascadeserver taxonomy support compares to #drupal? # attending #cascadeserver web demo # @chandlerb22 had no idea! who are you working for? in reply to chandlerb22 # RT @timoreilly: Everyone trashing Obama's healthcare plan should be required to answr [...]
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Will “Article of the Future” hamper sharing among scientists?

Ad Lagendijk argues that Elsevier’s experiment “to redefine how a scientific article is presented online” is a solution in search of a problem. For many scientists, Adobe’s PDF is the standard for publishing and reading scientific literature. Linear text is still the preferred format for consumption. Lagendijk suggests that Elsevier’s real aim is to force [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

RT @libraryfuture: RT @Pew_Internet Household income is less powerful predictor of library use than access to the internet http://ow.ly/gRvv # Sure http://bit.ly/shJEc , but what's new? RT @chuck_whitlock: Sad state of affairs when the speaker of the House is one of those # Challenging, yes. RT @chuck_whitlock: And a 140 character limit isn't conducive to an [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09

And PC makrs? RT @timoreilly: MS Windows 7 Upgrade Mess: http://bit.ly/puKxW Too bad. That's why cloud apps and OSes are going to win. # Still too long. I like just "play". CRT @chandlerb22: The Little But Really Useful Guide to Creativity via Zen Habits. http://tr.im/vX32 # If archive.org supports @Citability, http://citability.org/ and it's usable then [...]
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