Consuming Content: Are you a Grazer or a Super-User?
Dan Blank observes that as we think about the ways in which publishing is changing, one of the factors we must consider is the speed at which content is being generated.
As we think about how publishing, media and journalism are changing, how do we factor in the speed at which media and information enters our [...]
Google Knol as an Instant Author Platform
Late yesterday, Google made an announcement about an upcoming product called knol, a free platform for creating authoritative articles on any subject. Knol will have a variety of social features and will let readers comment, rank, review and suggest edits.
Earlier this week, we started inviting a selected group of people to try a [...]
Facebook for Content Providers: A Look at the New York Times Application
The New York Times dips its toe into the Facebook waters today with the release of its New York Times News Quiz application.”Sigh, another Facebook application.” you say? Perhaps, but this one is particularly interesting to me for a few reasons:
It is one of only a very few from traditional print publishers
It is not [...]
Reader Poll - A Little Help Here?
ckwebb.com recently underwent a redesign, and I’m still tweaking it a bit. Although most of you read ckwebb.com via the RSS feed, many do click through. So some of questions for you, dear readers:
On the main page I currently have excerpts from the 10 most recent posts. Do you prefer the full text on the [...]
O’Reilly Forges Ahead with New E-Content Initiative
Tim has announced O’Reilly is now offering books on a per chapter basis. That is you can buy an entire e-book, or just the chapter(s) you want, and it appears they will be rolling it out across their entire catalog. Tim likens this development to the music industry shift away from albums and [...]
