CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-09 04:31:52 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Hey, I've been using this app called Banjo. It makes it easy to see when people you know are close by. If that sounds useful to you, check it out.

2013-05-05 18:08:43 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Attention Sunday Scientists! +Elizabeth Iorns has a really awesome project on @microryza to study a possible way to prevent transmission of breast cancer. https://www.microryza.com/projects/can-we-prevent-the-transmission-of-brca-mutations It's just a few thousand from the goal and ending today, so I'm matching all contributions for the next 4 hours. Check it out!

2013-05-03 15:05:15 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

2013-04-09 06:04:34 (9 comments, 4 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-04-03 20:03:36 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I just wrote a post about PeerJ's preprint server with some questions that folks here might have but be too polite to ask.

2013-03-14 04:49:36 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

"My advice: Build your own library. Don't trust the cloud. If you love something, download it. It won't be there forever." - MOMA Poet Laureate Kenneth Goldsmith.

2013-03-14 03:29:40 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

So Google has decided to try to force me here by killing Reader. I don't like having my arm twisted, so I'll not be posting much here anymore.

Here's a promising alternative for those looking for a Google Reader replacement.

2013-03-14 02:44:27 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

So apparently Android will become Chrome OS at some point, too. Again Google is moving away from open source and the open web and thus alienating people like me.

2013-03-14 02:04:09 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-03-14 02:03:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

My server, My rules. I'm going to switch RSS feeds and email to my domain and see how it goes. Will take another look into running a identi.ca instance, too.

Fever seems to have good reviews. (via +Christian Heilmann)

2013-03-14 01:44:18 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

The issue isn't whether or not developers should be able to earn money from ads, but whether or not you have control over a device that you own. Don't tell me what I can or can't install on the phone or computer I paid for.

2013-03-12 16:07:41 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Another win for transparency: JBC takes a step forward, adding details to some retraction notices:

http://wp.me/pYKlt-3nH

2013-03-12 16:02:34 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

The new Freebase API documentation is now available on the Google Developers site. This newest release includes documentation for the Freebase RDF and Reconciliation APIs. It also includes sample code for the APIs in Java, Javascript, Python, PHP and Ruby.

2013-03-12 01:40:24 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Interesting presentation by Kathleen Fitzpatrick (author on Planned Obsolescence) on peer-to-peer review, scholarly communications in the network age (notes: http://reganmian.net/wiki/peer-to-peer_review_and_networked_scholarly_communication) #oa   #openaccess   #digitalhumanities  

2013-03-08 19:09:00 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

Via John Wilbanks on Fb "For a license that traditional publishers say isn't appropriate, CC-BY sure is taking off in scholarly publishing"
http://oaspa.org/growth-in-use-of-the-cc-by-license-2/

2013-03-05 16:20:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-03-05 16:18:57 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-03-05 16:12:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The Reproducibility Initiative aims to identify and reward high quality reproducible research:

http://shar.es/j8Oey #openscience #opendata

2013-03-04 20:07:33 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

The Reproducibility Initiative adds validation as a service. Great idea! +Science Exchange 

2013-02-28 17:58:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Surveillance technology is outpacing privacy legislation, once again.

2013-02-27 18:58:28 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

"You don’t filter by putting only a few things into the bucket; you filter by going into the Bucket of Everything and using discovery tools to bring what you want to the surface." Karrie Peterson on +David Weinberger's talk at #NFAIS13  

2013-02-27 18:07:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-02-27 18:06:24 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Really great post by +Tim McCormick on scholarly use of social media.

2013-02-27 17:42:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-02-25 17:20:08 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

As part of the Future of Publishing in EEB working group at NCEAS, we'd love you to record your thoughts on the current and one potential future scholarly publication system.  Help us create an awesome video of what YOU think about the system. http://openpub.nceas.ucsb.edu/2013/02/25/give-us-your-thoughts-on-scholarly-publishing-in-eeb/

2013-02-23 15:13:13 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 7 +1s)

Second shoe drops: new White House Directive mandates OA

The Obama White House today directed federal agencies to develop open-access policies within the next six months. The directive comes from John Holdren <http://goo.gl/T02gj>, President Obama's chief Science Advisor.

White House announcement
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/22/expanding-public-access-results-federally-funded-research

Directive itself
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf

This is big. It's big in its own right, and even bigger when put together with FASTR <http://bit.ly/hoap-fastr>, the bipartisan OA bill introduced into both houses of Congress just eight days ago. We now have OA mandates coming from both the executive and legislative branches of government. 

The two approaches... more »

2013-02-23 00:46:31 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

Following on today's directive from +The White House, the NSF announces its commitment to expanding public, #openaccess  to the results of its funded research.

2013-02-23 00:44:17 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Annals of Mathematics (http://annals.math.princeton.edu/), generally considered one of, or the, most prestigious journal in mathematics has an interesting copyright transfer form.

http://annals.math.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/AnnalsCopyrightForm.pdf

It takes the format of an acceptance letter, and starts off with some explanation, including:

"So that you as the Author(s) and the Publisher may be protected from the consequences of unauthorized use of its contents, the Publisher considers it essential to secure a Consent to Publish and recommends that Authors provide a full Transfer of Copyright to the Publisher."

ok, sounds familiar (but note the 'recommends'). Then the actual text:

"5. The Author(s) hereby transfers to the Publisher the copyright of the Work. As a result, the Publisher shall have the exclusive and... more »

2013-02-16 17:43:50 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

"the Democratic technology ecosystem has embraced the free market — whereas the Republican one sort of runs on socialism, with the R.N.C. being the overlord.”

2013-02-16 16:48:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Business and industry need research access too

From the Australian Government's Office of the Chief Scientist, "Top Breakthrough Actions for Innovation," December 2012, p. 6:

"Breakthrough Action Two: Business must have increased access to publicly funded expertise, infrastructure and open-access to research data, especially in areas of national priority....Specific actions:...Provide free and open access to data and other outputs of publicly funded research."

PS: I'm collecting other studies and statements on the need for OA by research-driven business, industry, and manufacturing, on my page of book updates and supplements for pp. 114-115.
http://bit.ly/oa-book 

#oa #openaccess #opendata  

2013-02-15 21:11:03 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

There is new legislation in congress to make research FASTR. Building on the success of the NIH Public Access Mandate (Pubmed Central gets 700k pageviews a day), FASTR will extend the mandate to all federal agencies with extramural research budgets over 100M, such as NSF, NASA, the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Commerce, etc.

Key Points:
Agencies will have flexibility in determining the ultimate location of their online archive as long as reuse, interoperability, and archiving measures are in place. The UK policy, in contrast, supports paying publishers to to make their content open access.

A sliding scale embargo period provides important protection for journal publishers while recognizing the unique characteristics of different academic disciplines. This is likely to work better for more people than the UK policy of 1 year embargo, which is quite long for many fields.

2013-02-14 23:52:39 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

The future of academic publishing!

2013-02-14 23:51:50 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-02-14 23:51:16 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

2013-02-14 15:24:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Academia ripe for disruption, says Christensen.

2013-02-14 15:24:15 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Academia ripe for disruption, says Christensen.

2013-02-14 15:18:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

You're not a criminal, don't let them treat you like one.

2013-02-13 16:09:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Has anyone seen this (http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/02/13/1343220/peerj-a-new-open-access-megajournal-launches) yet? It's a new open access, low cost to publish, peer reviewed journal.

2013-02-13 16:05:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Once more: correcting the canard that OA always or usually costs authors money

Quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education: "Blaise Simqu, president and chief executive officer of SAGE Publications...said, 'open access is a burden on the individual researcher,' who often has to find money to cover some publication costs, like article-processing fees."
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/amidst-a-revolution-publishers-must-know-their-end-users-speaker-says/42249

Comment: Simqu assumes (1) that all or most OA is gold OA, and (2) that all or most gold OA charges author-side fees. Both assumptions are false. The first has been false and known to be false since the birth of OA, and the second has been known to be false since the ALPSP-sponsored Kaufman-Wills study in 2005. Is Simqu really unaware of these facts? Or is he deliberately spreading FUD?
... more »

2013-02-12 18:27:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Here's the "canonical" collection of #altmetrics info. Please join and contribute!

2013-02-12 17:36:49 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 7 +1s)

The announcement you've all been waiting for!

2013-02-12 17:36:05 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

The announcement you've all been waiting for!

2013-02-12 15:17:43 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Cory Doctorow on DRM, EULAs, and the loss of control over our computers

In his talk at the O'Reilly Media Tools of Change for Publishing Conference Author Day, Cory Doctorow made an impassioned attack on DRM and the creeping erosion of the idea that individuals should be in charge of the computers they use.  (Livestream is below; Cory's recorded talk will later be available online.)

Here are a few choice quotes:

 "DRM changes your computer from 'What can I do for you, sir' to 'I can't let you do that, Dave.'"

"The idea that you can make unreasonable things reasonable by just putting them in the fine print and shoving them down our throat has penetrated every level of our society."  

Rather than saying "Don't do that any more," we say "Don't do that any more unless you putit... more »

2013-02-12 15:16:26 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

The competition is open to citizens of the UK, US, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden. The winner will take home $2,000 and the result will be published on +The Guardian Datastore.

2013-02-12 15:11:18 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

#openaccess  

2013-02-11 15:02:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Whoa, I didn't know 3D printing had gotten this precise. (via HN)

2013-02-11 14:58:53 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Just five days left to submit your vision for the future of scholarly publlshing to Beyond the PDF2! in Amsterdam http://www.force11.org/beyondthepdf2  "We invite anyone with an idea, a demo, a vision, a manifesto, or technology that can bring scholarly communication to the next stage to climb on their virtual soapbox and tell us how to change. This session is devoted to new, crazy, out-of-the-box, revolutionary ideas; demo’s of apps, interfaces, smart tools, gadgets, things-that-blog, lab software, or anything else you care to show us" Abstract submission form at http://www.force11.org/node/4242 

2013-02-08 22:10:13 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

"People who push back against scientific consensus aren’t lesser humans somehow, and often, they 'get' science quite sufficiently enough. The place to effect change isn’t from a pedestal. It’s from within the social networks of communities with shared values and ideas."

2013-02-08 22:02:08 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

I seem to have gone on a bit of a tear with video interviews, though they may work better just as audio.

I had a great interview with Steve Vinoski about how and why to make the leap to functional programming, and you can hear (and see, if you want) it at   http://radar.oreilly.com/2013/02/distributed-resilience-with-functional-programming.html.

Then yesterday I had a conversation with Edd Dumbill and Mike Loukides on the Future of Programming, with some fun nods to the past.  Somehow we wove together functional programming, Excel, JavaScript, HyperCard, and much more.  You can hear and see that at Future of Programming: O'Reilly Radar conversation.

2013-02-08 17:45:01 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)