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How to Publish Without Perishing, by James Gleick: “As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can be tweaked and varied but will never go obsolete. Even when builders pound nails by the thousand with pneumatic nail guns, every …
100 Notable Books of 2008 – New York Times: “The Book Review has selected this list from books reviewed since Dec. 2, 2007, when we published our previous Notables list.” Includes Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction.
Clean Energy 2030 Google’s Proposal for reducing U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, by Jeffery Greenblatt, Climate and Energy Technology Manager: ‘The energy team at Google has been analyzing how we could greatly reduce fossil fuel use by 2030. Our proposal – “Clean Energy 2030″ – provides a potential path to weaning the U.S. off of …
Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship, James A. Evans, Published 18 July 2008, Science 321, 395 (2008) [Subscription only – Supporting Online Material available free] “Online journals promise to serve more information to more dispersed audiences and are more efficiently searched and recalled. But because they are used differently than printscientists and …
Paper Cuts, by Erica Smith – tracks number of buyouts/layoffs, geographical location and newspaper [thanks Darlene Fichter]: 2007 total: 2,185+ * 2008 total: 13,748+ jobs
News release: “Recently released findings from a study initiated by a grant from The Nature Conservancy and conducted by scientists at Biodiversity Research Institute and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation reveal elevated mercury levels in Bald Eagles nesting in the Catskill region of New York. Findings from this research effort provide evidence …
Health News Coverage in the U.S. Media, January 2007 June 2008 – A Report by The Kaiser Family Foundation and The Pew Research Centers Project for Excellence in Journalism, December 2008 “The purpose of this study is to take a broad look at how the news media covered one vital area health and …
Improving Government Interoperability: A capability framework for government managers, Theresa A. Pardo, G. Brian Burke, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, SUNY. October 2008. “This paper is presented as a guide for government managers as they begin to move beyond the vision of a more effective government to the reality. For those governments …
Toolkit for Foundations and Individual Investors: Harnessing Your Investments to Help Solve the Climate Crisis, November 2008 “Climate change presents enormous risks and opportunities for investors. Climate risk is now embedded in all investment portfolios as companies worldwide face far-reaching competitive risks from emerging climate regulations, threats of litigation from climate inaction and physical hazards …
New York Times: “The flailing auto industry is important here, but so is furniture building, tourism, the retail trade and construction pieces of the economy long buffered from the downturn in Detroit. Now waves of layoffs are sweeping towns around here in wine country and elsewhere across the state, swelling the ranks of the …
The Fast-Food Information Age: We Are What We Read, Michael Ross – November 10, 2008 “…teachers and studentswhose jobs and degrees depend on trust and accuracyin addition to ordinary Internet users, turn to search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo) as their first, and perhaps only, destination for information. This behavior, the automatic reliance on Internet search …
Approaches to Mitigate Freight Congestion, GAO-09-163R, November 20, 2008 Department of Homeland Security: Billions Invested in Major Programs Lack Appropriate Oversight, GAO-09-29, November 18, 2008 Contract Management: DOD Developed Draft Guidance for Operational Contract Support but Has Not Met All Legislative Requirements, GAO-09-114R, November 20, 2008 Health Information Technology: More Detailed Plans Needed for the …
