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New Publishing Business Model #10: The Complete Guide to Google Wave
Discuss: Google Wave is the Tickle-Me-Elmo of Fall 2009 for web denizens. Everyone wants to play with it but it’s not clear whether it will end up changing everything or just get crammed in the back of closets with an Alf doll and a some old Barbies who got innovative hair cuts thanks to scissor-happy pre-teens.
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Data Exchange Tip #3: File Cleaning—Not Just for Your Nails
Employee of the Month
Adam Hodgkin of Exact Editions has an insightful blog post that ties in the mythic Apple tablet with App store as bookstore business model. In light of that I thought if that happens then inevitably they will need a robot to help shelve the books—preferably one that can jump stacks and stacks of unpacked inventory and returns! Behold Kyoto-based Robo Garage has unveiled Ropid [JP] today, a mini robot that runs on two legs and can jump as high as 8cm:
Data Exchange Tip #2: So What('s) Encoding Anyway?
In the first tip, I tried to establish why you, the ONIX file sender, have to test your file, and that’s simply to ensure that the file’s content — all the characters—would be recognized by the aggregator’s software. The “encoding” declaration in the first line of the file tells the recipient what to expect—and your job is to ensure that the file matches that.
The Digital Age Is Moving Fast: Lists for a Happy New Year!
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Join Our Novel Cult
Open Inspiration
There has been no shortage of fuel, inspiration and just plain change happening lately, some of it coming out of unconference land like Vancouver’s successful BookCamp (#bcvan09) and conference land like O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 show (#w2s). Change coming from search engine giants and giant bookstores. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go to any of the conferences but I was able to keep a twittering eye on the discussion coming out of them, however tweetingly.
