Classic example of why we need to ask WHY.
RoCC Management Insights – Prof. Martin Eppler on Visualizing Knowledge for Management. Eppler’s video is part of the Visual Literacy: An E-Learning Tutorial on Visualization for Communication, Engineering and Business found at www-visual-literacy.org.
The switch to Gmail will save the city of Edmonton $6 million during the initial five-year contract, it gives city staff much more access and mobility, and employees will be able to use their own smartphones and laptops.
Chris Moore the Chief Information Officer suggests that switching to Google Docs is a good move for the city:
because it’s web-based, we can get access to it anywhere, at any time, with any device
The commercial contract with Google for the city Google Docs system means that the city’s data is private and:
there won’t be any greater chance of the American government using its powers under the Patriot Act to read emails from city staff than there is under the current system.
It is good to see the city of Edmonton moving into the 21st Century with is email and communication system.
Hot Type: An Open Letter to Academic Publishers About Open Access – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout
Jennifer Howard closes here well written letter to publishers with asking:
You can lock up content, but you can’t close up a scholarly culture that’s more and more interested in openness. That culture won’t be satisfied with just being told that copyright is good and piracy is bad. Publishers, how will you adapt?
Howard also refers to the Academic Spring to relay the notion that the academy is ready for significant change when it comes to publishing. I sincerely hope so.
