Daily Archives: 7 February 2012

How to access Open Access?

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Stephen

My train of thought is still running. Last week, taken aback by the revelation of Elsevier’s deep support for the Research Works Act, an anti open-access piece of US legislation, I declined to review a manuscript for the publisher and … Continue reading →

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The moonshot power of Google’s new ‘Solve for X’

Posted on 7 February 2012 by williamcb

With ‘Solve for X’ Google is half way to becoming as evil as the bankers. Solve for X is being touted as a kind of techno-think tank, like TED but done cloud style. It advertises itself at its launch today … Continue reading →

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Important Bus Business

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Stephen

This is going to add minutes to my life – every time I take the bus. And I have Guardian columnist Tim Dowling’s truculent teenage kids to thank for it. Disdaining the sorry business of relying on a published timetable … Continue reading →

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