21st Century Collaborative

Hot off Net-Gold list via Sue Fraser Citing the growing demand from the public and the scientific community for access to research data, The Rockefeller University Press has revised its copyright policy to allow authors to retain the rights to work published in its three journals. The policy, which became effective May 1, applies to [...]

"Technology," computer pioneer Alan Kay once said, "is anything that was invented after you were born." Isn’t that the truth? If it has always been part of life as we know it, then it isn’t considered technology. For example, the ink pen was once considered technology and now it is just a common, everyday, writing [...]

One of the things I love most about my background is the rich varied experiences I have had. Mentors along the way cautioned me that I needed to focus; that because I was engaging in such diverse fields (chasing my passions) and not narrowing my focus I was making myself less marketable. They were wrong. [...]