open source

Mar
30
AI Book Production Platforms (video)

AI Book Production Platforms (video)

My second video post about a interesting AI Book Platform called Open Tale. Any feedback on these vids is welcome.
Mar
12
EasyJournal: An AI-Assisted Publishing Experiment

EasyJournal: An AI-Assisted Publishing Experiment

Over the last 18 months, I've extensively experimented with building applications using AI-assisted environments. In just the past
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Feb
26
Emergence of PDF as a Dominant Format in the Digital Age

Emergence of PDF as a Dominant Format in the Digital Age

In recent years, the ever-evolving landscape of digital content management and dissemination has brought forth an intriguing development: the potential
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Jan
30
How Big is the Mountain?

How Big is the Mountain?

This is a new chapter for my book about PRC. Still in draft form...please send comments! Endnotes are a
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Jan
28
Unresolved Challenges in PRC

Unresolved Challenges in PRC

The following is an update to a chapter in my PRC vs The Cathedral book. I had a number of
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Dec
29
Beyond the Cathedral: How Preprints and PRC Can Transform Academic Publishing

Beyond the Cathedral: How Preprints and PRC Can Transform Academic Publishing

Publishing, for many academics, is an emblem of prestige, a mark of validation within their fields. It carries with it
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Dec
12
Kotahi Walkthrough Vids

Kotahi Walkthrough Vids

Two video deep dives into Kotahi. The are long! (2hrs and 1.5hrs). Strictly for platform geeks as the conversation
Oct
23
Building the Kotahi Foundation: A Vision for Open Scholarly Infrastructure

Building the Kotahi Foundation: A Vision for Open Scholarly Infrastructure

For the last four years, Coko has incubated Kotahi, an open infrastructure platform for scholarly communication. Building a system like
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Oct
15
The Myth of Easy Collaboration in Open Source

The Myth of Easy Collaboration in Open Source

It’s often assumed that two open-source projects with similar goals will naturally collaborate. However, in my experience, this is
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Sep
25
PubPub's Strategic Pivot: Insights from a Similar Journey

PubPub's Strategic Pivot: Insights from a Similar Journey

As a long-time observer and participant in the scholarly communications landscape, I've been watching PubPub's recent
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