Blog Profile / PersonaNonData
| URL : | http://personanondata.blogspot.com | |
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| Filed Under: | Media / Publishing | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1133 | |
| Posts / Week: | 4.5 | |
| Archived Since: | August 12, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Kabul Girl and a Dark Spectre 1973
Kabul girl and her mother 1973
This is a spooky image taken out of our car window as we drove by. (That's the door edge on the right). The girl is smiling for my father and perhaps catches a glimpse of one of the three boys in the car but it is the mother standing behind this girl that you wonder about. Show More Summary
TOC Frankfurt - Session Info and Discount Code
Nation, Clearly Kat Meyer and the organizers of Tools Of Change Frankfurt are so desperate for speakers this year that they've decided to throw caution to the wind and ask me to man/woman one of their panels. It should be fun and I expect there will be more in attendance than the seven or eight people the last time I spoke at Frankfurt. Show More Summary
Media Week (Vol4, N38) Career & For Profit Education, Saylor's Free Content, Google Ed Software + More
If employers won't value for profit education what's the prospect? (WaPo): Education researchers have actually conducted a number of studies about this. As of a few years ago, the findings were pretty bleak for the industry. A literature...Show More Summary
Falls Don't Change 1968
Niagara, New York 1968
The PND Seniors visited in 1968 when PND senior was attending Cornell for the summer. I've never been but I am thinking of ways to put it in my schedule.
Mrs PND recently unearthed some of her family's slide collection and sure enough there's an image similar to this one from 1958. Show More Summary
My FROM THE ARCHIVE Book iPad Version Available
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Larry David Cautions: It Could Have Been Worse
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MediaWeek (V4, N37): University Press Publishing, Georgia Copyright, MOOCs, + More
Three directors of University Presses take to Inside Higher Ed to discuss the realities of publishing in today's academic environment (IHEd): It is self-evident that the books and journals we publish benefit faculty in their roles as authors, researchers, and teachers. Show More Summary
Ashe at the Open 1972
Arthur Ashe, Flushing Meadows 1972
Another weekly image from my archive. Click on it to make it larger.
In addition to the images I've posted on Flickr and those I've periodically posted on PND, I have now produced a Big Blurb Book: From the Archive 1960 -1980 of some of the images I really thought were special.
Segmenting Publishing Strategy
A re-post originally from November 9, 2009:
There is a self-publishing conference in NYC this weekend which reminded me of a project I worked on several years ago. After reading an interesting article in the Harvard Business Review about...Show More Summary
MediaWeek (V4, N36) Education & Innovation, iTunes U, Pearson + More
Kevin Carey of Washington Monthly takes a look at investments in the education technology space. (WM): Last August, Marc Andreessen, the man whose Netscape Web browser ignited the original dot-com boom and who is now one of Silicon Valley’s most influential venture capitalists, wrote a much-discussed op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. Show More Summary
US Open Tennis 1972: Evone Goolagong, Stan Smith, Billie-Jean King + more
US Open Tennis 1972, a set on Flickr. Mr & Mrs are off to the US Open tomorrow. Here is the archive set from 1972 when PND senior went to see some of the greatest players ever: Ashe, Laver, Evert, Smith. I've only been twice before (and the second time we were rained out). Show More Summary
MediaWeek (V4, N35) Retail Bookstore Results: BN, Smiths, BAM, Dymocks (Aust) Strategy + More
Barnes And Noble reported their first quarter results which were mixed (Press Release) First quarter consolidated revenues increased 2.5% to $1.5 billion as compared to the prior year. First quarter consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) was $4 million as compared to a loss of $24 million a year ago. Show More Summary
Goolagong at Kooyong 1976
Evonne Goolagong Kooyong 1976
Through family friends we had members tickets to Kooyong and at the 75, 76 and 77 championships I was able spend many full days there. On this day, for some reason I don't recall, Moms PND and I got to sit court side and someone let me use their 35mm camera. Show More Summary
Changes in Educational Publishing: The Textbook in the 21st Century
A repost from July 13, 2006. A still relevant post regarding the evolution of the textbook. Six years later I am now working for a company (AcademicPub) which is starting to put the following vision into practice. As I have mentioned...Show More Summary
NACS Study: A Comprehensive Analysis on Textbooks and Course Materials, 2012
An annual study from the National Association of College Stores on student attitudes and perceptions. Highlights outlined in their press release include (NACS): Students estimate spending $655 (down from $667) on required course materials within the past twelve months. Show More Summary
MediaWeek (V4, N34): Copyright, Digital Public Library, Colleges & Big Data + More
University of California at Berkeley professor Dr. Pamela Samuelson in The Chronicle from a few weeks ago on Copyright reform and the creation of a comprehensive digital library (Chron): The failure of the Google Book settlement, however, has not killed the dream of a comprehensive digital library accessible to the public. Show More Summary
Ducks to Market, Hong Kong 1972
Central Market, Hong Kong June 1972
These ducks/geese seem drugged to me in the manner in which they are submissively sitting on the sidewalk. They are quietly sitting outside the Hong Kong central market (which I think is still there) and they'll probably be sold live to customers inside the market. Show More Summary
Will a (B)Million Dollar Question and Lots of Money Spell the End for Collecting Agencies?
Some say that New Jersey is the most politicized state in the nation because the ratio of elected officials to state citizens is one of the highest in the land. Rest assured this post isn’t a bash about participatory democracy but, in thinking about this. Show More Summary
ALA: Info Report on eBooks for Libraries
A short information report on eBooks in libraries has been produced by the Digital Content & Libraries Working Group of the American Library Association (ALA). Working in close collaboration with ALA’s president and executive director,...Show More Summary
MediaWeek (V4, N33 ) The Cost of Higher Education in the US - Chronicle, Economist, Bain + More
The problem with the cost of education in the US (Economist): A crisis in higher education has been brewing for years. Universities have been spending like students in a bar who think a Rockefeller will pick up the tab. In the past two...Show More Summary