Knol Gets Some Publishing Steroids
January 25, 2010
I was shivering in a security line in a country without many vowels when Google published “Write Better Knols with Object Embedding and PicApp.” Here’s the segment that caught my attention:
We think it’s important for a publishing platform like knol to provide people with the best possible tools for expression, so we’ve quietly added a large number of new embeddable objects for maps, docs, spreadsheets, forms, slideshows, presentations, videos, gadgets and more. Embeddable objects help you make better knols. For example, our equation object helps you add richly formatted mathematical expressions right in your knols. We really liked the cleanly embedded equations in this knol from the Public Library of Science. Similarly, our calendar object enables you to easily share details about upcoming dates, like swing dance lessons in Oregon.
I have highlighted the words that I noticed. Implications of this move are set forth in my Google: The Digital Gutenberg.
Stephen E Arnold, January 26, 2010
A blatant commercial for my own monograph. I shall report this egregious action to my publisher if has not left for Thailand.
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