edwinalui’s Tweets from the 2009 TOC Conference

Tweets

edwinalui: RT @cherylpickett: @mikecane #TOC on top of the 65% they often think ebooks are only worth a couple of bucks just because there's no pap ...

Tweets

edwinalui: RT @eykd: XML: Publishing does not work with a waterfall-style workflow. Very good point. I'd expect it to be iterative...hence "Agile" #toc

edwinalui: XML tools must be developed with end user input to stave skepticism and ensure ease of use #toc

edwinalui: #toc Change the tool AND the environment.

edwinalui: @eykd A bipartisan approach, if you will. #toc

eykd: @edwinalui: But a whole lot cheaper! #toc

edwinalui: #toc Est testing server for users and vendors for new XML tools.

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edwinalui: #toc Travel pub: focus on how your users access content, where, and why

edwinalui: #toc disconnect btwn what pubs and customers consider their "best" content? what actually motivates a sale? what prevents it?

edwinalui: RT @nanlamb: “value of information is its organization; the value of advice is its trust” Cree Lawson on importance of travel guides #toc

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edwinalui: #toc tag cloud - angle to pressure amazon: encourage consumers to speak up about preferred features, etc

edwinalui: #toc tag cloud - interoperability Bren devices is key

edwinalui: #toc tag cloud - consumers want more content, not more devices

edwinalui: #toc tag cloud - missing piece of conf: how do pubs handle territory rights in ebooks?

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edwinalui: So buzz word out of #toc is curator, as in that's what a publisher is. To please customer, it's all about access access access.

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edwinalui: RT @doctorow: If content is a river, DRM is a urinary tract infection, delivering the flow in a painful drip #toc