I had not heard of the peer-reviewed online journal First Monday before today, and want to share these two articles in the latest issue that a colleague brought to my attention, while it is still the first Monday in August and there is a nice double meaning to the title of this blog entry.
First, there is an article by Sara Kjellberg about scholars, blogging and productivity. It suggests that blogging can provide motivation and stimulate creativity for researchers. Of course, some of us already suspected that…
Second, there is an article by David Wiley and John Hilton on free online textbooks, which connects with the current discussion of open source textbooks.
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