Comments on: Scarcity vs scale http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/ thoughts on museums, the social web, innovation Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:46:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: The whole NPG / Wikimedia thing « electronic museum http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-8030 The whole NPG / Wikimedia thing « electronic museum Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:11:46 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-8030 [...] does exposure of hi-res pictures stop people from buying them (Answer: unknown, but possibly not) [...] [...] does exposure of hi-res pictures stop people from buying them (Answer: unknown, but possibly not) [...]

]]> By: (Selling) content in a networked age « electronic museum http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-7839 (Selling) content in a networked age « electronic museum Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:41:36 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-7839 [...] experiments in freeing his books, about API’s, about “copywrong“, about value, authority and authenticity. The suggestion that if you free it up you will see more cultural [...] [...] experiments in freeing his books, about API’s, about “copywrong“, about value, authority and authenticity. The suggestion that if you free it up you will see more cultural [...]

]]> By: The Long Tail: PBS, Higher Education, and Museums « Tellhistory’s Weblog http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-7286 The Long Tail: PBS, Higher Education, and Museums « Tellhistory’s Weblog Sat, 03 May 2008 21:49:50 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-7286 [...] the Electronic Museum blog, Mike Ellis recently wrote: . . . what I am saying is that the historical tendency to be [...] [...] the Electronic Museum blog, Mike Ellis recently wrote: . . . what I am saying is that the historical tendency to be [...]

]]> By: Pirate yourself « electronic museum http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6968 Pirate yourself « electronic museum Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:14:53 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6968 [...] Paulo Coelho, well known author of The Alchemist, has taken a novel (ha ha) approach to the “Scarcity vs Scale” discussion. He’s created The Pirate Coelho, a jumping off point to a Box.net storage [...] [...] Paulo Coelho, well known author of The Alchemist, has taken a novel (ha ha) approach to the “Scarcity vs Scale” discussion. He’s created The Pirate Coelho, a jumping off point to a Box.net storage [...]

]]> By: OCLN | Open content legal news - 25 January 2008 http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6956 OCLN | Open content legal news - 25 January 2008 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:50:38 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6956 [...] Scarcity vs scale: Some thoughts on business models for museums and online content from electronic museum. Somewhere along the line we’ll understand the importance of embracing rather than denying the proliferation of copying, pasting, borrowing. To get there we need to be better at understanding what value is, and that’s hard. [...] [...] Scarcity vs scale: Some thoughts on business models for museums and online content from electronic museum. Somewhere along the line we’ll understand the importance of embracing rather than denying the proliferation of copying, pasting, borrowing. To get there we need to be better at understanding what value is, and that’s hard. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6955 Mike Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:53:18 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6955 Hi Mayra Thanks, and I'll definitely check out the book - sounds very interesting... Mike Hi Mayra

Thanks, and I’ll definitely check out the book – sounds very interesting…

Mike

]]> By: Mayra http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6953 Mayra Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:53:10 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6953 Hi Mike! I find your post very interesting, and it resonates with the ideas of an author I'm using for my PhD... Richard A. Lanham. Maybe you'd like to check out his book The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information" ? Regards from Mexisun. Hi Mike!
I find your post very interesting, and it resonates with the ideas of an author I’m using for my PhD… Richard A. Lanham. Maybe you’d like to check out his book The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information” ?

Regards from Mexisun.

]]> By: Mike http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6949 Mike Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:02:16 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6949 I'm with <a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/ebooks/story/0,,2077277,00.html" rel="nofollow">Andrew Marr</a> - we need to develop a "musty book smell" device as well...I can feel an idea coming on.. Also just came across <a href="http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/reading-between-the-lines-of-jobs-comments-on-kindle-android/" rel="nofollow">this</a> which is kind of interesting, too.. I’m with Andrew Marr – we need to develop a “musty book smell” device as well…I can feel an idea coming on..

Also just came across this which is kind of interesting, too..

]]> By: Dave http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6948 Dave Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:02:20 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6948 I agree that the Kindle is ugly. The Sony eBook is much more attractive. I guess that the price of these devices has a lot of scope to fall. I for one would love to have my entire technical library on an eBook, it would take up less space, I would always have everything to hand and it would hopefully be far more searchable. Going forward it will be interesting to see if attitudes on this change. Having looked at a Sony eBook I could certainly read a novel on it and it may be that the convinience of only carrying one thing will eventually overcome our love of physical books. I agree that the Kindle is ugly. The Sony eBook is much more attractive. I guess that the price of these devices has a lot of scope to fall. I for one would love to have my entire technical library on an eBook, it would take up less space, I would always have everything to hand and it would hopefully be far more searchable. Going forward it will be interesting to see if attitudes on this change. Having looked at a Sony eBook I could certainly read a novel on it and it may be that the convinience of only carrying one thing will eventually overcome our love of physical books.

]]> By: Mike http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6947 Mike Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:51:59 +0000 http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/scarcity-vs-scale/#comment-6947 Hey Dave. Interesting question. I think my personal take is that the "book question" (future, scaleability, copyright, etc) is largely determined by the user interface in question. Ben T and I had a long discussion about this a long time ago and decided in a drunken way that the book is pretty much perfect in terms of utility, portability, usability etc. As I say in <a href="http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/the-book-is-dead-long-live-the-book/" rel="nofollow">this post</a>, there are areas (in this instance, directories) where technology brings something new to the party. There are others - like reading - where nothing beats the real thing. Amazon's Kindle is going to be interesting to watch - the new use here is getting titles quickly and easily, but as many commentators have pointed out, the initial investment is huge, PLUS it's a pig ugly device. I'm suprised Apple haven't jumped on the eBooks market yet - it seems an obvious addition to the iTunes functionality, and given the sitting market of iPod users, would seem a no brainer to me. But hey, I'm not Steve J :-) So...in answer to your question - the preferred means of reading is from paper, not from screen - and so I reckon that copying just isn't demanded as it is for music or images... Hey Dave.

Interesting question. I think my personal take is that the “book question” (future, scaleability, copyright, etc) is largely determined by the user interface in question. Ben T and I had a long discussion about this a long time ago and decided in a drunken way that the book is pretty much perfect in terms of utility, portability, usability etc. As I say in this post, there are areas (in this instance, directories) where technology brings something new to the party. There are others – like reading – where nothing beats the real thing.

Amazon’s Kindle is going to be interesting to watch – the new use here is getting titles quickly and easily, but as many commentators have pointed out, the initial investment is huge, PLUS it’s a pig ugly device. I’m suprised Apple haven’t jumped on the eBooks market yet – it seems an obvious addition to the iTunes functionality, and given the sitting market of iPod users, would seem a no brainer to me. But hey, I’m not Steve J :-)

So…in answer to your question – the preferred means of reading is from paper, not from screen – and so I reckon that copying just isn’t demanded as it is for music or images…

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