Codeless Ajax in action
August 27, 2009
Codeless Ajax in action
If you’re a regular here, you’re already well aware that we’re knee deep in our latest series of feature peeks, highlighting some of the great new and improved features of Alpha Five Version 10. We put out a press release earlier this week announcing the series, and I wanted to share it with you here.
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See Codeless Ajax in Action on Alpha Software’s Blog
The real-time Web is coming, where online apps look and feel like desktop apps. Codeless Ajax makes building real-time Web apps nearly effortless for developers, consultants, businesses, and Web designers.
BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calling all developers, designers, and entrepreneurs! Hit the Alpha Software blog right now to see how codeless Ajax lets you create rich Internet applications, without having to write or debug any code. Watch how easy it is to assemble custom Web apps that look, feel, and perform like desktop apps, but run entirely in the cloud. Witness Web databases that take user input and update screens in real time, without reloading pages or having users click “submit.” See how you can spend less time bringing killer ideas to life, and more time making money with them.
“The era of slow Web applications is ending,” says Richard Rabins, Co-Chairman of Alpha Software. “With the emergence of rich Internet experiences and the drive to cloud computing, businesses want desktop-like functionality for their workers and customers. This is a huge market opportunity for any developer, designer, or entrepreneur who can deliver next-generation Web experiences quickly and efficiently. And you won’t find a programming tool on the planet that can build rich Internet apps faster than Alpha Five Version 10, with codeless Ajax technology. You must see it to believe it.”
Invented by Alpha Software, codeless Ajax is the hallmark of the upcoming Alpha Five Version 10, an award-winning rapid development platform with visual editor, database designer, reporting engine, support for major SQL databases, Xbasic language, app genies, dozens of prefab functions and controls, and more. Now in beta, the platform is slated to ship this year. Developers can request a copy of the beta by writing to Marketing@AlphaSoftware.com. And everyone can see Alpha Five Version 10 in action by visiting the Alpha Software blog, and watching the company’s New Feature Peeks. New Feature Peeks are being added every few days, so check back often to see the latest demos of codeless Ajax in action. You can also subscribe to the Alpha Software blog to be alerted whenever a New Feature Peek is posted.
Beta tester and professional developer Jim Dusoe used Alpha Five Version 10 to build a student information tracking and reporting system in just 24 man hours. This would have taken him at least three man weeks using other development platforms, such as Visual Studio, IronSpeed, FileMaker, Servoy, PHP, or Java.
“I was able to prototype the app and get my client’s buy-in in minutes, literally,” Dusoe says. “I had the system finished and delivered three days after first contact with the client. I’ve never used anything as productive as Alpha Five. In fact, I was so impressed with the results, I dropped IronSpeed as my development platform and switched to Alpha Five.”
Rabins characterizes codeless Ajax as a true breakthrough in the history of development tools. “In the 80s, Borland’s Turbo Pascal revolutionized programming by introducing the integrated development environment,” he says. “In the 90s, Microsoft’s Visual Basic raised the bar with visual programming for Windows applications. The bar will be raised again when we unleash our codeless Ajax technology in the next quarter, and developer productivity will take a flying leap forward. No matter what you use to build Web apps, if you care about productivity, keep your eye on Alpha Five with codeless Ajax.”
Dusoe agrees. “Users want Web applications that perform as well as desktop apps,” he says. “Designers want to add database features to their sites without having to get a computer science degree. Entrepreneurs want to launch their killer app in weeks, not months. And the faster developers can prototype and deliver solutions, the more revenue they can earn in a year.”
For more information about Alpha Five Version 10 please visit the Alpha Software blog, Web site, or contact Richard@AlphaSoftware.com.
ABOUT ALPHA SOFTWARE
Since 1982, Alpha Software has been providing developers with award-winning tools that make it easy to build business applications. Today over 1 million developers and tens of millions of users rely on Alpha Software’s Alpha Five. The company is privately held, and based in Burlington, Mass. Alpha Software can be found on the Web at http://www.alphasoftware.com. The company’s blog is located at http://blog.alphasoftware.com.
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Alpha Five Version 10 Feature Peek #21: Conditional formatting
The conditional formatting option in Alpha Five Version 10 lets you format data conditionally, depending on its value. For example, you might set the color of the quantity field to be red if it is above average. In the video below, you’ll see the conditional formatting in action, including conditional formatting at the cell and control level, and conditional formatting at the row level.
Throwing Stones: behind the scenes
August 6, 2009
Throwing Stones: behind the scenes
An exclusive online excerpt of that story follows… in a bit.
The show tells the tale of five women trying to stay afloat amidst the chaos of life: demanding children, high-maintenance husbands, mortgages that keep them awake at night, uninspiring jobs, and all the challenges that come from being a wife, a mother and more significantly, a woman.
And all is forgotten, all is left behind, when they meet weekly at the West Kildonan Curling Club in Winnipeg.
The show uses the principles of curling as a metaphor for life. Patti (played by Academy Award winner Patty Duke) believes that all the lessons, rules and wisdom you need in life, you can learn from curling. Every episode begins with Patti philosophizing about one aspect of curling. It is this principle of curling and its larger application to life that is explored in each episode.
Throwing Stones was an original pilot developed and produced for the CBC. We heard earlier this spring that CBC had turned down the show, due to both the economy and new programming guidelines. This, of course, totally sucks.
But it also means that the pilot will be airing on July 15 – this Wednesday – with very little publicity or promotion. As such, the show producers are asking curlers to tune in on July 15 and, if you like the show, send your feedback (ie. your righteous anger) directly to CBC via this webpage.
So do tune in. Meanwhile, here’s an excerpt or two from Jill Officer’s behind-the-scenes column back in November… which you would have received, along with the photo above (taken by Joey Isford) if you had subscribed to The Curling News …
Patti Duke, the Hail Mary and 21 bucks an hour
This was my first experience as an actress – no wonder it’s called acting; you’re not really doing anything, at least for the “extras” on set, which is where I fit in. A curling-themed pilot for a CBC TV series was being shot on location at West Kildonan Curling Club in Winnipeg. The rink was turned into a film set in September when film producers took over the building, painted some touch-ups and set up shop for three days of shooting
The series stars Oscar winner and three-time Emmy Award winner Anna Marie “Patty” Duke. Well, she at least *edited to prevent spoilers*
Weeks before the shoot, an email circulated by a local casting company (and editor gk) was asking for female curlers between the ages of 20 and 60 to bring their skills to the set as background curlers. Given that the pay started at $21 an hour (overtime was more) I thought, hey, why not? That way I could throw a few rocks, see what this was all about and, of course, have something to write about for
The call time for us “skilled” workers was about 9:00am. I showed up to find a number of my fellow local competitors – Chelsea Carey, Kaleigh Strath, Cheri-Ann Loder, Jill Proctor – and many more. For some of the younger girls like Kaleigh, it was a chance to change their status as a starving student – for a couple of weeks anyway – and make a few hundred bucks in a day even though they had to skip class to do it. Can you blame them? Heck no!
As extras, even we had to go through wardrobe, make-up and hair. Wardrobe was a challenge. We were asked to bring clothing with no logos and we couldn’t bring anything black, white or red. That was a problem for me as it would be for many competitive curlers who have sponsor logos plastered all over their curling gear and the stuff that doesn’t have logos consists of the popular colours of… black, white or red.
I raided my closets of sweatshirts, curling clothes, etc, but I couldn’t find anything that fit the rules. The only logo that was approved was Asham, but even then my Asham sweatshirts were red and black. Ugh! I eventually had to raid mom’s closet where I found a plain pink sweatshirt that ended up being my wardrobe of choice by the pros.
After pretending to talk to someone, doing monotonous tasks in the background, faking yelling “hurry” while my pretend teammates avoided the huge lighting equipment that covered half of our sheet, playing cards in the downtime and then basically being on the ice for five hours straight not really doing anything – including never throwing a rock – it was time to call it a wrap for the day, some 14 hours later!
We think actors and other entertainers live the good life, but getting a taste of what it’s like to be on a film set has proven to me that it’s not all that easy. Granted we didn’t get the golden treatment, like our own trailer nor a bed to rest our head on, but having to “hang around” all day is, believe it or not, absolutely exhausting. By 11:00pm my legs were stiff, my back ached and the sound of “that’s a wrap” was enough to make me peel right out of there despite the discomfort I was feeling.
Imagine that, huh? I could write the headline for gk right now: “Elite athlete isn’t even in good enough shape to stand around for 14 hours.”
Really though, I would challenge any high-performance athlete – from any sport – to stand in the cold for hours on end, dressed for a regular curling game, but not doing any throwing or sweeping. Somehow I think anyone would feel the same way.
I wonder how Connie Laliberte fared: as the “consultant” helping out the production crew, she was there longer than anyone, but at least she had things to do… including setting up
I was so exhausted after the first day I was actually thankful I didn’t return to the miming, standing around in the cold and passing time.
I was, however, thankful for the $350 cheque that arrived in the mail a few weeks later.
Negotiations over 'clunkers' stall in Senate – The Associated Press
August 5, 2009
Negotiations over 'clunkers' stall in Senate – The Associated Press
 Globe and Mail |
Negotiations over 'clunkers' stall in Senate
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Negotiations to save the dwindling "cash-for-clunkers" fund dragged out in the Senate on Wednesday, prompting Majority Leader Harry Reid to warn vacation-bound lawmakers they might be stuck in the Capitol a few more days if they don't pass … Cash for Clunkers: How Green is It? Networks Praise 'Clunker' Program, Downplay Critics US Senate 'Cash-For-Clunkers' Talks Hung Up on Procedures |
What are two Russian subs doing off the US coast? – Christian Science Monitor
 Globe and Mail |
What are two Russian subs doing off the US coast?
Christian Science Monitor The Pentagon doesn't know. But it's the first such incident in nearly 10 years, suggesting that the Russian military is flexing its muscle. By Gordon Lubold | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington – The Pentagon confirmed Wednesday … Laughing at Russian Nuclear Subs Russian subs patrol off US East Coast: officials Why Are Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of US? |
$2.4 Billion in Grants to Make Cars Greener – New York Times
 Seattle Post Intelligencer |
$2.4 Billion in Grants to Make Cars Greener
New York Times WASHINGTON — Seeking to put the nation back in the lead on an important technology, the Obama administration on Tuesday awarded more than $2 billion in grants for advanced battery manufacturing, mostly for electric cars. … White House Unveils $2.4 Billion in Grants to Jump-Start Industry … US to spend $2.4 billion to boost electric vehicles Obama Addresses Economic Recovery During Stop |
Pittsburgh shooter may have sought 'female scapegoat' – Christian Science Monitor
 guardian.co.uk |
Pittsburgh shooter may have sought 'female scapegoat'
Christian Science Monitor George Sodini kept a Web site where he spoke bitterly about his mother and about romantic rejections. Such feelings of anger toward women fit into a historic pattern, say some. By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor This … Gunman at Pa. health club was bitter over women Online Diary Apparently Kept by Alleged Pittsburgh-Area Health … In diary, shooting suspect shares despair |
$2.4 Billion in Grants to Make Cars Greener – New York Times
August 5, 2009
$2.4 Billion in Grants to Make Cars Greener – New York Times
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
$2.4 Billion in Grants to Make Cars Greener
New York Times WASHINGTON — Seeking to put the nation back in the lead on an important technology, the Obama administration on Tuesday awarded more than $2 billion in grants for advanced battery manufacturing, mostly for electric cars. … White House Unveils $2.4 Billion in Grants to Jump-Start Industry … US to spend $2.4 billion to boost electric vehicles Obama Addresses Economic Recovery During Stop |
40 m agoSotomayor picks up more GOP support as vote nears – Newsday
 New York Times |
40 m agoSotomayor picks up more GOP support as vote nears
Newsday Photo credit: AP | Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor participate in a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor picked up more GOP … Sotomayor picks up more GOP support as vote nears Sotomayor Picks Up Support Of Eighth Republican Senator Sotomayor gains more Republican supporters in the Senate |
Family Believed Baby Cut From Womb Was Theirs – ABC News
August 1, 2009
Family Believed Baby Cut From Womb Was Theirs – ABC News
In this image from WMUR television video, 35-year-old Julie Corey is escorted after her arrest in In this image from WMUR television video, 35-year-old Julie Corey is escorted after her arrest in Plymouth, N.H. Wednesday July 29, 2009. Corey is accused of cutting the fetus out of her pregnant
Notebook: David Ortiz says he needs more information – Memphis Commercial Appeal
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz fended off further questions Friday about his 2003 drug test, saying he needed more time to gather information. “I am trying to find out what’s going on. When I get my stuff together, I’ll let you guys know,” Ortiz said. The New York Times, citing unidentified lawyers
Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case – Daily Times
BOSTON — A Boston University student has been ordered to pay $675,000 to four record labels for illegally downloading and sharing music. Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., admitted he downloaded and distributed 30 songs. The only issue for the jury to decide was how much in damages to award the
Apollo astronauts look ahead … to Mars? – msnbc.com
July 19, 2009
Apollo astronauts look ahead … to Mars? – msnbc.com
 Times Online |
Apollo astronauts look ahead … to Mars?
msnbc.com David Kohl / AP Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin, left, and Neil Armstrong participate in a panel discussion during the National Aviation Hall of Fame Spirit of Flight Award at the National Museum of the USAF on Friday in Dayton, Ohio. … Space Program Struggles for Direction Aim for Mars, Apollo 11 crew says Where were you when Apollo 11 landed? Not born yet |
Asean Meets to Strengthen Ties as US, China Vie for Influence – Bloomberg
 Boston Globe |
Asean Meets to Strengthen Ties as US, China Vie for Influence
Bloomberg July 20 (Bloomberg) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers met to strengthen ties before a broader gathering this week to discuss security threats in the region with the world's fastest- growing major economies. … Terrorism, rights on agenda for ASEAN ministers Thai premier calls for action-based ASEAN at foreign ministers' meet Red-shirt rumblings as Thailand prepares to host ASEAN |
Lisa Schwarzbaum, left, with McCourt and his wife, Ellen – Entertainment Weekly
 Times Online |
Lisa Schwarzbaum, left, with McCourt and his wife, Ellen
Entertainment Weekly Frank McCourt's telephone answering machine message always promised that he would return all calls “with alacrity.” Of course, the man who wasn't home could have said “as soon as possible.” But why waste such a beautiful word? … Frank mccourt, author of 'Angela's Ashes,' dies 'Angela's Ashes' author Frank McCourt dies at 78 Frank McCourt, late-blooming author of 'Angela's Ashes,' dies at 78 |
Letter From Washington Life Lessons Should Count on Top Court – New York Times
 Washington Post |
Letter From Washington Life Lessons Should Count on Top Court
New York Times WASHINGTON — Senator Lindsey Graham, the engaging South Carolina Republican, lectured the Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor last week that if he had made a comment like hers that a “wise Latina woman” often reaches better … Sotomayor: Put high court on TV 'Empathy' Takes a Knock in Confirmation Hearings Confirm Sotomayor |
Italian train crash children die – BBC News
July 1, 2009
Italian train crash children die – BBC News
 Novinite.com |
Italian train crash children die
BBC News Two children badly burned when a train exploded as it passed through an Italian town have died of their injuries, taking the death toll to 16. The three-year-old girl and the two-year-old boy had both suffered burns on 90% of their bodies, … Italy asks who to blame for deadly train inferno Italian train derailment death toll at 16 Fifteen dead as gas rail tankers derail in Italy |
SC gov gambles to 'lay it all out' about affair – The Associated Press
 Washington Post |
SC gov gambles to 'lay it all out' about affair
The Associated Press COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — After days of assuring the public he was firmly in control after admitting a scandalous affair, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford detailed other encounters with his Argentine "soul mate," dalliances with women before her, … Calls for Sanford's resignation grow louder Seven Republican senators say Sanford should quit Republican brand takes a bruising |
Al Franken, Senator – Atlantic Online
 Washington Post |
Al Franken, Senator
Atlantic Online [Franken] will not make for a particularly crisp #60. Though no one wants to say it, it is not clear that Sen. Ted Kennedy will ever vote again in the Senate, given his medical condition. Massachusetts lawmakers are already quietly jockeying for his … Democrat Franken wins protracted Minn. Senate race Franken Wins Senate Battle Al Franken Awarded Senate Seat |
Taylor Swift, T-Pain (Video) Country Music Teen Cleans Up – National Ledger
June 18, 2009
Taylor Swift, T-Pain (Video) Country Music Teen Cleans Up – National Ledger
Gangsta Taylor Swift made her debut as T-Swizzy with T-Pain at the CMT Awards in Nashville this week with the song “Thug Story (a play on her hit “Love Story”), reports Rolling Stone magazine. She also cleaned up quite nicely at the awards show. The Chicago Tribune reports her Romeo-Juliet “Love
Mousavi supporters rally in Iran, mourn those killed – AZCentral.com
TEHRAN, Iran – Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi rallied in the streets of Tehran again Thursday over the disputed presidential election, answering the opposition leader’s call to turn out dressed in black to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes, a witness said. The protest by opponents of
Geithner Defends Plan to Give Fed Stepped-Up Powers (Update1) – Bloomberg
June 18 (Bloomberg) — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the administration’s proposal to give the Federal Reserve increased powers in his first public tussle with lawmakers skeptical whether the central bank is up to the job. Advocating for President Barack Obama ’s regulatory
Man With Brooms invades Hollywood
June 18, 2009
Man With Brooms invades Hollywood
CTV and ABC (in the U.S.) have both picked up “Eastwick”, a TV adaption of the 1987 film “The Witches of Eastwick”. Gross plays the part of The Devil, in a very juicy role made famous by none other than… Jack Nicholson.
Gross will also appear in the comedy western “Gunless”, as a nasty American gunfighter nicknamed The Montana Kid (photo above).
In addition, the Men With Brooms maven will receive the NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction at this year’s 30th anniversary Banff World Television Festival, now underway in Calgary… where delegates will also have the opportunity to be “In conversation with Paul Gross”.
A preview of the famed festival can be found here and a Calgary Herald story summarizing all these Gross adventures can be found here.
And in a more hardcore curling vein…
• Bachelorette Jillian Harris told the media a few things about the “curling date”, from this one:
“I really love the curling date. Curling is – and I hate to say it because curlers are going to hate me – that quintessential, Canadian, nerdy sport. I find it really nostalgic. I did it a lot as a kid, hanging out in lounges. The guys really got into it.”
… to this one:
“This was such a nostalgic date for me. I remember curling bonspiels when I was just a kid — so much fun! To my delight … the guys loved it too!”
Nah, we don’t hate you Jill… after all, since the episode has turned out to be such a hit for tourism in Vancouver, we expect local curling clubs to have their voicemail systems jammed full with messages over the summer.
A note to the curious: Harris’ current hometown may be Vancouver but she’s really an Alberta gal, from Peace River, and that’s where her young curling memories come from …
• DID YOU KNOW: that curling columnist, editor and book writer Bob Weeks made an early appearance in this leadership convention video for Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff?
• CITY GOOD: PEI’s Charlottetown Curling Club was recently honoured at the Mayor’s Citizen and Recognition Awards night. As the citation reads, “Founded in 1887, the Charlottetown Curling Club has remained a source of recreation, entertainment and camaraderie for the City of Charlottetown and its surrounding communities for 122 years.” Boo-yah!
• CITY BAD: A big boo to the town of Cochrane, Alberta. City councillors have stomped all over the curling club’s request to add two sheets of ice to their facility …
• Luber’s Lounge has posted the tentative Manitoba Curling Tour schedule for the 2009-10 season …
• DID YOU KNOW II: that the Ontario Curling Association van in which ED Doug Bakes zips around the province each season is now for sale? Well, giddyap …
• Toronto’s 13th Annual East York Summerspiel gets underway tomorrow and finishes Saturday. The bonspiel theme is based on the movie Grease, and the club is heavily decorated and awaits the 36 teams that have entered. The curling starts on Friday night at 6:00pm and there will be a live band that night at the club …
• And finally, we were planning to reveal the incredibly bizarre curling posting from a blogger named Bliss, but Skip Cottage beat us to it. Here is Bob’s take on the eccentricity, which of course simply must lead you to click through and see it for yourself …
University of Maine || Promotion and Tenure Guidelines || Promotion and Tenure Guidelines | Version 3.0
May 17, 2009
University of Maine || Promotion and Tenure Guidelines || Promotion and Tenure Guidelines | Version 3.0
New Media Department, University of Maine
Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
Addendum: Criteria by Category
Version 3.0
ABSTRACT: This document provides concrete guidance for evaluating faculty in the University of Maine’s New Media Department. The outline follows the official University of Maine template for promotion and tenure activity reports, citing examples of the kinds of new media accomplishments that qualify for each category. Because of the rapid pace of innovation in electronic formats, this list must remain partial, since it is impossible to predict what new recognition mechanisms may be relevant a few years from now.
[snip]
II. RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Good collaborators are critical to thriving research ecosystems. Candidates are encouraged to list any collaborative roles they have played in publications and other activities, such as conceptual architect, approach designer, release engineer, or matchmaker (eg, introducing two other researchers whose collaboration results in a publication). Each new media department may choose to weight these various roles according to its own priorities.
A. Publications
1. Books/Monographs:
Networked or rich-media publications such as extended blogs, DVDs, or CD-ROMS should be included if they constitute a sustained investigation of a particular topic.
2. Refereed Journal Articles:
In a new media context, a “closed peer-review” article includes invited contributions to edited print journals and networked journals. The format of these contributions may go beyond the form of a written essay to include podcasts, videoblogs, and other forms of archival media.
An “open peer-review” article includes contributions to self-policing publication networks, where the quality or relevance of contributions are subject to community debate and evaluation.
3. Chapters of Books/Monographs (please indicate if invited or juried):
Essays or chapters in edited volumes are more important in new media than the sciences, for these edited volumes establish standards for discourse in emergent subdisciplines of new media.
This category should also include invited contributions to edited, single-issue networked publications.
4. Edited Volumes:
This category includes coordinating or managing a multi-user discussion list, whether accessible via email or Web.
This category also includes the conception, design, engineering, and/or editing of organized media collections, including film festivals , networked databases , and publications.
5. Technical Reports/Book Reviews:
This category includes networked reports and reviews.
6. Other Publications (e.g. editorials, working papers, etc.):
This category includes essays published to email lists, including all contributions to discussions sparked by the publication of that essay.
B. Creative Activities, Exhibitions, and Performance Related Activities (please indicate whether regional, international, national, solo, group, invited or juried):
1. Exhibitions:
This category includes networked exhibitions hosted by brick-and-mortar institutions or independent organizations , and can include online exhibitions as well as physical installations.
a Participating
b. Curated
2. Performance Related Activities:
This category includes political design, social software, and interactive performance.
3. Creative Writing and Poetry:
This category includes literature in all its forms, both analogue and digital, in print or online.
C. Professional Presentations and Posters (please indicate if regional, national, or international):
1. Conferences and Discussions organized
Researchers in new media at this point in its development are actively filling in gaps in the awareness of new media’s own history, a critical vocabulary, and other intellectual frameworks already in place in other fields. The new media program recognizes the value that organizing private and public events have for the field as a whole and, when local, for our students.
2. Presentations
As studies of new media have argued, presenting research at prestigious conferences can be more important than publishing it.
While there is no substitute for in-person gatherings, teleconferences are gradually becoming an important venue for conference presentations, though they vary in degree of formality and organization.
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IV. SPECIAL RECOGNITION/AWARDS/HONORS RECEIVED
A. Press
Given the limitations of publishing new media research in academic journals, recognition from the press in the form of articles or interviews about a researcher’s work can be a valuable indicator of influence.
1. Print and broadcast press
This category includes outside sources such as general-interest newspapers, radio or TV spots, and specialized journals or magazines.
2. Electronic press
This category includes articles in online journals as well as blogs,
B. Citations
Only general citations go here; citations to document the relevance and achievement of specific projects should accompany the entries on that research above.
1. Print citations
Although they are not as timely as electronic citations, citations in books on new media can suggest a measure of a researcher’s influence and relevance to the field.
2. Electronic citations
One measure of influence in academia can be suggested by citations in other university syllabi. (See the breakdown in PART 3.)
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Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis: From the Science Citation Index to Cybermetrics 
Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis: From the Science Citation Index to Cybermetrics / Nicola De Bellis / Scarecrow Press / March 2009 / 450 pp. / ISBN: 0-8108-6713-3 ; ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-6713-0 / $ 55 / Paper
DESCRIPTION
Since citation indexes came into the limelight during the mid-1960s, citation networks have become increasingly important for many different research fields. The book begins by investigating the empirical, philosophical, and mathematical foundations of bibliometrics, including its beginnings with the Science Citation Index, the theoretical framework behind it, and its mathematical underpinnings. It then examines the application of bibliometrics and citation analysis in the sciences and science studies, especially the sociology of science and science policy. Finally it provides a view of the future of bibliometrics, exploring in detail the ongoing extension of bibliometric methods to the structure and dynamics of the World Wide Web.
This book gives newcomers to the field of bibliometrics an accessible entry point to an entire research tradition otherwise scattered through a vast amount of journal literature. At the same time, it brings to the forefront the cross-disciplinary linkages between the various fields (sociology, philosophy, mathematics, politics) that intersect at the crossroads of citation analysis. Because of its discursive and interdisciplinary approach, the book is useful to those in every area of scholarship involved in the quantitative analysis of information exchanges, but also to science historians and general readers who simply wish to familiarize themselves with an important, albeit increasingly complex area of information science.
