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3 posts tagged with "Critique"

  • 20 Aug 2014
    Search Gear 10 - I need your critical comments!

    Go, I need your constructive critical comments. For me constructive criticism is the fast way to learn. So here is my first simple bit of code (which I’m prepared to share). How would you have done it differently and why is your way better than mine? What’s wrong with my Go style, and what bits are not go-idiomatic? - see it better at http://play.golang.org/p/9tOXSFUHT2 package configure import ( "github.com/laurent22/toml-go" "errors" "io/ioutil" ) type twitter struct { apiKey string apiSecret string userKey string userSecret string users toml.

  • 10 Oct 2011
    ACM Author-Izer

    The I think you will agree there are many problems with both the open access and closed access models of academic publishing. The closed access model forces the reader to pay (often within the region of US$25) per article, while the open model forces the author to pay (often within the region of US$1500) per article. The ACM seems to have found an excellent middle ground with their new Author-Izer service.

  • 08 Mar 2011
    Open Access at a Price

    I was recently offered the ability to publish one of my journal papers in a reputable journal but ‘Open Access’. The facility for me to do this was at the bargain price of $3250. I also considered using PLoS ONE via the public library of science, but at approximately $1000 per article again the price seemed to preclude publication. I understand the rational of open publication but it seems to me at these prices the ‘open’ aspects are not really being transferred to the author, only the reader, and therefore the suggestion of increased citation.

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