[Sigia-l] norman/nielsen-reports in library?

[andrew at friendlymanual.com]

Quoting Theodore Waxman <theodore.waxman at gmail.com>:

> i wonder if he would gain more scientific rep if he would make his
> profound reports available to  the interested public? i mean, those
> reports seem to be so analytic and academic (i guess). but i am not
> willing to pay 100+ bucks, just to be able to (or not) cite JN.

Hi wax,

there's scientific credibility and then there's IA street cred - I'm not sure
which sells more books (and PDF reports). It is a complex thing, the
relationship between the "names", the scientific community and the people in
the trenches.

As to citing - as in all other facets of life, for every expert opinion there is
an equal and opposite opinion, and as our friend Ziya would say, down that road
lies the easy slide into the damnation of "best practices". :)

Cheers, Andrew



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