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About this episode

Today, more content is being created than ever before thanks to free, open-source publishing tools like wikis and blogs. However, much of that content is constrained to the medium it?s created in. For example, there?s no easy way to move a blog from the web to print. Further, the capabilities of these open-source tools are often limited by the software development abilities of the people using them. Drupal, for example, while extremely powerful, also has a steep learning curve. This is all especially the case for individuals and groups involved in lo-fi, community driven web publishing projects. The mission of the cross-disciplinary Open Publishing Lab at the Rochester Institute of Technology is to make publishing easy, allowing content-creators to focus on the end-product rather than the enabling technology. Through its research and open software development efforts, the OPL works to: Extend existing publishing platforms, Enable new forms of publishing and business models, and Empower communities and individuals to easily tell their stories.

• Category

  Tech & Gadgets

• Release Date

  Apr 16, 2009

• Runtime

  43:25