I admit it.  Last night, when I attended the 2010 SIIA CODiE Awards dinner I was thinking about having a glass or two of wine, meeting some old business acquaintances, making some new contacts, and enjoying a congenial dinner with colleagues Ross Graber and Meagan Cooke. We were certainly thrilled to be CODiE finalists in the category of Best Online Science and Technology Service, but we weren’t primed for the…

Happy New Year!  If you’ve been following the Knovel news and visiting Knovel Lab during the past year, I think you’ll agree that things have not been dull around here. In 2009, we made some significant changes in the way we develop our products – namely, making design partners central to our world, and giving you Knovel Lab, where we test the new ideas that result from design partner observations. …

Anyone connected to the software development world can attest that the last weeks leading up to a big release are the most stressful. Fifteen-minute daily meetings stretch into hours. Nerves are on edge. Every decision is analyzed and reanalyzed. Marketing activity escalates to a fever pitch. The team is up testing and instant messaging at 7 AM on Sunday morning while the rest of the world sleeps. Our team has…

Recently, our own Craig the Rocket Scientist mentioned NASA’s need to “capture the attention of a new generation.” NASA certainly aren’t the only ones who have to keep this in mind. My mission is to capture the interest of Knovel users of all ages by answering their appeals for a better Knovel, so what is our next step?  Your Own Personal Knovel. Knovel is introducing a whole new set of…

The Knovel product development team will try to get a good night’s sleep tonight after the deployment of the latest round of changes coming from Knovel Lab into the daylight.  Our team is small and that makes us nimble; which is a good thing and what many software development organizations can only dream of. On the other hand, the news is out that our development team is (and has to…