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Enjoy the Disruption
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Enjoy the Disruption is a personal blog at enjoythedisruption.com about science, business and culture. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “My thoughts on Mendeley/Elsevier & why I left to start PeerJ”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog as a source on Elsevier's takeover of Mendeley and on how investors can pull startups away from their mission. The linked post is Jason Hoyt's take on Mendeley.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Talking about science, business, and fatherhood.
Most-linked posts?
- My thoughts on Mendeley/Elsevier & why I left to start PeerJ4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-04-10
What Hacker News says?
No, they're leaving: http://enjoythedisruption.com/post/47527556151/my-thoughts-o... Choice quote: "For that reason then I co-founded PeerJ, an Open Access journal, with one aim of never being in the position to take shit ever again from a closed publisher."
Comment linking /post/47527556151/my-thoughts-on-mendeley-elsevier-why-i-left-to-start
on “Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover”Submitted Startup dads (and moms). Asset or liability? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSorry, you're right, there is no direct legal obligation to make money. However, investors in startups frequently have a large degree of control over the direction of the company, and often care more about the bottom line than any broader mission to change the world. See e.g. Jason Hoyt's blog post on Mendeley: http://enjoythedisruption.com/post/47527556151/my-thoughts-o...
Comment linking /post/47527556151/my-thoughts-on-mendeley-elsevier-why-i-left-to-start
on “Banyan, the "GitHub of Science", is now in public beta”Submitted My thoughts on Mendeley/Elsevier & why I left to start PeerJ as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My thoughts on Mendeley/Elsevier & why I left to start PeerJ as a story · 1 points
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