After years (really, over a decade) of kicking these thoughts around, I’ve finally published my thoughts on the challenges of born-digital scholarship in a world that values tradition, legibility, and durability over innovation.
You can find it at http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/linking-thinking-addressing-and-assessing-scholarship-digital-era
It isn’t the final word, but it is nice to have this off my chest and into circulation.