Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

""library patrons will be able to find way fewer new e-books to read." Or perhaps simply fewer new "Big Six" ebooks? As they pull back from library lending, I suspect we'll see savvy small and mid-size publishers jump on the opportunity to increase their own discoverability. Also, there's the possibility of the Douglas County model seeing wider adoption in 2012: "Assured About Security, More Publishers Agree to Sell Ebook Files to Douglas County Libraries" http://bit.ly/zdbiyI" - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

"Thank you! I'm so glad someone else saw through this disappointingly hollow effort. The book is actually quite good (and worth reading), and fills in many of the gaps you noted. It does a much better job of telling its two stories and making the connections between them; it's like Scorcese would have rathered the film had been titled Georges and the studio forced the kids on him. (Oddly enough, it was the movie's trailer that inspired me to read the book.)" - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

"I never had an open policy on Facebook, but decided about a year ago to winnow it down even further to actual friends and family, unfriending ~150 casual acquaintances and continuing to unfriend anyone who's solely using it as a marketing channel. (No! I'm not flying to Calilfornia for your poetry reading. Stop inviting me!!!! Also, stop adding me to groups!) It's partly because I don't trust Facebook as a corporate entity, and partly because it has always made filtering and privacy an unnecessary hassle; a nice side benefit is my main stream has become a lot more relevant and has kept me engaged despite my desire to ditch it completely. It comes down to use case, really. As a syndication channel for your public activities, the new Subscribe option seems to work nicely (I don't use it myself, nor have I activated it for my own profile) and bypasses the 5,000-friend limit. As a public/private hybrid, aggressively winnowing your friends while offering up the "subscribe" option, and..." - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez