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Thinking About New Orleans #mojogce

Posted on April 8, 2010January 11, 2019 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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Group creativity experiment: 1 – “Litanie des Saints,” Dr. John I’ve always felt a personal connection to New Orleans. My…

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Why Keep Blogging? and other SXSW Takeaways

Posted on March 21, 2010June 20, 2025 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

The best blogs are driven by passion, not obligation, and that you can tell when someone is just feeding the machine to maintain their traffic, a la Seth Godin, for whom I often use the hashtag #bloggingtoohard.

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On DBW, SXSWi, Upcoming Gigs and Steampunk

Posted on February 14, 2010November 28, 2022 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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You’re losing control of your own destiny. Authors, distributors and readers are getting closer to each other. –Shiv Singh, Engaging…

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Generalization Fail

Posted on February 3, 2010June 9, 2012 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

When you’re ranting about the evils of “Big Publishing”, it helps to remember that for every My Life Outside the…

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Shout-Outs: Lanier, Wendig and the Robots

Posted on January 24, 2010December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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“The combination of hive mind and advertising has resulted in a new kind of social contract. The basic idea of…

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It’s Hard Out Here for a Pragmatic Optimist

Posted on January 7, 2010December 9, 2025 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

“Publishing was never a business based on Wharton standards. It was a rich boy’s hobby.” –Steve Wasserman (Kneerim & Williams)…

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New Year’s Publishing Predictions, Resolutions

Posted on December 21, 2009December 21, 2009 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

I’m not usually one for making predictions — the only thing I hate more than gurus and pundits are self-proclaimed…

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