Comments on: To google or not to google http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/12/28/to-google-or-not-to-google/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Delia Sherman http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/12/28/to-google-or-not-to-google/comment-page-1/#comment-10994 Delia Sherman Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:46:41 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=493#comment-10994 That's the way to think of it, all right. Innoculation for the over-sensitive. The first "there's too much gay sex in this" reviews for FOTK made me mad, but after a while I got used to them. It said way more about the reviewers, after all, than it did about the book. And anybody who was going to be driven away by such a comment probably wouldn't like it anyway. Ditto the "This isn't enough like Swordspoint" complaints. If I thought of them as Reader Beware comments instead of reviews, they made lots more sense. That’s the way to think of it, all right. Innoculation for the over-sensitive. The first “there’s too much gay sex in this” reviews for FOTK made me mad, but after a while I got used to them. It said way more about the reviewers, after all, than it did about the book. And anybody who was going to be driven away by such a comment probably wouldn’t like it anyway. Ditto the “This isn’t enough like Swordspoint” complaints. If I thought of them as Reader Beware comments instead of reviews, they made lots more sense.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/12/28/to-google-or-not-to-google/comment-page-1/#comment-10985 Justine Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:46:33 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=493#comment-10985 The two annonymous: I will mend my ways immediately. Gwenda: The mind boggles. Jeff Vandermeer: Absolutely. The good totally outweighs the bad. The two annonymous: I will mend my ways immediately.

Gwenda: The mind boggles.

Jeff Vandermeer: Absolutely. The good totally outweighs the bad.

]]> By: Jeff VanderMeer http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/12/28/to-google-or-not-to-google/comment-page-1/#comment-10969 Jeff VanderMeer Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:30:21 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=493#comment-10969 Justine: Don't you find google searching yourself also leads to opportunities. I've found comments by bookstore managers, editors, and other things of that nature that have led to teaching gigs, bookstore signings, and much else. I think of it as maximizing connectivity with the rest of the world. JeffV Justine:

Don’t you find google searching yourself also leads to opportunities. I’ve found comments by bookstore managers, editors, and other things of that nature that have led to teaching gigs, bookstore signings, and much else. I think of it as maximizing connectivity with the rest of the world.

JeffV

]]> By: gwenda http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/12/28/to-google-or-not-to-google/comment-page-1/#comment-10958 gwenda Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:17:05 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=493#comment-10958 Uh-oh, the google police are on your trail, Justine! Go dark! Uh-oh, the google police are on your trail, Justine! Go dark!

]]> By: Anonymous http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/12/28/to-google-or-not-to-google/comment-page-1/#comment-10948 Anonymous Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:01:16 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=493#comment-10948 You are not supposed to use google as a verb unless it refers specifically to using the google search engine. You are not supposed to use google as a verb unless it refers specifically to using the google search engine.

]]> By: Anonymous http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/12/28/to-google-or-not-to-google/comment-page-1/#comment-10940 Anonymous Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:33:45 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=493#comment-10940 The google people say you can't use "google" as a verb unless you're specifically using theiri search engine. The google people say you can’t use “google” as a verb unless you’re specifically using theiri search engine.

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