JamesMarcus

James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and five translations from the Italian (the most recent being Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis and Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror). He has contributed to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Newsday, the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Book Review, Lingua Franca, the Nation, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other publications. He also written about jazz, pop, and classical music for Salon, The Oregonian, and WBUR Online Arts, and is currently editor-at-large at The Columbia Journalism Review. He blogs at www.housemirth.blogspot.com.

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  ipodwheels

  4 hours, 58 minutes ago

  hey James,<p>It would be naive, I think to conclude that you guys have not thought about this change well. I think the added features are great but the design could till use some improvement. I don't like whining, so instead of complaining, I made a mock up of how minor adjustments can make a great deal of difference for the site. I just hope you guys and your designers check it out.<p>Ipodwheels<p>P.S. here's the link to the story.<br />http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/07/24/how-the-propeller-design-should-have-been/

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  Radiofreeeuropa

  10 hours, 23 minutes ago

  Hi James, hate to be the bearer of complaints. It seems your getting an earful. I always liked the site, I just hoped the infrastructure would improve, that the bugs would cease, that it would work better. This new interface is horribly amateur. So much of the site's functionality is lost. I strongly feel you need to consider returning to the old interface.( or at least use it for a model) no one has a kind word for the new site. It's like a really cheesy version of Digg. Ugh!<br />Fond regards to you personally,<br />RFE

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  Mutainia

  16 hours, 43 minutes ago

  I know I'm going to get attacked for this, but...I like it.

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  ranchhand

  20 hours, 46 minutes ago

  Boy, Let you have a *** of my little white ass and look how you treat it. Why did they change everything. Gee whiz it looks like digg and I hated it that's why I left.

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  ind06

  1 day, 2 hours ago

  O mean , honestly, look to the right. The Mr Wizard guy is telling us &quot;Don't miss these hot new stories! cliky clik&quot; Are they serious? CLIKY CLIK? Look, you want me to see the hot new stories, put up a list of them, not a cartoon telling me to cliky freaking clik. This is a disaster.

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  ind06

  1 day, 2 hours ago

  JamesMarcus, please remove this misguided attempt to better Propeller. PLEASE just get rid of it! Take it away, work on it some more. Then, when it's ready, let the top Propeller users beta test it to work out the kinks. Please.

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  PresidentBuckheadd

  1 day, 16 hours ago

  Who says this nation is great? PresidentBuckheadd! The attempted rouse (by changing to this design) of the Propeller members has done nothing but subvert the people. We the people, want to salvage propeller and destroy this spurious annoyance. <p>As President, I am tenacious and hope that this website does not wane. Hopefully, you and the other scouts will thwart the destruction of propeller, by reverting to the old design. <p>Thanks for voting me into office guys!!

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  Will1313

  1 day, 19 hours ago

  Gotta mirror almost everyone.. no make that everyone.. this was not a good thing...

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  BronxBomber

  1 day, 20 hours ago

  James, I gotta tell yah. I don't like the new interface. Sorry but this isn't up to par.<p>Just thought I'd let you know I miss the old Propeller. Can we have it back?<p>BB