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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: September 4, 2013
Blake Butler, a graduate of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was profiled by Al Jazeera America as a leading literary figure in the emerging Digital South. Butler is the founder of htmlgiant, a site for indepedently published authors. Butler uses the internet to combine his multimedia design education at Georgia Tech with his passion for writing. The article addresses Butler's "presence on the internet, a densely populated nonplace." Butler told Al Jazeera America, "I like being nowhere, and I want to go deeper into the nowhere." Read more at Al Jazeera America.