David Helfenbein: How Malcolm Gladwell Misses the Mark in His Recent New Yorker Piece on Social Revolution from The Huffington Post Blog by David Helfenbein

When Malcolm Gladwell spoke at my alma mater during the first week of classes a number of years ago, I believed in him because I thought he believed in the future generations. After reading his latest piece, I'm not so certain that he does anymore.

Read the full Huffington Post, *post* here. Of course the bloggers out there are going to come out in droves. It's kind of a debate that's going on. You're getting all sorts of reactions to this. Check this Guardian piece out, out just a bit ago. And here's the Malcolm Gladwell piece on The New Yorker started it all: "Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted". See also: Outliers: The Story of Success, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Twitter: Banned Books' New Best Friend from NYT > Books by By LELA MOORE

It's Banned Books Week, and for an event like this, it never hurts to have a cause celebre. This year, organizers had only to turn to Twitter, where people have been rallying behind the young-adult author Laurie Halse Anderson, whose novel "Speak" has found itself at the center of a heated censorship debate. - read the NYT article here.

You all must have heard by now; it's all about #speakloudly on Twitter, and the crusade against the censorship of the mentioned book.