* Looks at the Internet from a morbid, sordid, entertaining perspective rather than a technical how-to perspective
* Makes the Internet fun, fascinating, and non-intimidating for casual users.
* Focuses on well-known actors, politicians, performing artists, and other public figures and how they have been treated online.
Greg Holden, a formidable opponent in Trivial Pursuit, collects odd facts in his
mind the way some folks collect pens, watches, or vintage clothing. Oh, wait, he
collects those, too, along with other assorted objects that follow him home from
garage sales and antique malls. A computer geek back in the days when most of his
fellow newspaper reporters were still pounding away on typewriters, Holden was
excited by the World Wide Web in its early days and has been devoted to it ever
since. For one thing, it allowed him to leave the confining cubicle of his nine-tofive
editorial job at the University of Chicago and form his own company called
Stylus Media, which specializes in technical writing, publications management,
and desktop publishing. Okay, so most of his books are pretty straightforward
computer how-to manuals. But when he gets the chance, he loves to branch out
to write books such as Literary Chicago: A Book Lover's Tour of the Windy City
(Lake Claremont Press, 2001) and Karma Mama, Dharma Dad: Answering Everyday
Parenting Questions with Buddhist Wisdom (June, 2004). But whether it's driving
past half a dozen Holiday Inns to get to a bed and breakfast known for its unusual
architecture or clicking his mouse just one more time to find the funniest Web site
ever, Holden keeps his eye out for the unusual, the offbeat, and the exceptional.
