Name: Miriam Zellnik Email: mim@q7.com I live in Portland, OR, where the coffee is strong and the living is easy. Moved here 3 and a half yrs ago from NYC (where the coffee is lousy and the living is hard ;-) ...although there are certainly things I miss about the big apple) I'm currently at work on a mystery novel set in 1890's Portland, which started as a way to use some of the research I had compiled when writing an article (which you can read at http://www.anodynemag.com/june/feature4.html ) for Anodyne, a local free monthly here in Portland. Since I'm currently unemployed and living the slacker life, feel free to email me if you have any questions -- or job offers for an out of work writer :-)

kabil@well.com Steven Neal Adams Landry

Omar El-Domeiri Computer Science Student -- The University of Texas at Austin Interests: free software, programming, linux, and social revolutions/delusions. I run SIGLinux, a SIG(Special Interest Group) in the UT chapter of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). http://acm.csres.utexas.edu/siglinux Favorite Authors: I like to read books by Kurt Vonnegut, Machevelli, Charles Mackay, and Bruce Sterling. Music habits: Musicly, I'm into Punk, hip-hop (mostly older), indy-rock, and a little techno/electronica Politically aligned: No idea, definately not republican or a democrat. Will some one please email this person and invite him to join us in our discussions on the Spring?

I just did...

Thanks!

Laura Colmenero Email: colmenla@brookings.net South Dakota "Hi,I'm a sociologist from the Great Plains. I'm new to Internet communications, but love the idea of meeting new people and keeping in touch with them and the rest of the world this way. I love to read, attend the theater, eat good food, and travel."

Sigrid Yoakum Email: sigrid@ilhawaii.net Hawaii Greetings and salutations! My name is sigrid and I live on the Big Island of Hawai'i and have need of intermittent (if not regular) contact with the outside world. I've gotten off a few times, of course, even for a couple of years once, but working on my B.A. and subsequent teacher certification kept my nose to the grind for some time. I haven't always lived here, however. I started in Germany as a baby, spent my pre- and elementary school years in Argentina and Spain, and topped that off with my highschool years in Germany. At 21, I "flew" away from it all, to America, the land of opportunities, specifically Wisconsin, where I stayed 12 years, before I entered a long spiritual journey that took me to Los Angels, Honolulu, Dallas, and finally, the Big Island, where I've been for the last 18 years. I have nurtured many interests at go through voracious reading spells, followed by long silences in which I digest it all. Nature is my great love, which is why I've stayed here, because it has diverse climatic zones and an abundance of flora and fauna. I'm interested in many subjects: history, geography,agriculture, anthropology and archeology, languages and dialects and Creoles, philosophies, travels, and computer applications. Teaching as a vocation is a recent realization and allows me to utilize my diverse background and experiences. I'm not familiar with chat group protocols, have been out of touch with the current social trends on the mainland, and seek deeper connection if I am to chat with anyone out there. My few experiences with chat groups were not my cup of tea. I am curious about the growing reputation of "the Well" and look forward to connecting to high minded fellow humans who still remember their hearts. A hui ho. sigrid.

Tom Akin Email: takin@arnarb.harvard.edu I am a transplanted midwesterner (from a small town near Lake Wobegon in Minnesota) currently living and working in Boston. Recently divorced with a gorgeous 5-1\2 year-old kindergartener, enjoying life's myriad pleasures found in Mother Nature. I spent six years working in the Central African Republic with the Peace Corps as an English teacher, Beekeeping Extension Educator and Agriculture & Education Program Officer (not all at the same time!) After Peace Corps I worked and studied at UMass Amherst where I found my groove with agriculture. After being downsized by Extension, I was IPM Coordinator for one of the largest commericial nurseries in New England for three years. Just recently I landed a dream job as the Assistant Superintendent/Internship Coordinator for the Arnold Arboretum, America's first botanic garden designed by the father of landscape architecture, F.L. Olmsted and the Arboretum's first director, C.S. Sargent. After gardening all day at work, I love to read and of course garden with my best little friend, the kindergartener.

Tom Navarra Email: lprechan@en.com Where I Live: Ohio Greetings all! I've become engulfed in learning the Linux OpSys lately and am learning just how little I know. It has made staying humble a very easy task. Deep love of animals and never ending passion for learning.

Starlita P. Similien Email: starpowers@hotmail.com Washington Hey there! my name is Star Similien 18/f irish/french/and a dash of black in me I am currently interested in mysteries and medical thriller books I am 5'4 black hair brown eyes, long legs from track, soccer, and softball. I currently attend Ballard high School and plan on entering a 4 year school to recieve a degree in psychology and a secondary teaching degree I enjoy learning, helping others and giving back what I recieved from others. my role model in my life is someone very close to me who I look to every now and then. I am just looking for conversation that will satisfy myself and the other person. I don't appreciate strong come ons and I know you know what I mean.:@)

paul theodoropoulos Directory: /home/d/i/diogenes Shell: /usr/local/bin/tcsh Last login Tue Dec 1 08:11 on pts/17 from ns2.anastrophe.c No unread mail Plan: mail address: paul@anastrophe.com registered: mon may 17 22:43:55 1993 first registered: sometime mid-1986. formerly: theobaby, hooools, cassiel. During my tenure with the ISP Formerly Known as West Coast Online, I had no time available to participate in the Well. This was from late 1994 until spring of 1998. When I left the company that assimilated WCO (Borg transport ship _The Verio_), I took a badly needed sabbatical, from late April until just recently in October. During the later months of that break, I dabbled in the shallow end of the Well, lurking here, participating there. It was fun to poke around. I began working for Advanced Telcom Group, Inc. in late October. Initially as a consultant, since they were still rounding up their venture capital, so couldn't take on any formal employees. Funding is now complete, so as of December 1, I'm 'officially' an employee. ATGI is a CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), one of the new 'mini- bell's' that have sprung up due to deregulation. ATGI will be delivering voice and data services to homes and businesses, initially in only a few select markets. The initial rollout will be in the San Francisco Northbay, centered around our corporate and datacenter headquarters in Santa Rosa. My role is Senior UNIX Systems Administrator. I have the good fortune and distinct pleasure of once again working with my friend and former business partner, Chris Ward. We are tasked with building the servers and network for the ISP portion of this business. ATGI is very well funded, so we have the privilege of being able to build this service with the right equipment and the right people *before* we take on any customers (WCO was a tiny, entreprenuerial startup, created by Chris from a tiny dialup BBS. We grew the network and server infrastructure as the customer base grew, and it was a constant battle to keep ahead of the service demands). The upshot is that my very brief foray back into the Well is officially ended - I once again have no time to spare keeping up with the Well. I'm writing this here because, as only a minor, peripheral part of community for so brief a time, it would seem kinda dumb to post in the 'pat yourself on the back' topic about my new job. And I'm not one to toot my own horn anyway. I can virtually guarantee that not a single soul among the 'active 200' has even noticed my departure - so to speak - nor will they ever read this monstrosity of a .plan! But I felt it appropriate to let it be known, however minimally, that I didn't join a commune, or die in a flaming car-wreck, or what-have-you. I'm just back to being very, very, busy. ciao! 01dec98 Someone invite this amazing person to join us! If he has time!

Login: sara-vetteth Name: Sara Vetteth Email: sarav@microland.co.in Registered: December 1st, 1998 Home Page: None. Last activity: Never logged in. Where I Live: India I'm based in India - travel a lot in the US and in Europe and am interested in wild-life and nature, photography, journalism, architecture, people, art and technology. I'm putting together a site right now on Infotech for the Indian IT decision-maker. Did you catch that Ree? "art"

LR Fox Email: lrfox@aol.com Where I Live: Maryland Interested in birds, birdwatching, evolution, ecology, the anthropology of the web, reading. 20 years in the publishing world. Was a child of the 60's and try to hold close to those ideals. Joni Mitchell, Dylan, Hall & Oates, Bruce Cockburn, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake. Love being a father; have a 15 year old daughter involved in the arts; 10 year old son involved in being a kid. My mate is a project manager at the Smithsonian. I am a native Washingtonian (DC). College work in English, anthropology, American Studies. Right now I have my own company doing consulting for independent publishers. Books are the common thread in my life.

Although I'm loathe to sound like a troll peddling her goods, I *do* regularly write (and, more amazingly) get published in the sexuality genre. Those interested may enjoy viewing my site at http://www.darklady.com. I don't currently have any of my fiction online but there are interviews (Larry Flynt, Jasmine St. Clair, Bill Margold), columns, profiles (Lenny Bruce) and more. Email darkladyt@well.com Invite her! Who will step up to the plate and invite some of the above mentioned folks to jump into our fray here? Come on, dare you!

Jon Haloin Email: dhaloin@worldnet.att.net My name is Jon Haloin and I live in Colorado. I am now, and perhaps always will be, a sutdent and the Universty of Colrado @ Boulder. I am currently majoring in Biology/Philosopy/Engineering/I'm not exatly sure what I want to do. My major intersts are music, philosopy, reading, and biking. My goal in life is to save the world. I am deeply interested in all things interesting and I want to know all there is to know. My favorite color is blue and my lucky number is 18.

Marcus Warnke maw@well.com Hmh. Online-Bio. I have no clue what is appropriate here. Ok, I give you an wire-style version: Marcus Warnke. Comes from Lueneburg/Germany. That might explain his lousy english. Works as a consultant for profit and non-profit organizations. Does communicational skill-trainings and professionell moderations for groups and teammeetings. Has a degree in educational sciences and loves exotic academic topics like system theory (Luhmann), cybernetics (von Foerster) and the work of George Spencer Brown. More interests: sailing, karate-do, kiting, all sorts of outdoor activities. Plus cooking for friends (there are some things that can't be done online :-). First steps in virtual communities 5 years ago in an Apple-oriented BBS called Magicvillage. Graphical interface, very intuitive and stylish . Now trading style for content. That's why I'm here. More Infos needed? Send me an email. Thanks.

John F. Whitehead Mail Address: jfw@well.com Computers: Macintosh, Sun, SGI, ... History: - lived near Boston for 18 years - lived in North Carolina for 12 years - played bass guitar in a variety of seedy East coast bars - worked in a virtual reality research lab in Seattle - founded the website for a great tv station () Currently: - in the Bay Area and happy to be here - working at Cisco Systems as an I.S. Technologist (which basically means I get to play with cool toys) I have a home page , which, for the foreseeable future, is just my resume. You can also find my s.o. around these parts: Margaret Gifford . My hobbies include music and trying to lead a low-impact existence.

Peter Freeman Email: peter.freeman@estinco.com Where I Live: Switzerland in general, visiting Paris very oftenly Hi, my name is Peter Freeman I'm a swiss citizen, but my roots are rather diverse such as polish, french, spanish, english and german. I'm not married nor engaged, but definitely hooked onto Julia, a dalmatian juwel that, right now, is working as a lawyer in Switzerland. Today I am with a Management Consulting Company that specialises in growth strategies. My roots although lie in Hedge Fund Trading, and I also have worked as an IT Consultant. About my hobbies, here's a list without priorities assigned : Golf, Kickboxing, Snowboarding, Cooking and Dining, Reading, History of the 20th Century, Music, and of course spinning visions in my head about the philosophy of virtuality. Last but not least I'm outing myself as a Trekkie, but in regard to Star Wars, I hope the force is with us for all times ! Thats about it folks, let's hear about you .... Kind regards Peter

Kim Bistrong Email: bistrong1@hotmail.com Where I Live: New York I am currently living in NYC, moving to the Bay Area January 1999 and want to make some friends. over the years I have been active in documentary film production and curating (specifically in Jewish-related issues) and I play old time clawhammer banjo. Am looking for someone who would be interested in hiring me or being my friend for either of the above credentials....

John Button De Plan Boss De Plan De Plan Current plan as of July 11, 1996 An early retirement from the working "civilized" world to the laid back Caribbean as soon as possible. Current situation Slaving as a maintenance technician in the sand mines of an IC foundry in San Antonio, Texas. Been in this business since 1987 & after I've seen what goes on behind the curtains, it's amazing any of this stuff even works! Current locators Snail address: 2842 Village Parkway San Antonio, TX 78251 Email: jmb@well.com button@texas.net Voice: (210) 520-1054 Current 'puter: P120 w/ 32Mb EDO RAM A California native now living in Texas still into programming, music, computers as a public resource movies, art, the DEAD, and everything new & interesting.

Ferguson Meek Email: fergie@scotlandspast.com Where I Live: United Kingdom I'm a web designer now although I have also been an archaeologist, hifi repairman, sound engineer, barman, stock controller... I spend some time in the present but I am usually to be found somewhere in the future or past, either in the worlds created by Clarke, Brin, Gibson, Sterling etc. or in early Scotland, Egypt, Europe etc. My website Scotland's Past http://www.scotlandspast.com is my hobby at the moment although I hope to make a living out of it soon (so I can give up my low paid web design job!) I live in Stirling, Scotland with my wife and a badly behaved guinea pig. All the best Fergie and Sylvia Johnson Email: monster2oz@aol.com Where I Live: Missouri Though I first heard of the well almost 10 years ago it has taken me that long to make my way here. I am looking forward to meeting intelligent and articulate people and, hopefully, learning a little more about the world and it's inhabitants.

Robin Gist mailto://robing@well.com (how do you write a bio without making it sound like your resume, or a nappy personal ad from the sleazy depths of the Guardian?) ;) my name is Robin. during the day, I build web sites for CNET. at night, I build web sites for CNET (read: 'no life'). A native Southerner, I moved to SF from Atlanta a little more than a year ago -- mostly for the change in scenery, and because I wanted to begin to appreciate the smaller things in life (hence, the euphoria I now feel when I stumble across a killer parking spot). I'm a single male, 33, into political activism, mountain biking, music (love to check out local bands), amateur radio, outdoorsy kinda stuff, road trips (how 'bout a lil' drive to the Panama Canal?), film noir and my creative side dabbles in music, watercolors and the occasional struggle with trying to put my thoughts into words. Oh yes, I love designing and building software. similar interests (or if you're into human rights and/or civil liberties)? drop me a line.

Manou Marzban mailto://manou@well.com Hello! My name is Manou Marzban, I am 37 and work in London, England. I am a citizen of the US of Iranian and Georgian parentage. I moved to London to work with a start-up; BiblioTech, ltd. BiblioTech is an Internet services company. Wired recently called us 'Europe's premier email company', and our first service, Postmaster (a Web-based email service like Hotmail but Euro-centric, launched November 1997) is already one of the most trafficked sites in Europe. I am a graduate of American University (1986) and have a graduate degree from Thunderbird-AGSIM - one of the leading international MBA programs in the US. My interests include all things Internet, current affairs, marketing, film and sports.

Ellen Young Email: mui@home.com Where I Live: California I'm 43. No kids. Lady of leisure. Diletante. I thank my lucky stars for the Internet, which has brought many wonderful people into my life. Most of them live very far away. Who, I wonder, lives right nearby? Who will hang out with me and make me laugh uproariously and talk about sex and laugh uproariously about sex? I like books, beer, movies, beaches, men, women, kids, babies, moonlight, sunlight, evening walks, noontime walks, snuggling, pushing, falling off the bed, candlelight, total darkness, romance, sleazy sex, intellectual conversation, idiotic laughter, parallel lives, french bread, wine... And thou.

medievalist2@well.com Name: Beverly Denny Email: beverlydenny@hotmail.com Where I Live: Kansas I'm an historian who likes to travel, read, go to movies, hike, eat hot and spicy foods and who loves animals.

Roland Mueller Email: droplonder@hats.rhein-main.de Where I Live: Germany Roland Mueller, born at the 10th of November 1956, living and working in the Rhein-Main area in Germany, profession Creative Director in a small Design and Advertising Agency. Married, no children, but 3 cats (Muskelkater, Zebulon and Nomi). Interested in bamboo, alternative biking-concepts, telecope-making, ultra-fi (tupe-amps, horn-loudspeakers), collecting classical Nikon cameras, fountain-pens (collecting just everything, eh?)... Mac-evangelist (not so easy in these days), some 5 years access to the Internet, and nevertheless more fascinated than frustrated (by the ongoing commercialisation f.e.).

Shubhojoy Mitra mailto://submitra@rocketmail.com

Roger A Barb 2713 Little John Ln Austin, TX 78704 447-4819 This is the next mega-super-star of the web. Offer him a shell account, a dedicated webpage with a dedicated name. See Gregory Kallenberg's XL column.

Joerg Schieb My first contact with a computer was 1980, right in school -- an old Hewlett Packard machine with red LED display. After the first experiences with that black box my life changed completely. Now I am a Computer Journalist, freelancing, writing for newspapers and magazines (trade und business) here in Germany. Further, I write Computer Books (you know: that how to stuff), some more than 45 are published yet, and sometimes work for radio and tv stations. That keeps me having enough to eat since 1985, when I started writing, while I tended being a programmer. I "only" write since 1987 and I like it; today I write even short stories and things like that. My hobbys are my profession: Writing, reading, being curious, travelling, computers, the WELL, travelling in the NET, technic, people and everything else which is necessary for a good journalist. When I'm not working, I like to read (again!), visit friends, eat & drink, watch movies (in cinema, at least each week one movie), playing badminton and fencing. Or sleeping, hanging around and travelling the world (favorit places: San Francisco, Bali, Paris). Can be reached via email: joergi@well.sf.ca.us 70007.6522@compuserve.com joerg.schieb@f7101.n243.z2.fidonet.org

Lynne Thompson (Poskitt) Email: lynnet@ndirect.co.uk Home Page: http://www.boxlighters.ndirect.co.uk Where I Live: United Kingdom I'm an illustrator, living in London. Favourite things - Fellini, Werner Herzog, Kieslowski, photography, France, beautiful fabrics, seafood, comedies, Mozart, Cowboy Junkies, Van Morrison, Robert Hughes (art historian), Frank Gehry, minimalism, colour, computers, the Tate gallery and Mark Rothko. I grew up on the West Coast in the '60s and have a real interest in the philosophies of that time. Following the progress and results of online communities in a totally amateurish fashion, but liking it. Last visited San Francisco in February 1990 when my husband and I bought a car and drove to Virginia before catching a plane home. First visited San Francisco in 1958, at an age when it was known as Francho Sixo.

Brunella Longo Email: brunella@pantarei.it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: John Magee Email: jmagee@sustainabilitystore.com Where I Live: Oregon Hi. My interests are in the areas of creating a peaceful authentic life for me, my family, and everyone I have relationships with. My work life is a combination of growing a business and consulting for fast growth companies here in the Portland, Oregon area. I am the founder of Sustainability Store, an Internet shopping site featuring products from the most environmentally and socially responsible businesses known. It is a partnership with Co-op America, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. I also started Earth Care Paper, Inc. in 1983 and was its CEO for ten years. We sold products made from recycled paper and the company became the 39th fastest growing private company in America. I was named Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Tracy Johnston Email: Tracyj@ix.netcom.com Where I Live: California Well, golly. I'm a middle-aged female; a magazine editor and travel writer; author of "Shooting The Boh: One Woman's Journey Down The Wildest River in Borneo" -- which is, astonishingly, in its 14th printing. I consider myself up for anything, possibly even the book I'm working on now, which is about my adventures trying to find out how marriage works in Northern Nigeria. Maybe Ree could email this person? What say, Ree?

Davide Bocelli Email: boje@polaris.it Registered: February 10th, 1999 Home Page: http://www.delocazione.com/delocazione Where I Live: Italy Davide Bocelli, European, born 1975 Student of Businness Administration (University of Parma, Italy). Now working on a thesis on urban planning of a small town (everybody is writes on big cities, I like to swin against the stream!) and I hope it will be ready for next year, when I finish my last exam.Interested in Complexity, Arts (love for Bacon, Picasso and Munch), Music (love for Nyman, Franco Battiato, Peter Gabriel), Books (love for Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino, Carl Sagan, initial infatuation for James Joyce). I play piano, I paint and I write - all by myself, so you can imagine... What else? I like to solve problems. ... editors note ... is anyone writing any of these folks?

I have...never gotten a response, though...

Angeli Wahlstedt Email: sabasushi@intellinetusa.com I am a slightly frayed senior programmer/web designer for a web design firm in Denver (see www.intellinetusa.com -- I'm that big Dr. Pepper can on the beach on the staff page :-)). I live in Westminster, CO which is halfway between Denver and Boulder. If you're on ICQ, feel free to message-attack me at 10363115. :-) My interests: mysteries, billard, judo, figure skating, collecting ephemena (postcards, business cards from restaurants, street maps and things associated with the history of Denver, CO), good restaurants (especially Mexican, Indian and sushi) >> Hey, a Denverite just like our own Mizz Stace. With an icq number to boot!

Lewis Z. Koch Email: lzkoch@wwa.com Where I Live: Illinois My background is twelve years in television news in Chicago --CBS & NBC News -- my beat at NBC from 1965-1972 was "radical politics." I won two Jacob Scher awards for investigative documentaries in 1968 and 1969,and was one of the founding editors of the Chicago Journalism Review. Free-lancing for another couple of decades, including a syndicated column in the mid-70s co-authored with my wife Joanne, magazine articles, two books, and a very successful series of books (900,000 published) on AIDS prevention for families. Most recently, I have written a number of columns as a Special Correspondent for Brock Meeks' CyberWire Dispatch and am working on a couple of documentaries. >> a media maven!

Daniel M Quinn 611 Baylor St Austin, TX 78703 Phone: 512-479-5081 Author of Ishmael and other works, according to Barry Kort: ". . . the writings of Daniel Quinn are so interesting to me, because he describes a time unknown to most of us, when multiple cultures co-existed in a dynamic but stable tension. We are seeing a recreation of that in many conferencing sites, with one important exception. In Daniel Quinn's model of cultures predating our own, none of the subcommunities tried to annihilate any of the others. But our culture is one in which it has become manifest destiny to annihilate all smaller and weaker cultures." He's rumored to have a local discussion group and there's supposedly a film due out based on his book. And more from Kort: I liked Ishmael so much, I read three more of Quinn's books. My Ishmael is a sequel in which the story centers around yet another student of Ishmael's -- this time a 14 year old girl. The Story of B is a spiritual adventure novel woven around the same thinking that Quinn puts forth in the two Ishmael books. Providence is a fascinating personal biography in which Quinn describes key passages in his life that led him to eventually write Ishmael and its sequels. I especially enjoyed learning about Quinn's personal history and how he came to think and rethink so insightfully about our culture. And he appeared in the same episode of the X Files that featured Jesse "The Body" Ventura.

this is way cool!

Malcolm H. Teas ( mailto://mhteas@well.com ) Hey folks, I'm a software developer/web designer/web programmer/internet software instructor. I'm based in Austin TX ("Live Music Capital of the World", it says so right in the airport...). But I travel a lot as well. (Love the Hong Kong Bakery on Castro in Mountain View CA.) I'm a software developer who lives in Austin TX. I work there, on the net, and where ever else my clients take me. In addition to designing and writing software, I also teach other developers about writing software or making it work. I run my own company, a one-person corporation called Blaze Technology, Inc. My interestes include, besides computers and software, (in no particular order) crazy ideas, running, science fiction, math, space, and learning Chinese & French. One good crazy idea, well expressed, can brighten a whole week. See http://www.btech.com for info on my little corporation. Call 512 306-0366 to actually talk to me, or to my message machine."

What if you would like somebody to come here, but don't feel like pushing that person yourself, and don't feel like putting the e-mail address up in this topic?

just talk to them with your hands in your pockets or email them with your hands in your pockets (use speech recognition) or just email them in a way where pushing just cannot be sensed going on at all or wear a granny dress with green on it or marry them or take on their name and impersonate them coming here with a new identity did i already suggest these things before to you, Alexander? that last line probably makes you feel uncomfortable, so i'll retract it and the other lines were pretty dumb, so forget they happened i never happened either no idea what that means (maybe it means something?)

Maybe not, but then, who cares? I mean, besides me. Oh, and why would you retract "did i already suggest these things before to you, Alexander?"? I really like intelligent, thoughtful suggestions, like "There's a chip on your shoulder, Alexander, wait, I'll brush it off...". Anyway, how is your day?

Email it to me and I'll post it in inner, if you like.

dita@well.com Name: Dita R Malaer Her .plan: Hi! Welcome to my bio. Since you are here, you must be wanting to know something about me. So, here you go... I graduated from Texas Lutheran University with a BA in psychology. I have never used my degree other than as a tool for getting a job (amazing what a piece of paper will do!). I now live in Austin, Texas with my two cats. I enjoy playing my djembe, dancing, reading, reading, reading, collecting books and hanging with friends. So, I guess that's enough for now. Thanks for visiting!

Madelyn Honoria Starbuck Email: honoria@mail.utexas.edu Home Page: http://www.cyberopera.org BRAINS & SKILLS -- i'm most proud to have become the impresaria of the first cyberspace opera - www.cyberopera.org -- i'm also the interface designer for the Electronic Museum of Mail Art - www.actlab.utexas.edu -- i hold a BA in fine arts, an MA in instructional technology, and currently working on an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in mail art (networks and creativity) at The University of Texas at Austin -- i'm the community conceptualista for the soon to be born interactively wholefoods.com website PASSIONS -- my favorite creative act is mail art -- nasturtiums are by far my favourite flower -- i dream of riding in a Venetian gondola

drichards@well.com I've got a patched net history going all the way back to 1985. I'm very interested in and active in VC's. My dream is to make a web-based virtual recording studio in the next couple of years. Anything from anywhere kinda' stuff. I'd like to start my own VC in five years or so. I'm busy learning from the masters.

Dita R Malaer dita@well.com Hi! Welcome to my bio. Since you are here, you must be wanting to know something about me. So, here you go... I graduated from Texas Lutheran University with a BA in psychology. I have never used my degree other than as a tool for getting a job (amazing what a piece of paper will do!). I now live in Austin, Texas with my two cats. I enjoy playing my djembe, dancing, reading, reading, reading, collecting books and hanging with friends. So, I guess that's enough for now. Thanks for visiting!

mailto://vasocreta@well.com After recently reading an article posted Online http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_culture/Ethnic_studies/latino_nii_rivera.brief I began to wonder about the future of Online communities. Now I am not new to the use of the Internet, but I am new to Cyber-socializing, or Online communities such as The Well. And I have read chapters from books and articles that speak of how the Internet can help break down ethnic, religious and racial tensions or biases in that nobody actually knows those things about other users. However, based on the above article that I read, does there already exist some presumptions that can be made about the majority of those who inhabit Internet communities?? Despite the low prices of PCs, does the socioeconomic position of many groups of people and individuals prevent them from taking part in this communication revolution?? I explore this topic because I am currently trying to complete a project concerning illiteracy in the world and how the use of the Internet and software technology will either help or hinder those people from engaging in communication in a literate world. And since most people who are illiterate often inhabit what are considered fairly deprived socioeconomic positions, I thought that it would be important to raise the issue of whether or not Internet communication is an advancement for everybody. And despite emerging technology, such as voice recognition software, at whom are these tools being directed?? The above article talks about the Latino population and how they are not in positions to take advantage of the benefits of CMC. I feel that this article can be applied to other various groups of people globally. mailto://vasocreta@well.com

muho@well.com: Computer geek/beach bum/Buddhist living on the North Shore of Oahu. yvette@well.com: Where I Live: Oahu, Hawaii yvette: in Kailua, Oahu which we love. Also we're expecting our first child cherylynn@well.com

Christian De Leon-Horton (echodog@well.com) Also lives in Oahu.

Want me to email them? Talk story with them? Gettum to post here? Just succeeded in getting a seismology student from a time zone 14 hours ahead of me to login and post in Geo. I am delighted! One by one... Is anyone else actively recruiting?

I'm hoping we can get more folks evangelizing, recruiting, enlisting, etc. Go for it. Great on the seismology student, can you tell us about them?

Not too much I can tell you about Masoud, but he managed to login and get a password and is interested in both seismology and plate tectonics (like Mike Griggs)He posted once, which was a Huge accomplishment for him. He would like to apply for a scholarship for an American University somewhere to study here. He has excellent manners and is thoughtful and patient. The other new addition to Geo (not counting Mike aka Cosmo)is a student GeoArchaeologist who has actually posted a few times. I am not sure we will ever see him again. He is atttending University in England. I am currently working on a splendid 83 yr old - going on 50 retired USGS Geologist who has much to share if I can manage to get a bit of his time and pique his interest. He has looked at me and at Geo, pronounced them both worthy. Bob is still lurking on the public urls. He has made USGS quadrangle maps and sent me one of them of such complexity it astounds me.

About those in Hawaii on the other islands....I can try to contact them, but have no idea what their interests are. I will drop them a line and see if I hear back.

Sure! Let's try and expand.

I'm doing my best on Yahoo IM.....I have netted 15 cyber-sex propositions from the hormone laden young men who find me "fascinating" (not my purpose for posting all those sciences in my profile...) two marriage proposals... and a move-in-with-me propositon. I also got 2 to post in Geo plus another one I hope can find time to post. I am still out there. Others have checked out Geo, too... I am working on it and treading a very thin and narrow path between friendship and what they have on their minds. *sigh*

Man you're popular among the hormonal set!

Tell me about it....