Re: self referencing post *to* the list *about* the list...
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Sat, 07 Feb 1998 13:12:55 -0500
> The only thing I wish is that we could all have parties in real life on a
> regular basis. Sure would be nice to just sit and chill with you all with
>some
> food and drinks and music and swimming and pool. *sigh* Victims of geography.
It's funny that you mention this. There is a computer operation here in
New York that is specifically geared toward this kind of balance. The
woman who runs it, Stacy Horn, has a new book out on the notion of why
online communities need real, physical, community too. It's called
Cyberville; I wrote a brief review of it, which is supposed to appear at:
http://www.nyu.edu/acf/pubs/connect/spring98/BookByteCybervilleSp98.html
Unfortunately, due to space constraints in the original paper form, this
review was trimmed heavily, and doesn't stress the virtual/physical world
notion to the extent the original manuscript did. But you're right --
there is something to meeting people that cannot be reproduced online.
That's why whenever I take a trip, I post a message here asking if there
are any list members in the town I'm in. So far, no luck.
--tim