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