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NetWorld! What People Are Really Doing on the Internet and What It Means to YouRothman, David H.

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NetWorld! What People Are Really Doing on the Internet and What It Means to You

Name: NetWorld! What People Are Really Doing on the Internet and What It Means to You
Author: Rothman, David H.

Rothman, David H.

Internet

Once again I recalled some e-mail Sue had sent, in which she had not
meant to be profound but was. Sue the cancer survivor had reminded us of
the need to enjoy both Life and Net, and I wanted similar thoughts to
grace the screens of many lovers, in many countries, and for many years.
“*hugs greg* hold your horses sweetie,” she had written, “I’m typing as
fast as I can....”




                                 Notes

Chapter 1—The Terrain

Footnote 1.1:

  The three Net-hostile quotes are from Joshua Quittner’s “Back to the
  real world: New books from the front lines of the information
  revolution urge cyberspace cadets to get a life,” _Time_, April 17,
  1995, page 56.

Footnote 1.2:

  Luddites, of course, were the loom smashers of the nineteenth century
  who protested automation.

Footnote 1.3:

  Goldberg is author of the book _Questions and Answers about
  Depression_ (Charles Press, 1993), but the book is clearly _not_ his
  main reason for being on Walkers—mentions of _Questions_ have been
  well within limits. Sheer altruism is clearly his true motive.

Footnote 1.4:

  Reid Kanaley, “Computers to the rescue: Internet becoming a worldwide
  safety net,” _Philadelphia Inquirer_, January 17, 1995, page 1.

Footnote 1.5:

  Kanaley.

Footnote 1.6:

  John Schwartz, “On the information net, creativity is its own reward,”
  _Washington Post_, April 10, 1995, page 23 of the “Washington
  Business” section. Schwartz is a _Post_ reporter and columnist.

Footnote 1.7:

  Quittner.

Footnote 1.8:

  Stoll himself noted the Maine-Texas allusion.

Footnote 1.9:

  Irwin Lebow, _Information Highway & Byways: From the Telegraph to the
  21st Century_ (Piscataway, New York: IEEE Press: 1995), page 17. A
  good book. Highly recommended. It even comes with the _Walden_
  allusion, although from a rather different perspective from that of
  Stoll.

Footnote 1.10:

  Thanks to my friend Andy Oram for the buffalo analogy.

Footnote 1.11:

  With hypertext links, readers could click on mentions of the _Star
  Tribune_ and immediately go from my area of the World Wide Web to the
  one where the newspaper had posted the West article. I didn’t
  reproduce the material; I just pointed my readers in its direction.

Chapter 2—Business on the Net:
From White Rabbit Toys to “Intel Inside”

Footnote 2.1:

  The physical description is based on photographs in local newspapers.

Footnote 2.2:

  _Advertising Age_, January 9, 1995, page 22 of the “Interactive Media
  & Marketing” section.

Footnote 2.3:

  Peter Lewis, “Prodigy is leading its peers onto the World Wide Web,”
  _New York Times_, January 18, 1995, page D1.

Footnote 2.4:

  _Interactive Publishing Alert_ is available for $195 for 12
  monthly issues via e-mail, and $245 by regular mail. Contact
  71333.1473@compuserve.com or rosalind@harrison.win.net for more
  information, or write Rosalind Resnick at 1124 Harrison St.,
  Hollywood, FL 33019.

Footnote 2.5:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Opening the text

NetWorld! What People Are Really Doing on the Internet and What It Means to YouRothman, David H.

General

NetWorld! What People Are Really Doing on the Internet and What It Means to You

Rothman, David H.

Internet

Once again I recalled some e-mail Sue had sent, in which she had not
meant to be profound but was. Sue the cancer survivor had reminded us of
the need to enjoy both Life and Net, and I wanted similar thoughts to
grace the screens of many lovers, in many countries, and for many years.
“*hugs greg* hold your horses sweetie,” she had written, “I’m typing as
fast as I can....”




                                 Notes

Chapter 1—The Terrain

Footnote 1.1:

  The three Net-hostile quotes are from Joshua Quittner’s “Back to the
  real world: New books from the front lines of the information
  revolution urge cyberspace cadets to get a life,” _Time_, April 17,
  1995, page 56.

Footnote 1.2:

  Luddites, of course, were the loom smashers of the nineteenth century
  who protested automation.

Footnote 1.3:

  Goldberg is author of the book _Questions and Answers about
  Depression_ (Charles Press, 1993), but the book is clearly _not_ his
  main reason for being on Walkers—mentions of _Questions_ have been
  well within limits. Sheer altruism is clearly his true motive.

Footnote 1.4:

  Reid Kanaley, “Computers to the rescue: Internet becoming a worldwide
  safety net,” _Philadelphia Inquirer_, January 17, 1995, page 1.

Footnote 1.5:

  Kanaley.

Footnote 1.6:

  John Schwartz, “On the information net, creativity is its own reward,”
  _Washington Post_, April 10, 1995, page 23 of the “Washington
  Business” section. Schwartz is a _Post_ reporter and columnist.

Footnote 1.7:

  Quittner.

Footnote 1.8:

  Stoll himself noted the Maine-Texas allusion.

Footnote 1.9:

  Irwin Lebow, _Information Highway & Byways: From the Telegraph to the
  21st Century_ (Piscataway, New York: IEEE Press: 1995), page 17. A
  good book. Highly recommended. It even comes with the _Walden_
  allusion, although from a rather different perspective from that of
  Stoll.

Footnote 1.10:

  Thanks to my friend Andy Oram for the buffalo analogy.

Footnote 1.11:

  With hypertext links, readers could click on mentions of the _Star
  Tribune_ and immediately go from my area of the World Wide Web to the
  one where the newspaper had posted the West article. I didn’t
  reproduce the material; I just pointed my readers in its direction.

Chapter 2—Business on the Net:
From White Rabbit Toys to “Intel Inside”

Footnote 2.1:

  The physical description is based on photographs in local newspapers.

Footnote 2.2:

  _Advertising Age_, January 9, 1995, page 22 of the “Interactive Media
  & Marketing” section.

Footnote 2.3:

  Peter Lewis, “Prodigy is leading its peers onto the World Wide Web,”
  _New York Times_, January 18, 1995, page D1.

Footnote 2.4:

  _Interactive Publishing Alert_ is available for $195 for 12
  monthly issues via e-mail, and $245 by regular mail. Contact
  71333.1473@compuserve.com or rosalind@harrison.win.net for more
  information, or write Rosalind Resnick at 1124 Harrison St.,
  Hollywood, FL 33019.

Footnote 2.5:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

NetWorld! What People Are Really Doing on the Internet and What It Means to You

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