RE: [hackers] PROPOSAL: Naming the Network [closes 2003-07-21 00:00 EST]

2003-07-18 Thread Goldberg, Joseph
I would like to respectfully disagree with Neil. The *space suffix has come out of the computer science realm and into pop culture in the past few years. Thanks to Douglas Coupland, Wired, and even the Tech section of the NYT, phrases like "meatspace", "cyberspace", and "blogspace" are becomin

[hackers] deanspace.org vs .net

2003-07-24 Thread Goldberg, Joseph
I see that Ping registered deanspace.org, but shouldn't we register deanspace.net as well, if for no other reason than to point it to .org (or vice versa)? Of course this is pending the voting results, but exit polls show deanspace is commanding a strong lead. Joe

[hackers] Speech on Social Software

2003-08-04 Thread Goldberg, Joseph
Hi Everyone, Here's an interesting speech on Social Software, given by Clay Shirky at the O'Reilly conference a few months ago that I think is very relevant to what we're working on: http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html It's pretty long, so if you don't have time to read it, here ar