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Exploring the Web Off-Line at the Second Annual Conference

Were you in Chicago for the Second International World Wide Web conference? Tove Forgo attended, and she provides a quick look at what transpired.

FEATURES

Head for the Lifeboats! The Suits are Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic

John Murray describes what happened at a recent symposium on large-scale networking at the University of Michigan.

ESSAYS

Welcome to the Emerald City! Please Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain

What assumptions about public space and activity are made when constructing networks for communication? John Monberg explores this question and the structure of online social discourse.

MOO as Tool, MOO as Realm: A Response to Don Langham

Michael E. Doherty, Jr. explores the role of the MOO as a tool and a realm for thought in a response to Don Langham's essay in the July CMC Magazine.

Challenges for a Webbed Society

John December examines how the Web is already transforming human communication, thought, and relationships.

DEPARTMENTS

FROM THE NETS

Waves... Threads... Catches....

MBOX

THE LAST LINK

Does the "electronic frontier" metaphor for the Net lead to faulty views of the nature of online communication? Stephen Doheny-Farina explores this question in Cybernauts in the Electronic Frontier: Pets on a Leash.