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<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI>
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On Thursday, April 30, 1998 12:45 AM John Bertoglio
[SMTP:alexb#internetcds,com] said:
> >> On Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:05:05 -0500 Koster,
> >> Raph<rkoster#origin,ea.com> wrote:
> >
> >>> I suspect the lengthy article in this month's WIRED magazine about
> >>> social ills in UO might pertain to the topic as well...
>
> Being a great reporter is hard work. Being an average one is
pretty easy.
> This is the direction the Wired article went. The went on and
on about
> Richard Garriot (aka Lord British) who is goofy enough in his
personal life
> to allow a writer to generate a lot of paragraphs without
saying much.
> (Perhaps I chose the wrong profession...) Another story
followed with a
> reporter keeping a diary of his adventures in UO. More
balanced in some
> respects, but still full of the "pack journalism" stuff you
see elsewhere.
> I really expected more from Wired.
For what it's worth, the person who wrote the article, Amy Jo
Kim, is actually a very thoughtful and interesting person, whose article
was DRASTICALLY cut and slanted by the editors (I know, because I read
the original version). She's writing a forthcoming book called "Building
Communities on the Web" which should be out from Peachpit Press later
this year. UO has a chapter in it as a case study alongside E*Bay,
Amazon.com, and a few others. Having talked at length with her, I know
that her take on things is usually very academically-oriented (she was
teaching at Stanford on virtual communities earlier this year, in fact).
So don't take the article as a representation of her normal work. I urge
all of you to seek out anything she's done, it's VERY interesting. I
might be able to dig up some references, I think I have copies of some
of her other articles at home. Her website is at <A HREF="http://www.naima.com">http://www.naima.com</A>
and may have samples as well.
-Raph
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MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future.
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<LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00564" HREF="msg00564.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00566" HREF="msg00566.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00289" HREF="msg00289.html">[MUD-Dev] META: Filtering suggestions</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 23:49 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00277" HREF="msg00277.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: DOOM Gets a Storyline?</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 20:03 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00273" HREF="msg00273.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: UO in Wired, was OT: Birth announcement</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 18:05 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00270" HREF="msg00270.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! (fwd)</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 17:31 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00262" HREF="msg00262.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Supporting articles found for UOL play style</A></strong>,
John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:alexb#internetcds,com">alexb#internetcds,com</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 05:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00312" HREF="msg00312.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Supporting articles found for UOL play style</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Sat 02 May 1998, 00:36 GMT
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