[WebCultures] Welcome!

[Kevin Driscoll]

Hello everyone!

I'm enjoying reading all of your intros (just as I've enjoyed reading
many of your books and papers and blogs and tweets!) Here is mine.

My research concerns the relationship between telecom infrastructures
and popular/political cultures, from grassroots ham radio networks to
big money social media sites. I previously wrote a dissertation on the
history of dial-up BBSing in North America and am currently working on
book about Minitel with Julien Mailland from IU/Bloomington.

Folks on this list might get a kick out of our growing collection of
Minitel artifacts:
http://www.minitel.us/

Kevin Driscoll
http://kevindriscoll.info


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 6:05 AM, d j <guydj73 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all - thanks for this list - Darren Johannesen here - I run a consulting
> firm focussed on futures based corporate strategy.
>
> I am particularly interested in the way in which organisations and
> individuals imagine the "future" and the methods organisations use  to
> connect their teams to agreed "futures".
>
>  It's the bit about enterprise creation and growth that fascinates and
> excites me.
>
> Based in Melbourne, Aust.
>
> Single dad of three teenage daughters .... Somebody pass the wine please :-)
>
> Darren
>
>
> On 2 Sep 2014, at 7:49 pm, "Nina Shiel" <nina.shiel3 at mail.dcu.ie> wrote:
>
> Hello all from Ireland,
>
> I'm Nina Shiel, a PhD candidate at Dublin City University on the brink of
> finishing up. My field is Comparative Literature and my main interest is the
> mutual cycle of influence between technology and literature as well as the
> potential for playing with concepts like form and genre that the internet
> and digital media in general allow. I got very interested in internet
> history, particularly in terms of graphics and participatory narratives, as
> I was researching the influence of early computer games on the
> conceptualisation of virtual worlds in literature and their subsequent
> development.
>
> Michael's words about this list hopefully alleviating the isolation felt by
> many of us very much struck a chord with me. I'm looking forward to the
> discussions, even if I am likely to lurk and learn for extended periods of
> time. I am particularly interested in making contacts with any other
> scholars who have a background in literature, or who are at least
> literature-friendly.
>
> All the best
> Nina
>
>
> --
>
> Nina Shiel
> PhD Researcher in Comparative Literature
> Research supported by the Irish Research Council
>
> School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
> Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Republic of Ireland
>
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