Thursday, June 16, 2005
Hi Everyone,
I've always thought that Outside would want to do an article on the old SJC but alas they abandoned us. I think that was one of the first real internet groups that hinted at the sociologic changes that the internet age has wrought. ( We haven't had any marriages or scandals - that I know of at least - so we may not be racy enough for any publication today. On the otherhand maybe an investigative reporter might turn up some interesting tidbits) I would imagine that we could connect back up with most of the people (6 degrees of separation and all that). I think Bruce has a point about attribution and identification, etc. But maybe one of this very inventive group could figure out something -with Bruce's cautions in mind. :-)
Thanks, magoo. I have never been an Apple fan - mostly because my first computer at work was a PC in a instituion that was all Macintosh. I needed to use a program for my work that was only available in Windows. And I took such abuse - even though the IT group did manage to service it pretty well. So Jobs is really only a name to me. I am glad he is now in good shape. And is sort of representative of the creative types who just don't fit in. He seems to have been smart enough to make it doing it his way. But other folks marginally less talented or lucky find themselves in homeless shelters - never quite being able to get it together. A lot of what he said was very insightful. But I was at meeting last month of a professional society that is working on some vaccines to prevent cervical cancer, which is rampant in the third world. The society has been a small, sleepy little group that used to have it's meetings in college dorms, etc to save money. But now that breakthroughs seem imminent they are getting savy enough or interesting enough to get some finanical sponsorship. And one of the sponsors - the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (see there is a tie in from where this paragraph started). The Gates Foundation really is doing wonderful things in it's emphasis on health care in the 3rd World. I have to say that I admire the fact that they have looked for the greatest need in directing their charity. (Don't worry - I am not getting a cent - this is not a paid advertisement). :-) It may be that the Apple folks are doing good things with their money as well, I truly don't know. But Bill Gates and Microsoft get a lot of bad press for a variety of reasons (some of them valid) but in other ways they are really doing great things. :-)
Best regards,
Rose
I've always thought that Outside would want to do an article on the old SJC but alas they abandoned us. I think that was one of the first real internet groups that hinted at the sociologic changes that the internet age has wrought. ( We haven't had any marriages or scandals - that I know of at least - so we may not be racy enough for any publication today. On the otherhand maybe an investigative reporter might turn up some interesting tidbits) I would imagine that we could connect back up with most of the people (6 degrees of separation and all that). I think Bruce has a point about attribution and identification, etc. But maybe one of this very inventive group could figure out something -with Bruce's cautions in mind. :-)
Thanks, magoo. I have never been an Apple fan - mostly because my first computer at work was a PC in a instituion that was all Macintosh. I needed to use a program for my work that was only available in Windows. And I took such abuse - even though the IT group did manage to service it pretty well. So Jobs is really only a name to me. I am glad he is now in good shape. And is sort of representative of the creative types who just don't fit in. He seems to have been smart enough to make it doing it his way. But other folks marginally less talented or lucky find themselves in homeless shelters - never quite being able to get it together. A lot of what he said was very insightful. But I was at meeting last month of a professional society that is working on some vaccines to prevent cervical cancer, which is rampant in the third world. The society has been a small, sleepy little group that used to have it's meetings in college dorms, etc to save money. But now that breakthroughs seem imminent they are getting savy enough or interesting enough to get some finanical sponsorship. And one of the sponsors - the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (see there is a tie in from where this paragraph started). The Gates Foundation really is doing wonderful things in it's emphasis on health care in the 3rd World. I have to say that I admire the fact that they have looked for the greatest need in directing their charity. (Don't worry - I am not getting a cent - this is not a paid advertisement). :-) It may be that the Apple folks are doing good things with their money as well, I truly don't know. But Bill Gates and Microsoft get a lot of bad press for a variety of reasons (some of them valid) but in other ways they are really doing great things. :-)
Best regards,
Rose
