NEW YORK April 4, 1997 Commonwealth Network party @ Wax WHAT’S GOING ON AT 632 BROADWAY? WWWAC Meeting @ Irving Plaza Symposium @ American Museum of Moving Image Tipping the Hat to Ms. Pirtle April 4, 1997 Commonwealth Network in Slick Soho SUPER SLICK SOHO was the designated neighborhood for the Commonwealth Network party on…
FINALLY, GIVING DUE CREDIT: I must tip my hat to Jennifer Pirtle who gave life to this column of which I am adopting. I can truly say I have reams of respect for a woman who writes so well, so frequently, and truly covered the @NY Scene column with incredible thoroughness. Thank you Jen for…
At the American Museum of Moving Image this past Saturday, March 29th, there was an excellent symposium featuring Sherry Turkle, noted author/digital culture expert; Linda Stone, Director of the Virtual Worlds Group at Microsoft’s Advanced Technology and Research Division; and Scott Kurnit, Founder, The Mining Company. Following are some synopses of their presentations: Turkle argued…
HELD AT THE EVER TRENDY, groovy Irving Plaza, the World Wide Web Artists Consortium meeting featured a big demo by Lara Stein and Madeline Kirbach from Microsoft Multimedia Productions, part of the Microsoft Network (MSN) and entertainment lawyer Jed Alpert, from the law firm of Rudolph & Beer. The demo went well but there seemed…
SUPER SLICK SOHO was the designated neighborhood for the Commonwealth Network party on March 26 @Wax. The packed, hot and smokey atmosphere created the perfect environment for mucho networking, martini drinking, and that giddy-headed experience of being in New York’s new media community. Samatha Skey, director of PR for Interactive Imaginations, Inc. gave me theskinny…