September 4, 201214 yr comment_533290 http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=160489198&m=160489358 I don't know if many of you know about the well, but it's where I got my ideas about what community can be like online. It's a "hippier" version of what I've aimed to create here. Howard Rheingold is one of the great visionaries of online community, and he gives an interesting, short interview about the well. It's now for sale, but I imagine it will end up disappearing, and that will be a sad day. Report
September 4, 201214 yr comment_533292 ^ Related, and indeed covering the Well was the (BBC) Radio 4 Series The Secret History Of Social Networking Episode 1 (of 3) Covers the early days Interviewees include: Lee Felsenstein, co-founder, Community Memory Larry Brilliant, co-founder, The WELL Stewart Brand, co-founder The WELL Howard Rheingold, early WELL user, author of The Virtual Community John Perry Barlow, early WELL user, co-founder Electronic Frontier Foundation Marc Weber, founding curator, Computer History Museum Andrew Weinrich, founder, SixDegrees.com Jonathan Abrams, co-founder, Friendster Good article on Episode 1 : Hackers and Hippies Available for download as podcasts. Edited September 4, 201214 yr by Grahame Report
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