[Ipg-smz] [Ipg-l] Roll out the red carpet for... Mark Brownstein

Mark Brownstein mark at brownstein.com
Wed Oct 2 00:06:43 UTC 2019


Johanna:

I'm looking forward to learning a lot, too. At least you weren't 
careless enough to  NOT join years ago....(I've been doing writing on 
the Internet from the time before the Internet came into being....)


On 10/1/2019 2:57 PM, Johanna Ambrosio via Ipg-smz wrote:
> Welcome, Mark! I'm sure you'll get lots of job leads from this bunch; 
> there are many generous people on here. I learn something nearly every 
> day - but maybe that speaks more to my lack of knowledge than your needs!
>
> -Johanna
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 5:46 PM Bob Reselman via Ipg-smz 
> <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
>
>     Welcome Mark.
>
>     The value of this real estate has just appreciated now that you
>     are here!
>
>>     On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:59 AM, Ken Hess via Ipg-smz
>>     <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     I don't think we have any red carpet left. There's an
>>     entryway-size swatch of lime green shag leftover from the 70s
>>     that will have to do. But, hey, welcome anyway, Mark.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Ken
>>
>>     Kenneth Hess
>>     (918) 630-6236
>>     Twitter: @kenhess
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>>
>>
>>     On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 8:35 AM Richi Jennings via Ipg-smz
>>     <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         For those unfamiliar with Rimm’s “research” and Philip
>>         Elmer-DeWitt’s story—as was I before falling down this rabbit
>>         hole:
>>
>>           * Brock Meeks’ POV
>>             <https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/pornscare/meeks-point-five.html>
>>           * K.K . Campbell’s summary of Rimm’s role in the CDAct and
>>             of his “interesting” past
>>             <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.internet.media-coverage/J0_uX7siOE0>
>>           * PE-D’s 2015 /mea culpa/
>>             <https://fortune.com/2015/07/01/cyberporn-time-marty-rimm/>
>>           * PE-D’s original text
>>             <http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,134361,00.html>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>         On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 3:55 AM Stephen Satchell via Ipg-smz
>>         <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
>>
>>             On 9/30/19 3:43 PM, Mark Brownstein via Ipg-smz wrote:
>>             > I hope you're doing well -- it's great to see  your
>>             name here. (Why the
>>             > hell didn't I join this group in 1996?)
>>
>>             A little capsule history.  A bunch of us (yes, I am a
>>             "founding member")
>>             took over a news group, much to the disgust of other
>>             readers of the
>>             newsgroup.  So SVJN put up the first iteration of the IPG
>>             mailing list.
>>              We've been growing ever since.
>>
>>             What was the trigger event?  The "RIMM JOB" that was the
>>             cover story for
>>             Time magazine.  It was so full of misinformation about
>>             the Internet that
>>             it just struck us as so wrong.  We also had the fear that
>>             newbies on the
>>             Internet beat wouldn't have a trusted touchstone to help
>>             them learn
>>             about the place.
>>
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>>             reply to the list.)
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