Jan 8,1997
Lee Felsenstein, Interval Research,
Civil Society and Internetworking

Speaker: Lee Felsenstein, Interval Research

Title: Civil Society and Internetworking or When "New, Improved, Contains Internet" is Not Enough

Abstract:

This talk deals with the opportunities and problems encountered when well-meaning techologists attempt to facilitate "civil institutions" (institutions below the level of government or commerce) through the use of the Internet. In addition to discussing some points of user interface design, an exposition is given of "sub-Internet" networking systems, with the specific example of Community Memory as a system which was evolved in public operation over a period of years and which is now available at the source code level for noncommercial use.

Biography:

Lee Felsenstein is an electronic design engineer who was a participant in the early development of personal computers. Two of his designs (the Sol-20 and the Osborne-1) are on display in the Smithsonian, as is the story of the Homebrew Computer Club, which he chaired and where open architecture was developed. Lee currently works as a senior researcher at Interval Research Corporation in Palo Alto, participating in long-range projects to re-invent the information infrastructure.

Contact Infomation:

Lee Felsenstein
Interval Research Corp.
1801 C Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(415) 842-6144
(415) 354-0872 fax
felsenstein@interval.com

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