it's on - tutorial task part 2
okay so the another part of this week's task is to find mailing lists and what now but for those of you who dont know what a mailing list is i will give you a definition......
A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a list, so the group of subscribers is referred to as "the mailing list", or simply "the list".
At least two quite different types of mailing lists can be defined: the first one is closer to the literal sense, where a "mailing list" of people is used as a recipient for newsletters, periodicals or advertising. Traditionally this was done through the postal system, but with the rise of e-mail, the electronic mailing list became popular. When similar or identical material is sent out to all subscribers on a mailing-list, it is often referred to as a mailshot or blast. A list for such use can also be referred to as a distribution list.
In legitimate (non-spam) mailing lists, the individual can subscribe or unsubscribe themselves. Mailing lists are often rented or sold. If rented, the renter agrees to use the mailing list for only contractually agreed-upon times. The mailing list owner typically enforces this by "salting" the mailing list with fake addresses and creates new salts for each time the list is rented. Unscrupulous renters may attempt to bypass salts by renting several lists and merging them to find the common, valid addresses. Mailing list brokers exist to help organizations rent their lists. For some organizations, such as specialized niche publications or charitable groups, their lists may be some of their most valuable assets, and mailing list brokers help them maximize the value of their lists.
source-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists
so another part of the task was to find two academic lists and write about them. the first one i found is 'Cybermind' and it is an Internet mailing list devoted to "the philosophy and psychology of cyberspace." It was co-founded by Alan Sondheim and Michael Current in mid-1994 to explore, exemplify and discuss multiple aspects of cyberspace, both from theoretical and experiential perspectives. The list was born in the split of the spoon collective lists from the Thinknet group, over issues of free speech and appropriate philosophical expression. Early membership involved much overlap with the Futureculture List.
List discussion has resulted in books, articles, conferences, more than one academic thesis, a group novel, and a strong ongoing community. Cybermind itself has been the subject of academic research, including a Doctoral dissertation by Jon Marshall at the University of Sydney. Some writings about the List, and by List members, are listed on the Web Site in the References section.
the url for cybermind is http://www.geocities.com/jpmarshall.geo/cybermind/
and the second mailing list i found is named 'FutureCulture'. Future Culture was originally created as a forum for the discussion of the integration of fringe technology and fringe culture; a mix of the digital underground and the new countercultures such as modern primitives, rave culture and post punk technologists. The William Gibson quote "The street finds its own uses for things" was an appropriate guideline for the topics on the list.
The topic of the mailing list, as stated in the accompanying, but rarely updated, Future Culture FAQ is to be a forum for "real-time discussion of cyberculture/new-edge/technoculture" which is a deliberately vague description of its contents. However, as time passed, the topics on the list drifted and the people on the list has, instead, formed a rather tight community discussing everything, including the stated topics, but more often personal and everyday things. At the best of times, one could say that the Future Culture mailing list defines the future culture. At the worst of times, one can say that it's a mailing list of continuous thread drift that is more concerned with retro-computing and idle gossip than with new culture.
the url for futureculture is http://www.futurec.org/
credit to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futureculture and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybermind for the information regarding these mailing lists.
okay so this part of the task is finished which means i'm halfway done. yay. until the next part
carrisa.
A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a list, so the group of subscribers is referred to as "the mailing list", or simply "the list".
At least two quite different types of mailing lists can be defined: the first one is closer to the literal sense, where a "mailing list" of people is used as a recipient for newsletters, periodicals or advertising. Traditionally this was done through the postal system, but with the rise of e-mail, the electronic mailing list became popular. When similar or identical material is sent out to all subscribers on a mailing-list, it is often referred to as a mailshot or blast. A list for such use can also be referred to as a distribution list.
In legitimate (non-spam) mailing lists, the individual can subscribe or unsubscribe themselves. Mailing lists are often rented or sold. If rented, the renter agrees to use the mailing list for only contractually agreed-upon times. The mailing list owner typically enforces this by "salting" the mailing list with fake addresses and creates new salts for each time the list is rented. Unscrupulous renters may attempt to bypass salts by renting several lists and merging them to find the common, valid addresses. Mailing list brokers exist to help organizations rent their lists. For some organizations, such as specialized niche publications or charitable groups, their lists may be some of their most valuable assets, and mailing list brokers help them maximize the value of their lists.
source-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists
so another part of the task was to find two academic lists and write about them. the first one i found is 'Cybermind' and it is an Internet mailing list devoted to "the philosophy and psychology of cyberspace." It was co-founded by Alan Sondheim and Michael Current in mid-1994 to explore, exemplify and discuss multiple aspects of cyberspace, both from theoretical and experiential perspectives. The list was born in the split of the spoon collective lists from the Thinknet group, over issues of free speech and appropriate philosophical expression. Early membership involved much overlap with the Futureculture List.
List discussion has resulted in books, articles, conferences, more than one academic thesis, a group novel, and a strong ongoing community. Cybermind itself has been the subject of academic research, including a Doctoral dissertation by Jon Marshall at the University of Sydney. Some writings about the List, and by List members, are listed on the Web Site in the References section.
the url for cybermind is http://www.geocities.com/jpmarshall.geo/cybermind/
and the second mailing list i found is named 'FutureCulture'. Future Culture was originally created as a forum for the discussion of the integration of fringe technology and fringe culture; a mix of the digital underground and the new countercultures such as modern primitives, rave culture and post punk technologists. The William Gibson quote "The street finds its own uses for things" was an appropriate guideline for the topics on the list.
The topic of the mailing list, as stated in the accompanying, but rarely updated, Future Culture FAQ is to be a forum for "real-time discussion of cyberculture/new-edge/technoculture" which is a deliberately vague description of its contents. However, as time passed, the topics on the list drifted and the people on the list has, instead, formed a rather tight community discussing everything, including the stated topics, but more often personal and everyday things. At the best of times, one could say that the Future Culture mailing list defines the future culture. At the worst of times, one can say that it's a mailing list of continuous thread drift that is more concerned with retro-computing and idle gossip than with new culture.
the url for futureculture is http://www.futurec.org/
credit to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futureculture and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybermind for the information regarding these mailing lists.
okay so this part of the task is finished which means i'm halfway done. yay. until the next part
carrisa.
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