Topic 9 of 42: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Sun, Sep 22, 1996 (13:00) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Is Slate hot or is it stale? This is Michael Kinsey's venture into
an online magazine for Microsoft. And "the Fray" is their conferencing
system. http://www.slate.com
10 responses total.
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 1 of 10: drymartini (drymartini) * Wed, Jan 1, 1997 (21:32) * 4 lines
Terry, you shameless huckster!
Michael Kinsley, isn't it? Not the same guy who wrote The Kinsey Report.
But with a topic named that, there should be a stampede to check it out.
The Hite if clever promotion...
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 2 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jan 1, 1997 (22:35) * 2 lines
Really, folks should be beating a path to the door of this topic.
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 3 of 10: Josh Daniel (joshd) * Sun, Jan 5, 1997 (00:55) * 5 lines
Huh-huh, you said "beating."
At any rate, I was all hyped up about Slate. Then I read it, and it turned out to be little more than the New Republic online. Call me old-fashioned, but I don't want to read a 2,000 word story online. Just don't.
I've also noticed there is very little on there that relates directly to the Net or digital culture, which got me thinking--are such topics necessary? Nearly every other Net zine/hangout has some focus on talking about virtual this or digital that. Is Slate ignoring the revolution? Or getting beyond it?
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 4 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jan 5, 1997 (09:36) * 4 lines
Hmm, you know, I haven't been reading Slate lately. I know
there have been a bunch of parody spinoffs.
What's the best thing you've seen on Slate?
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 5 of 10: Josh Daniel (joshd) * Thu, Jan 9, 1997 (22:02) * 1 lines
There was a pretty good piece trying to cut Stephen Jay Gould down to size, but like I said, way too long for an online piece, IMO.
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 6 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jan 9, 1997 (22:17) * 2 lines
What's your favorite online source of news, Josh?
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 7 of 10: Josh Daniel (joshd) * Mon, Jan 13, 1997 (08:48) * 1 lines
I usually use Yahoo, which is customizable and gives you access to the Reuters wire. Tho sometimes that can be pretty slow, even at 28.8, and I use CNN's text-based wire service.
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 8 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jan 15, 1997 (06:49) * 2 lines
What's the all-in-one website called? Where you can get digests of all
the other web news sources? I have it book marked at home.
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 9 of 10: Josh Daniel (joshd) * Wed, Jan 22, 1997 (07:56) * 1 lines
Hmmm. You might be thinking of Pathfinder, though I"m not sure (don't even know the URL for it).
Topic 9 of 42 [media]: Slate - Kinsey's Microsoft online magazine
Response 10 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jan 22, 1997 (22:20) * 2 lines
That's not it. I can almost pull it out of the memory banks, but not
quite.
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