From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V2 #145 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup/pattyg/patttour.htm * OR * go to http://www.amrecords.com/road/index.html * and fill in the blanks :) * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V2 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Tuesday, May 26 1998 Volume 02 : Number 145 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: npc: it's been fun... [kartalst@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU] MM: NPC : The Natural Life of Mailing Lists [CornflkGl ] MM: NPC: Living Room COncert Time Again... [kartalst@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 11:01:31 -0400 (EDT) From: kartalst@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU Subject: MM: npc: it's been fun... Hello all you lovely people... I just wanted to write to say "goodbye"...I have to unsub. from this list. I had this really long conversation with a friend of mine last Wednesday, and in it I realized just how much time I spend on the computer...and i sort of got weirded out. My wrists are bad and on their way to carpal tunnels, and I am just not giving myself enough time to do all the stuff I want to do... ...so in my never-waning quest to make my life less complicated and less determined by compuers and stuff, I am unsubbing from almost all of the lists I am on...which are too many...(10,000 Maniacs, natalie Merchant, Mad Mission, Jewel, Michelle Malone, andthe list continues into seemingly infinity...) I will post, however, to this list when I have Livin Room Concerts...I do want to see all of you again and again, and I do want to keep you all as clued in as ever to the goings on at my lovely house! The people with whom I have come in contact are amazing. Those who I know from the Jewel list or from other lists and those I don't know from any other list. I want to keep these friendships going! It's been fun...thanks... love you all... stephanie Stephanie Maria Kartalopoulos We should be very greatful to have a kartalst@hugse1.harvard.edu limited body...like mine or like The Greek Poet Chyck yours. If you had a limitless life it would be a real problem for you. What makes a desert beautiful is -Shunryu Suzuki that soemwhere it hides a well. -Exupery ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 21:53:42 EDT From: CornflkGl Subject: MM: NPC : The Natural Life of Mailing Lists The Natural Life Cycle Of Mailing Lists Kat Nagel (KatNagel@eznet.net) sent this terrific piece to the EARLY-M mailing list in December 1994. It is the best description of the social development of a mailing list I've read. - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Every list seems to go through the same cycle: 1. Initial enthusiasm (people introduce themselves, and gush a lot about how wonderful it is to find kindred souls). 2. Evangelism (people moan about how few folks are posting to the list, and brainstorm recruitment strategies). 3. Growth (more and more people join, more and more lengthy threads develop, occasional off-topic threads pop up). 4. Community (lots of threads, some more relevant than others; lots of information and advice is exchanged; experts help other experts as well as less experienced colleagues; friendships develop; people tease each other; newcomers are welcomed with generosity and patience; everyone -- newbie and expert alike -- feels comfortable asking questions, suggesting answers, and sharing opinions). 5. Discomfort with diversity (the number of messages increases dramatically; not every thread is fascinating to every reader; people start complaining about the signal-to-noise ratio; person 1 threatens to quit if *other* people don't limit discussion to person 1's pet topic; person 2 agrees with person 1; person 3 tells 1 & 2 to lighten up; more bandwidth is wasted complaining about off-topic threads than is used for the threads themselves; everyone gets annoyed). 6. Finally: 1. Smug complacency and stagnation (the purists flame everyone who asks an 'old' question or responds with humor to a serious post; newbies are rebuffed; traffic drops to a doze-producing level of a few minor issues; all interesting discussions happen by private email and are limited to a few participants; the purists spend lots of time self-righteously congratulating each other on keeping off-topic threads off the list). OR 2. Maturity (a few people quit in a huff; the rest of the participants stay near stage 4, with stage 5 popping up briefly every few weeks; many people wear out their second or third 'delete' key, but the list lives contentedly ever after). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 20:59:39 -0500 From: Kuhl Subject: Re: MM: Patty on the radio Amazingly i heard Patty on the radio too...I woke up around 12 noon my radio was on low and behold i heard Patty singing One Big Love. it was the 1st time ive heard it. i though it was a pretty good song. the band thing is kinda strange but i suppose its cause im not used to it. Sean oh in case your wondering the Radio staion playing it was Zone 105...in Mnpls, MN ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 23:31:49 -0400 (EDT) From: kartalst@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU Subject: MM: NPC: Living Room COncert Time Again... Hello you lovely people! I just wanted to send out an email to let you know that... on SUNDAY JUNE 14, 1998, around 4 PM, there will be another Living Room Concert at my place in Medford, MA. At Club Passim's open mic (Club Passim is in Harvard Square...in Cambridge, MA...), I discovered two beautiful talents-Adrianne Gonzalez & LIz Stahler. And I want to share them with you! As usual, here's the deal: *RSVP if possible ASAP so I can get an idea of the traffic that will be in my house *$10 minimum suggested donation for the admission, and all the money goes in a 50-50 split between Liz and Adrianne *$$$ extra for Adrianne's CD, which is $10 each. I am not sure if Liz has a recording out, she didn't have one last week, but who knows? DATs are beautiful things!!!!! *THIS IS AN ALCOHOL FREE EVENT *Email me for directions. I wil probably , in usual "Stephanie Fashion" be emailing all of you really soon again with this same information, just written more pretily and more Stephanie-ish, when it's not 11:28 PM and you hafta be up at 7 AM for work in the morning... love you all stephanie Stephanie Maria Kartalopoulos We should be very greatful to have a kartalst@hugse1.harvard.edu limited body...like mine or like The Greek Poet Chyck yours. If you had a limitless life it would be a real problem for you. What makes a desert beautiful is -Shunryu Suzuki that soemwhere it hides a well. -Exupery ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V2 #145 *********************************