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HotFlash 4.08 - It's All About Money

HotFlash 4.08
for the week of 31 January 1997
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, the weekly newsletter of events and
information for HotWired and WIRED magazine.


It's All About Money
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Back in the day, a record promoter could lay some green on a DJ and
count on getting airplay. Michael Schrage thinks linkola will lubricate
the Web the way payola once greased the music marketing machine. Get
Schrage on markets, Garfinkel on technology, Frauenfelder on culture,
and McChesney's HotSeat - in this week's Packet, made possible by
Oldsmobile.

     http://www.packet.com/


Web developers and designers follow browser trends like soap opera
addicts tallying tawdry affairs. On Monday, Jeff Veen explains how
anticipating shifts in market share can guide your design choices. The
numbers game, site design principles, and newsgroup surveillance - this
week in Webmonkey, a service station for the wired world.

     http://www.webmonkey.com/


Purgatory probably has its moments, but let's be honest: AOL has taken
waiting to a whole new level. Is it too late for corporate absolution?
Read Monday's Flux.

     http://www.packet.com/packet/flux/


A miracle in the offing: Jon Katz leaves his infamous basement this week
to begin his book tour, and let Slate take the hindmost. Rants from the
road, in The Netizen.

     http://www.netizen.com/


Even Dr. Weil can't be everywhere at once, but he can help you find a
practitioner with an approach similar to his. Monday's Q&A announces the
latest in Doc Weil's lineup: a referral database to hook you up with a
doctor of your own. This week's Q&A also has answers on RU 486, chicken
soup, antibiotics, and the perils of Redux.

     http://www.drweil.com/


If you can handle speed, chaos, and 13 engineers who live and breathe
Java, WebLogic's "brakeless train" is hiring. We've also found open
positions at Cooper Software, OCS, SpotMedia, and Morgan Labs - in this
week's Dream Jobs, made possible by Dockers Khakis (tm).

     http://www.dreamjobs.com/


Has technology really bettered our lives, or should we pull the plug now
and cut our losses? Luddite Bill Henderson and Fetishist Tim Barkow
debate the value of gadgets and such, in this week's Brain Tennis.

     http://www.braintennis.com/


An elixir of fruit syrups keeps this drink's edge from digging too deep,
and smooths the passage from uneasy to urbane. The Clover Club, in
Cocktail.

     http://www.cocktailtime.com/


Why sip the intoxicating brew of digital culture from the dirty glass of
the mainstream press? Each day, throughout the day, Wired News gives you
the crisp, clear taste of the Digital Revolution, with original reports
on business, technology, culture, and politics. Wired News is everything
you need to know to stay on top of the wired world. Come check it out.

     http://www.wired.com/


Funky, skunky, extra chunky: On Tuesday, the Beta Lounge pumps out the
dope party soundtrack for a global beatfreak rendezvous. For details,
check out the Talk.com listings below.

     http://www.betalounge.com/


You've always suspected HotWired was a hotbed of "Star Wars" freaks. Now
there's proof. The Han Solo Design Contest, in Test Patterns.

     http://www.testpatterns.com/testpatterns/han_solo/


This week Net Surf Central remembers the late Curt Flood of the St.
Louis Cardinals, investigates fairy tales, and puzzles over famous
people's driveways.

     http://www.hotwired.com/surf/


And a note from our research department: We've had many requests for our
study of advertising effectiveness on HotWired. You'll find it at:

     http://www.hotwired.com/brandstudy/


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This week's guests in Talk.com:

Special event on Tuesday: The Beta Lounge joins SOS Radio TNC and
Berlin's Radio Fritz to celebrate the first anniversary of the Great Web
Crash of 1996. We'll be pumping out the dope party soundtrack to the Web
Crash parties in Osaka, Chicago, London, Paris.... Bob your head in
unison with beatfreaks across the globe as the Beta Lounge and SOS Radio
TNC go live.

Tuesday, in Head Space: A creative force behind both DC and Marvel
Comics, Len Wein's most enduring figures include the Swamp Thing,
Spider-Man, the X-Men, and Transformers. Join Len and host Martha Soukup
for a discussion of today's heroes and Superman's 21st-century makeover.

Thursday's Electronic Frontiers: Join Scotto Moore and host Jon
Lebkowsky for a look at the esoteric neotribalism of the virtual
community known as Leri-l. It began as an email list about chaos,
consciousness, metaprogramming, quantum theory, psychedelia and
mysticism, memetics, and edges of all kinds - a list that eventually
spawned an electronic community with an offline parallel: face-to-face
in real time.

For more detailed descriptions of these and other events, go to:

     http://www.talk.com/


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     http://www.hotwired.com/jobs/


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