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HotFlash 4.34 - No Fear

HotFlash 4.34
for the week of 1 August 1997
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, HotWired's weekly newsletter of events
and information.


No Fear
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Dream Jobs: Work the Web

The first rule in pitching new technology to the masses: Never say
"computer." NetChannel, the NC's first content provider, wants to sell
middle America on "better TV" while keeping the scary backend databases
on deep background; they need a marketing manager to help get the word
out. Later in the week, we'll have an open job for an inspired Web
designer at Invention Machine - in Dream Jobs, made possible by Dockers
Khakis (tm). And check out our Greener Grass List, an index of 100
companies we'd love working for.

     http://www.hotwired.com/dreamjobs/hf/


Net Surf: Surf the Web

Microsoft has a bold strategy for interactive TV content: Dare to be
stupid. Joey Anuff dives into the shallow end of the pool, in Net Surf.

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


Webmonkey: Build the Web

No two ways about it - watching "Scooby Doo" over the Net is very, very,
cool. If you've yet to explore this side of digital culture, check out
Webmonkey's paean to multicasting, in which Rob Robertson explains the
difference between an Mbone and a Scooby Snack. Also: How to make stuff
swoop and zoom with dynamic HTML, and a quick history of the Net - in
this week's Webmonkey.

     http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/hf/


Synapse: Think the Web

As the boundary between desktop and browser begins to blur, Microsoft's
critics smell a plot to colonize cyberspace and seize control of online
commerce - but Brad Chase, manager of Microsoft's IE project, is quick
to deny it in this week's HotSeat. Also: Jon Katz turns down an invite
from the national-security set, and Janet H. Murray and Sven Birkerts
debate digital culture and the future of storytelling - in this week's
Synapse, made possible by Intrigue.

     http://www.hotwired.com/synapse/hf/


Beta Lounge: Hear the Web

The Network Syndicate's dubnoskratchadelicbeatheadbasscultcha continues
to infiltrate CPUs worldwide. Check out DJ Sifu, DJ Seoul, and Endemic
Void in this week's Remix - and on Thursday, San Francisco's own
homegrown techno and drum and bass: DJ Sho and DJ Push, live from the
HotWired studios.

     http://www.hotwired.com/betalounge/hf/


RGB Gallery: Clear Your Cache

antirom's interactive Shockwave "engines" create a boundless space that
demands interaction, turning the monitor into an expansive electronic
palette. Their digital toys ("born out of frustration with the poverty
of digital publishing") will reshape your view of what Web multimedia
can be.

     http://www.hotwired.com/rgb/hf/


Live chat in Talk.com

Tuesday in Head Space: Will Shetterly considers his latest novel his
best, and critics agree, calling "Dogland" a masterwork of American
magic realism. Join the author for a chat about future fictions, his
sci-fi screenplay (co-authored with his wife, novelist Emma Bull), a
cameo in a trashy horror flick called "Toxic Avenger," and his 1994
campaign to become Minnesota's governor.

     http://www.talk.com/hf/


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People used to love to disrespect the Bronx, until the drink, like the
borough, reached a state of general disapprobation rendering further
criticism superfluous. Cocktail resists these trends and hopes you will,
too - as we note (for the record) that this cocktail isn't named after
the borough in the first place.

     http://www.cocktailtime.com/hf/


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