[Edu-sig] FW: NetFuture -- Message from Steve

[Arthur]

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Talbott [mailto:stevet at OREILLY.COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:59 PM
To: NETFUTURE at MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: NetFuture -- Message from Steve

                                                         May 18, 2005

                 NETFUTURE UPDATE - A MESSAGE FROM STEVE

Dear Readers --

The Nature Institute has a new booklet out, called *In the Belly of the
Beast: Nature, Technology, and the Human Prospect*, which consists of
several major essays of mine from NetFuture.  See below for how to receive
a copy in acknowledgment of your contribution to NetFuture.

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I have never made a general practice of printing in NetFuture letters
whose main purpose is to express appreciation for the publication.  I do
confess, however, that notes such as the following have always been a
source of personal encouragement:

   Thank you, Steve, for all your efforts in producing NetFuture.  I have
   been a silent reader of NetFuture for many years and have always found
   them thought provoking.

   I don't know how far and wide your distribution of NetFuture is, but I
   can tell you that it has definitely made me stop and reflect on the
   technology choices I make and influence. I am a product manager for a
   company that is a recognized leader in mobile software infrastructure
   for enterprises.

   I can also tell you that NetFuture was one reason why I quit my job at
   an e-learning company 4 years ago. I no longer believed in the
   company's unquestioned application of technology to education after
   reflecting on several of your articles.

   Now, my reshaped views may not be moving mountains, but I can assure
   that the many readers of NetFuture are also absorbing your thoughts,
   and they are rethinking the choices they make.  You may not see the
   results of your efforts, Steve, but I can assure you that you are
   having a significant impact all over the world.

   Keep up the good fight!

   David Jonker
   Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

There are doubtless many reasons people have for reading NetFuture, from
the casual to the intense.  I ask that you reflect upon your own reasons
and your own scale of values, and consider becoming one of those doers who
actually contributes to the publication and thereby enables it to exist in
the world.  It needs your support.

Thank you.

Steve

The standard contribution form follows.  You will also find it on the web
at http://www.netfuture.org/support.html.


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Steve Talbott (stevet at oreilly.com), NetFuture editor
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