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``` Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 17:50:13 -0500 From: asb@media.mit.edu Subject: Two Panel Discussions & a Costume Ball

NOW WE ARE 3! Please come help celebrate MediaMOO's third birthday! Friday, January 19th, 1996 telnet mediamoo.media.mit.edu 8888

SCHEDULE: 2:00-3:00 pm ET: PANEL: WHAT'S BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF THE TUESDAY CAFE? 3:00-4:30 pm ET: PANEL: IS MOO A DEAD END? 4:30-6:00 pm ET: THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEDIAMOO BIRTHDAY BALL

Guests welcome! To connect, type: telnet mediamoo.media.mit.edu 8888 For assistance, email mediamoo-registration@media.mit.edu

PROGRAM:

2-3 pm in the Tuesday Cafe (@go Tuesday):

WHAT'S BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF THE TUESDAY CAFE?

The Tuesday Cafe is arguably the most successful part of MediaMOO. Each week, teachers and researchers from the computers and writing community meet on MediaMOO to reflect on their practice, and debate an issue of common concern. What online and offline features make this sub-community work so well? Tuesday Cafe organizers Tari Fanderclai and Greg Siering will lead the discussion.

3-4:30 pm back room of The Root Lounge (@go Root Lounge):

IS MOO A DEAD END?

Is the MOO software a dead end? Pavel Curtis has frequently said so publicly. Why? MOO is wildly successful, way beyond the expectations of its designers. An examination of its limitations points the way towards the future of cyberspace. What design choices in MOO handicap it for expansion to support additional media types, and a distributed architecture? What are the interesting research questions? Who is working on them? Each of our panelists -- Randy Farmer (Electric Communities), Gustavo Glusman (BioMOO), and Seth Rich (OpalMOO) -- will briefly identify what they believe to be one key issue, and then the floor will be opened for discussion.

4:30-6 pm in the Ballroom (@go Ballroom Foyer): THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEDIAMOO BIRTHDAY BALL!

Come help us celebrate! Remarkable costumes (would you wear that in real life?), and an open (virtual) bar! MediaMOO opened on January 20th, 1993 with the MediaMOO Inaugural Ball. Three years later, we have a thousand members from 32 countries. Please join us in toasting in year four at our annual ball!

Hope you can join us! Guests welcome. Please forward this announcement to interested people.

-- Amy ```

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