A year in the life of a personal network
Robert Minato, John H. Major, Jean Martin, Andrea L. Mox, Marlene R. Pratto, Martie L. Skinner · 1994
A whirlwind courtship has as its cente~iece, typically, good food, music, and drink.This potent combination fosters the birth of a new being on occasion, and did so for us.The gestation was short (3 days), and the birth was wholly natural.Our baby, ViCS (Virtual Consulting Staff,), hit the Internet full stride for the first time on Thursday, November 11, 1993, at 2:54:57 PM, Central Standard Time.The first six months of ViCS' life would be telling.It is during this period that emotions, egos, and personalities surface.Could we garner and maintain control over ViCS' potential Sybil-like tendencies?Would our collective personality begin to fragment over time?We clicked in person, could ViCS click electronically?During the first day of VICS' life, we exchanged electronic thank you's and E-mail addresses.ViCS' second day of life revolved around determining our focus, with the intent of celebrating ViCS' first birthday with a panel presentation in Ypsilanti.The excitement of the San Diego SIGUCCS conference was still within.By the time Thanks-Judy Martin giving came upon us, ViCS was fewer than three weeks old Computing Consultant and already a powerful presence in our lives.ViCS had 235 Bryan Building become our forum for computing viruses, weather, birth University of North Carolina at Greensboro dates, snail mail addresses, family recipes and traditions.It Greensboro, NC 27412 was also at this time that ViCS suffered its first loss-we Phone: 910-334-5350 discovered with great sadness, that a member of our group