This is an interview I did recently with Brenda Laurel, author of the Utopian Entrepreneur very recently published by MIT Press. Brenda Laurel is a very long time culture worker in the area of computer game design and human interface design. Utopian Entrepreneur is about her experiences 'in the industry' of interaction and what is mis-named 'newMedia' design. The Utopian Entrepreneur is published as part of MIT's new Mediawork pamphlets series which means it is short (90+ pages) and totally to the point. I'm using it in my 'Art, Entertainment and Information' grad class at IU this term and the students like it a lot. All of it is interesting but her discussion of why she wants to be viewed as a 'culture worker' as opposed to an artist is definitely worth the price of admission, particularly in light of September 11th. The review is at: http://www.technos.net/journal/volume10/3gillespie.htm --Thom \\\\//// tHoM gIllEsPiE /ww ww\ Indiana University, Telecommunications Dept 6 (*][*) ? 1229 E 7th St Radio & TV Bldg \ .7 / Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 USA ( --') thom@indiana.edu 812-855-3254 (v) WWWW THE MIME PROGRAM: www.mime.indiana.edu / WW \ www.indiana.edu/~slizzard/resume/page.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversation. -Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventure in Wonderland