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20000716 Hi folks! I am back, and this is the second issue of this news letter. For those of you who have missed the first issue, you may view it at: f.50megs.com/nl20000705.html I am still sorting out the address book, so some of you may have missed issue one. For those who are receiving this with surprise, let me know if you want to cancel (put the word "unsubscribe" in the 'subject' field, and it will be "filtered" into my 'unsubscribe' folder and not be lost with my general mail.) Do you teach? ...Online? Do you want to teach a course online? Are you an expert or master of craft, or skill, or knowledge? Let me know. I am developing a site to track and link, students and educators. A short while back, I taught a course on classic guitar performance, (at the top ranked liberal arts college in the country.) From this, I developed a thick stack of hand-outs for my students. Now, I am moving this to cyberspace. No fee. Free. It's just the right thing to do. I am calling it Trillium University (after the street outside my door.) You can check out my progress at: Trillium University Speaking of music, do you believe that the pro musician is about to be undone by this 'free' internet music? I think it has the possibility of giving us all our own recording studios, and raising the status of amateur musicians to a new and respectful position. We shall see. Like the visual arts, music does form a microcosm of the world. Interdisciplinary studies can weld us together a new kind of knowledgeable graduate. One who knows how to compose in any style, improvise or sight read, build an instrument, digitize sounds, Invent the new phrase. Next time, something on inventing. Enjoy all as best you can, and if you haven't signed up to make money with your computer downtime, please visit process tree at: processtree.com and tell 'em number 37083 sent ya! Frank fjdavies@yahoo.com p.s. To my new friend who responded with: "I'm not sure ... I recognize the name.. ", You cracked me up! I hope in kind that you will be amused by the variety of future content, and participate by sending some content for publication from time to time. Do you teach? Oh! I nearly forgot, Tom Murphy editor-in-chief of infoUSA and author of Web Rules responds publicly to some of my comments on e-commerce at: infousa.com Might be worth the glance for you webmasters.
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