BEg2 ch 28 more Silicon Alley stuff

[Michael Bailey]

https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/media/internet/1703/


https://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/josh-harris-pseudo-w.html/amp


Pseudo was a radio show, and they took recordings of the shows down the
street in the early 90s to put them up on the Internet.

Josh Harris claims the whole thing was performance art, hyped by famous
contrafactual reporter Jayson Blair.


Maxine introduced Eric to Driscoll though he might already know her (great
reflection here on matchmaking:
 “…Maxine, why can’t she resist these ancient yenta forces that seek to control
her? enough, please, with the meddling, parties take care of yenta
business better
than yentas do, economies of scale or something, no doubt.” )

Eric goes, “Didn’t we . . . one of those Cybersuds affairs, you tried to
throw me in the river or something?”

Cybersuds -
https://www.netlingo.com/word/cybersuds.php

The name of one of the first Internet-oriented networking groups in Silicon
Alley, founded circa 1995. Its mission was to bring together anyone and
everyone involved in the industry, in order to further the business climate
as a whole. It was a popular event every Thursday night, where Web
pioneers, indie developers, dot-commers, and other ambitious individuals
knocked back a few cold ones and talked about this "new thing" called the
Web. (There was a funny joke among the female crowd, who appreciated the
fact that in this scene, guys weren't just interested in "going to bed with
you"; rather, they wanted to "go into business with you.") The cybersuds
parties lasted many years and spawned several knock-offs in other new
economy hotspots.