tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post3584680755295373968..comments2024-03-29T00:27:36.982-07:00Comments on silver in sf: retiring RCCSdavid silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13007485910206158803noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-37565674602560530512009-12-06T18:47:33.365-08:002009-12-06T18:47:33.365-08:00David,
Selfishly I'll really miss RCCS, where...David,<br /><br />Selfishly I'll really miss RCCS, where I got many ideas for stuff to read and where I was pleased to participate as both reviewer and author for review. You leave a terrific legacy in the resource you have worked so hard to maintain. Thanks so much for that.<br /><br />All the best,<br />RichRichard Holetonhttp://holeton.web.stanford.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-70511229361260042082009-12-04T21:50:12.817-08:002009-12-04T21:50:12.817-08:00Thanks for the opportunity to contribute and to re...Thanks for the opportunity to contribute and to read excellent reviews others contributed. Its been a nice community. Best of luck in your future endeavors!<br /><br />Patrick B.Patrick B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-19890563331557724462009-12-03T16:57:30.850-08:002009-12-03T16:57:30.850-08:00Thanks for your generosity David!
Best,
DianaThanks for your generosity David!<br />Best,<br />DianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-42116303126743194132009-12-03T00:44:13.301-08:002009-12-03T00:44:13.301-08:00THANK YOU David for your hard work and unique cont...THANK YOU David for your hard work and unique contribution.<br />The news were a shock at first though one can sympathetize with your (assumed) need for change.<br />Like other commentators, I cross fingers for RCCS to be continued or emulated by a new team but continuing its innovative approach.<br />And of course best wishes for your future endeavours.<br />MichelMichel Menouhttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-31678313176289687792009-12-03T00:43:14.152-08:002009-12-03T00:43:14.152-08:00THANK YOU David for your hard work and unique cont...THANK YOU David for your hard work and unique contribution.<br />The news were a shock at first though one can sympathetize with your (assumed) need for change.<br />Like other commentators, I cross fingers for RCCS to be continued or emulated by a new team but continuing its innovative approach.<br />And of course best wishes for your future endeavours.<br />MichelMichel Menounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-47211915633154629552009-12-02T19:20:16.541-08:002009-12-02T19:20:16.541-08:00David,
Many thanks from a grateful and regular re...David,<br /><br />Many thanks from a grateful and regular reader and productive user of many years of RCCS reviews.<br /><br />It may serve as a minor comfort to your Bay Area readers (and, I hope, as a small token of gratitude to you) to know that the vast majority of RCCS-reviewed books live on as an actual, physical, book collection in a real bricks-and-mortar library (weird, huh? I know). <br /><br />It's called the "Digital Culture and Humanities Computing Collection," in Green Library at Stanford, and I built it largely using RCCS for ideas. Come down and have a browse sometime! (The rest of the RCCS multitudes are of course welcome, too.)<br /><br />I honestly don't know what I'm going to do with this now that you and RCCS are retiring, but I do hope you'll think of this collection as a lasting physical monument to your thoughtful and dedicated cyber efforts, and to those of your wonderful authors and reviewers.<br /><br />Thank you, thank you, all.<br /><br />GlenGlen Wortheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663811360275481768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-55981168235238463352009-12-02T14:45:23.938-08:002009-12-02T14:45:23.938-08:00David, what a terrific resource. I've used it...David, what a terrific resource. I've used it from the start, and even contributed a few reviews.<br /><br />Many, many thanks for your long years of work, which constitute a fine contribution to cyberculture studies.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-10847437522035710062009-12-02T09:13:15.260-08:002009-12-02T09:13:15.260-08:00It was very good to read this history, and to appr...It was very good to read this history, and to appreciate the ways in which RCCS is a marker of how far our field has come. Thank you, David, for your big contribution to making it happen! The archives will be a valuable resource into the future so your contribution continues. It is very understandable that the time for new creative endeavors has come after a decade+ -- I look forward to seeing/reading whatever you do next!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046089184152143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-84766068689039006152009-12-02T07:15:09.152-08:002009-12-02T07:15:09.152-08:00An excellent run indeed ... thanks David!
- Scott...An excellent run indeed ... thanks David!<br /><br />- Scott CampbellScott W. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00981100157884891234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-52745552208443462452009-12-02T06:43:06.800-08:002009-12-02T06:43:06.800-08:00a huge THANKS from us over here at Indiana Univers...a huge THANKS from us over here at Indiana University as well, David - your work, the site and its reviews have always been a tremendous resource for all of us.<br /><br />with many others, I hope we can find a way to keep the site alive. I'd be happy to help make this happen in any way you see fit.Mark Deuzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646727527986293107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-49418618127512530812009-12-02T05:37:26.811-08:002009-12-02T05:37:26.811-08:00Hey David,
Congrats on an excellent run and thank...Hey David,<br /><br />Congrats on an excellent run and thanks so much for putting all the time and effort into making RCCS what it was, as well as for your other field-building exercises from that period. If nothing else, it's how we got to know each other!<br /><br />It's true that there are too few outlets for good book reviews, and the format of RCCS was unique. I suppose that, as some other posters have suggested, you could treat it like an academic journal and find someone to take over from you. But it is also noble for a project to have a beginning, a middle and an end. The advantage of calling it quits now is that RCCS "goes out on top." Sure there are lots of promising grad students who would like to take it over, but without the option, the "graduate student David Silvers of today" aren't lured into continuing your vision from 15 years ago, and instead survey the lay of the land now and figure out What Must Be Done for themselves. <br /><br />--Jonathan<br /><br />PS -- It looks like I'll be in the Bay Area (Stanford) for 9 months starting in September 2010, so I plan to come up and visit.Jonathanhttp://superbon.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-63064054392006770532009-12-02T04:10:10.929-08:002009-12-02T04:10:10.929-08:00Hi David
Thanks for you awesome effort all these y...Hi David<br />Thanks for you awesome effort all these years, for giving us a field to work, shaping it, defining its edges (often fuzzy) - its been a great trip, and many around the world have enjoyed the view, ride and stations.<br />bestUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530745039288082998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-77331329302925567572009-12-02T03:43:34.226-08:002009-12-02T03:43:34.226-08:00What Heroux said - RCCS is too useful to let die j...What Heroux said - RCCS is too useful to let die just because (understandably) you don't have time to do it any more. Maybe more than one person can take it over as a collective?David Brakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189512077554319620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-3061686994698560372009-12-01T23:45:08.996-08:002009-12-01T23:45:08.996-08:00You led the way, David. Kudos for 14 good years.You led the way, David. Kudos for 14 good years.Jeremy Korrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09500562582646036819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-86787459564117605262009-12-01T23:44:31.614-08:002009-12-01T23:44:31.614-08:00Dear David, Under your stewardship, this site beca...Dear David, Under your stewardship, this site became (and will continue to be) a resource in all positive senses of the term. <br /><br />I'm glad I got to participate as a reader and author. I'm sure I"m not to only one who wants to express how much the site helped me along, as I entered internet studies around 2001. It has remained a useful resource ever since, and the reviews I wrote for the site were some of the most enjoyable pieces of writing of these past few years. <br /><br />Thanks!!!Anne Beaulieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05361038361480232419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-7392003416518190542009-12-01T21:55:58.821-08:002009-12-01T21:55:58.821-08:00David S:
Thanks for your decade and a half o...David S:<br /> Thanks for your decade and a half of work. But rather than let the RCCS die out, perhaps you could solicit an open call for proposals to take over the job. Some hungry grad student out there, like you back in '95, might be willing and able to become the new editor / manager.E. Herouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16711576420103159866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-79127382366025152322009-12-01T18:52:10.671-08:002009-12-01T18:52:10.671-08:00Thanks, David. I will miss reading the reviews an...Thanks, David. I will miss reading the reviews and am sad to no longer have RCCS as such a reliable source for dialogue on digital media, culture, and to read others' thoughts about what counts as new media. I hope someone can continue the tradition...Congratulations and thank you for all of your work, David.Michelle Rodino-Colocinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068281016419547450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-25421893513959802722009-12-01T18:31:59.118-08:002009-12-01T18:31:59.118-08:00David - What a privilege to have seen this early o...David - What a privilege to have seen this early on. You and RCCS were pathbreaking, and you were (and are) an inspiration to many of us. Congrats on many great years and thanks for all the work.Ed Martininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-46353465931403602882009-12-01T18:01:45.037-08:002009-12-01T18:01:45.037-08:00Those were the days, my friend.Those were the days, my friend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792610265217450971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-74025308406130351162009-12-01T16:40:21.578-08:002009-12-01T16:40:21.578-08:00David,
This was such a great project and I was so...David,<br /><br />This was such a great project and I was so lucky to be at MD with you. RCCS and CWG were really inspiring and formative in my development as a scholar. Thanks for everything you did! RCCS will be missed.Donald Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862756152728866720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-36522065088113411222009-12-01T16:14:11.980-08:002009-12-01T16:14:11.980-08:00this is shocking news !!
RCCS has been a MUST for...this is shocking news !!<br /><br />RCCS has been a MUST for us doing research and actions about new media and cyberculture for (very) long<br /><br />i hope it stays online for even longer<br /><br />and i really want to thank david silver not only for his effort relative to keeping RCCS alive for 14 yrs but also for being a true inspiration and role model for me, aspiring to be a new media teacher (almost) as good as he is some day<br /><br />saludos desde tijuana mexico, david !!inkTankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12028260987335586920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-35796819598688201842009-12-01T16:08:41.170-08:002009-12-01T16:08:41.170-08:00David, thanks for all of the work and the great si...David, thanks for all of the work and the great site. It's been great to read and great to review. All the best.Marc Tyrrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049458837087028754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-58201712335032769322009-12-01T15:40:44.096-08:002009-12-01T15:40:44.096-08:00Thank you for all!!
I was follow your activities ...Thank you for all!!<br /><br />I was follow your activities and reviews from Chile, since a cup of years. Is kind of sad read this news.<br /><br />Best,Sorayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26643528.post-86990065365519090972009-12-01T15:25:37.482-08:002009-12-01T15:25:37.482-08:00Thank you for your incredible service (in many sen...Thank you for your incredible service (in many senses of that word) to the community. I was glad that I had the opportunity to write my first review earlier this year, not knowing how soon that chance would not exist anymore. In a field where things come and go so quickly RCCS has been a stable place to turn to for engaged, critical reviews of contemporary works. Thanks David!nick knoufhttp://zeitkunst.orgnoreply@blogger.com