Virtual Learning

[MaggieL]

Originally posted by socrates
What book? And how was it mentioned?
The site(the cellar) was mentioned alongwith another one called the echo(San Fransisco) I think. They were recommended as sites which offered chat/discussion in an enviroment relatively nerd/porn/moron free.

Nerd free? Never. But is it possible that the one in SF was "The Well"? One thing about the Internet is that by the time information gets printed on paper, it may be obsolete. "Peak Learning" was originally published in 1999, and then a revised paperback edition came out in April 2001.

The Well and The Cellar do still exist, which is a tribute to the sense of community they fostered. But you really lucked out that they both still exist, allbeit in very differnt form from their original.

Kind of interesting that Mr. Gross uses the name "socrates" himself..

http://adulted.about.com/library/blchat-082300.htm
http://www.ronaldgross.com/socrates.html

Just a coincidence, right? :-)