ISSN applied for Sponsored by the Alliance for Computers and Writing EDITOR Mick Doherty ASSISTANT EDITOR Elizabeth Pass MANAGING EDITOR Michael J. Salvo PRODUCTION MANAGER Jason Teague CHIEF COPY EDITOR Amy Hanson LINKS EDITOR Greg Siering NEWS EDITOR Corey W. Wick

This site is best viewed using an HTML 2.0 capable Browser LOGGING ON The Editors' Web IN BOX Letters to Kairos FEATURES The World of the Web NEWS Hypertext and Pedagogy in the News REVIEWS What is What PIXELATED RHETORICS Open Forum LOGGING ON From the Editor by Mick Doherty On the demands facing a peer-reviewed hypertextual journal. From the Assistant Editor by Elizabeth Pass On the goals and purpose of the journal. From the Production Manager by Jason Teague On the troubles of producing an online journal. IN BOX Fred Kemp, Texas Tech University Collaborative Commentary, Vassar College A collaborative commentary from Michael Joyce and Vassar College students Lauren Creamer, Sharon Dolente, Stephanie Harzewski, Heather Malin, and Noah Pivnick. COVER Online Writing Labs: Should We? Will We? Are We? Five hypertext authors accept the call to survey the resources available to students at various Online Writing Labs. Commonly referred to as OWLs, these resources have a wide range of personalities and facilities in addition to some smart (or should that be "wise"?) graphics. FEATURES The Case of Object #143 or A Manifesto of CineTextual Writing by Anthony Rue, University of Florida Cinetext  is the creation of a time-defined textuality using patterns and elements of film in the creation of dynamic textuality. An updated reprise of the author's 1995 Computers and Writing presentation in El Paso. Stories & Maps: Postmodernism and Professional Communication by Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Purdue University Johndan Johnson-Eilola investigates the change from cultural knowledge to visual knowledge by juxtaposing the use of stories and maps as representative information technologies. There is also a dynamic introduction of Postmodern theory/praxis for technical communication. Get to Know John Burroughs by Walt Carroll, Olympic Media Information Walt Carroll provides a hypertextual introduction to "America's Most Beloved Nature Writer." Includes biographical and bibilographical links, and a selection of the web author's favorite Burroughs quotations. Mapping Ecash: Using the Internet for Business Writing by Tim Krause, Purdue University Tim Krause describes his analysis of electronic commerce in a Business Writing class, bringing his classroom onto the net while getting his students involved in a current cultural debate. What Matters Who Writes? What Matters Who Responds? Issues of Ownership in the Writing Classroom by Andrea Lunsford, The Ohio State University with Rebecca Rickly, University of Michigan Michael J. Salvo, SUNY-Binghamton Susan West, The Ohio State University Lunsford, the co-author of Singular Texts/Plural Authors  experiments with collaborative writing in a hypertextual environment, teaming with three co-authors -- or is that the right term? -- to re-imagine her 1995 Keynote Address at the Colgate NCTE Conference. NEWS Should We MOO What We Can? Kairos Talks With the Proprietors of the Netoric Cafe by Corey Wick, North Dakota State University Tari Fanderclai and Greg Siering, recipients of the "Contribution to the Community" award at the recent NCTE conference, answer News Editor Corey Wick's questions about Netoric, and about professional and educational M**space. News From the MOO. . . CWTA and You? by Douglas Eyman, University of North Carolina-Wilmington Douglas Eyman introduces the Computers and Writing Teaching Assistants' Alliance; web includes information on joining, transcripts of relevant MOO sessions, and an editorial from the author. News Briefs Utah State to Host 1996 Computers and Writing Conference Writing for the World Aims to Connect Writing Classes Epiphany Project Will Interconnect Universities Nationwide Calls for Proposals in Computers and Writing and Related Fields REVIEWS David Kolb's Socrates in the Labyrinth by Nick Carbone Nicholas Negroponte's Being Digital by TyAnna Herrington George Landow's Writing at the Edge by Douglas Eyman PIXELATED RHETORICS Spring 1996 Jeffrey R. Galin, Richard Selfe, and Dean Fontenot kick off the first installment of our editorial board's virtual (Burkean) parlor.