February 23, 2003

New Blog/Link

If I ever decide to have a hero, at the top of the short list would be my friend Shava Nerad. Easily the most intellegent, thought provoking, woman I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. And now, finally, she has caved in to her ego and set up a blog. So, if you enjoy intellegent writings from a perspective that you probably hadn't considered, go read her blog.


For the quick and dirty on her background and credentials:


  • started working on the net in 1981
  • Vint Cerf posited that she's one of the first 100 women with email addresses
  • Chief Software Engineer on the first commercial multimedia project
  • on the staff at MIT for about 5 years, where she managed the first
    "intrapreneurial" administrative group, the VAX Resource Center
  • at UNC/Chapel Hill, she was one of three network engineers managing the largest Netware network in the world, and helped plan one of the largest and finest fiber optic campus networks
  • was the manager of one of the largest and oldest community networks in the US (Oregon Public Network)
  • shepherded OPN through a landmark fight with the IRS, of over three years, over the charitable nature of granting access to the net to disadvantaged populations -- which resulted in her appearing in the New York Times, NPR/PRI, Business Week, and many other prominent publications
  • her INET99 paper on Community Networking and the IRS has been used as a model by several countries of how *not* to make the same mistakes the US government made

  • currently she's the Marketing Director for a successful dotcom etailer

Or check out her little intro on her site. BTW, the above list, came from an old intro email I coaxed out of her on an email list I started many moons ago. So, no, I don't know all that stuff by heart.


Now, how do I introduce the rest of the world to this woman? Hmm... May be Doc will come by, find her interesting and drop a little link. Considering he's the only person to ever reference me. Acctually, considering that Shava spent several years in NC, and Doc's from NC, may be they acctually know each other. Wouldn't be the first time.


Must go plot.

Posted by Matt at February 23, 2003 01:24 PM