Hi -

I can't address anyone's technophobia, but I wanted to comment that I did
join Archaeoseek and it does not send out emails.  It's there, you go when
you want to post something or look around.  So far, I haven't made any
particular use of it, but I'm hoping it will be handy over the winter,
especially if I end up working on artifact cataloging for parts of a large
downtown site we had this year & need some extra eyes on the odd objects. 
Right now, I don't have any time to make further use of Archaeoseek as I'm
running projects 40 hr/wk, working on dissertation chapters & have a
wedding coming up in less than a month.  I have noticed more people
joining up & more familiar names & faces appearing, so I suppose it will
just take a bit for people to find out it's there.

Claire Horn
Project Director
Public Archaelogy Facility
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY
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> Date:    Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:06:33 -0700
> From:    Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: rubber items on Archaeoseek Artifact ID Help group page
>
> Anita,
> I don't want to join because, bluntly, ArchaeoSeek is another thing that
> will show up in my mailbox.  I have for years admired HistArch and gotten
> a
> lot of help from it, but as you are aware, there have also been
> infuriating
> posts and a lot of drivel that also has been in it.  I'm already doing
> battle with enough stuff in my inbox, and don't want more.
> Also, I am a technophobe, with an unreliable computer.  When things don't
> work the first time, I usually don't pursue it.  And I certainly don't
> need
> more passwords.
> S. Walter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anita Cohen-Williams" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 10:28 PM
> Subject: Re: rubber items on Archaeoseek Artifact ID Help group page
>
>
>> Why are people not willing to join ArchaeoSeek? It is free, you do not
> have
>> to post anything (other than your name), and we don't bite.
>>
>> It is just another way of communicating online. You can post photos of
>> artifacts in order to get help in identifying them (something you cannot
> do
>> on Histarch), talk with other archaeologists on the forums, form your
>> own
>> group, and many other aspects of coming together online.
>>
>> When I called it a "social network", I did not mean truly social, but as
>> another way of coming together virtually. I am even thinking of doing a
>> virtual conference there for those of us who cannot afford to go to the
>> professional meetings.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Anita Cohen-Williams
>> Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, SPANBORD
>> Founder of ArchaeoSeek
>> http://archaeoseek.ning.com
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