Web "places" and the media monsters

[Lyle_Seaman at transarc.com]

Steven Levy <steven at echonyc.com> writes:
> A tiny correction to Vladimir's interesting posting. It wasn't J.Gilmore 
> I quoted on the "Titanic deck chair" in the NY Times, it was J.Barlow, 
> who indeed has a propensity for soundbyte. 

Which is not to say that the quote originated there.  My father-in-law
used to refer to Wang Labs that way, back in the mid-80's, and I'm
fairly sure that he picked it up at Memorex.  And the meme goes on...