[Air-l] Hobbyist Uses of the Internet

[Karim R. Lakhani]

check out http://zeroprestige.org - this is a community of hobbyists that do kite surfing - with some very interesting outcomes....

Kylie Veale wrote:
> Good morning list,
> 
> I have just commenced a PhD with Curtin University in Australia, researching
> the changing face of the hobby ‘genealogy’.  I am interested in how the
> advent of the Internet has changed the social phenomenon of genealogy, using
> a three-part conceptual framework: communicating, transacting, and
> publishing.
> 
> Has anyone come across any empirical studies / papers / books regarding the
> pursuit of any hobbyist genre online?  I am specifically interested in
> hobbies that were once ‘offline’ and now pursued online (or a combination of
> both), rather than those that only exist virtually.  To date I have found
> very few, other than those researching amateur photographers and Internet
> usage.
> 
> Thanks  
> Kylie
> 
> 
> Kylie J. Veale  |  Brisbane, Australia
> GradDipInvEnv, MInetStds(Design)
> Provisional PhD candidate
>  
> email:	kylie at veale.com.au  
> www:		http://casa.de.veale.com.au 
> www:		http://www.veale.com.au/kylie 
> www:		http://www.veale.com.au/phd
>  
> icq:		#27938257
> msn:		kyliej at hotmail.com 
> 
> 
> 
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Karim R. Lakhani
MIT Sloan School of Management
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The Boston Consulting Group, Strategy Practice Initiative 
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