[Air-L] Seeking info about famous internet people *not* from North America

[Guillaume Latzko-Toth]

Hello,

I can't help adding this name to the Finnish list:

Jarkko Oikarinen, creator of IRC (Internet Relay 
Chat), and recipient of a Dvorak award (1997) for 
this accomplishment. You can read more about him 
here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarkko_Oikarinen

Guillaume Latzko-Toth

>I already emailed you about the Finnish social media phenomena
>
>But in general level in Finland people related to Internet are:
>
>* Linus Torvalds - soft engineer, developper of Linux
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>
>* Petteri Järvinen - a regular commentator in press of all Internet
>related issues, mostly safety issues
>http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petteri_J%C3%A4rvinen
>
>Anne Holappa, Finland
>
>
>
>>
>>On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Sue Thomas <Sue.Thomas at dmu.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Dear all
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Can anyone help me with this please?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm looking for stories about people who have become well-known due to
>>>their involvement with the internet and who are NOT NORTH AMERICAN! I'm
>>>finding it incredibly difficult, and I don't know whether it's because
>>>I'm looking in the wrong places or whether the US and Canada really do
>>>dominate big name cyberculture.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm looking for people outside North America who have become famous  or
>>>successful in net-related R&D or business or government or law, or be
>>>influential thought-leaders, authors and critics, or are notorious for
>>>net exploitation or crime, or are fictional or gaming cyberspace
>>>characters, or online religious leaders etc etc.  I have a few in mind
>>>already, of course, but my list is very short.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>So, who is your country's Bill Gates or Steve Jobs or Tim O'Reilly? Your
>>>Howard Rheingold or Stewart Brand or Kevin Kelly? Your Steven Johnson or
>>>Henry Jenkins? (You will have noticed btw that these are also all white
>>>men, with the possible exception of Jobs, who is half-Syrian).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Who are your internet criminals and what did they do? Do you know of any
>>>well-known stories or urban legends about  the net which may or may not
>>>be true? Does your country use the internet in a very
>>>culturally-specific way?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Apart from individuals themselves, I'm also interested in
>>>culture-specific stories such as haunted mobile phones in Malaysia or
>>>Chinese RPGs based on the Monkey tales.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm sorry this is vague but hope you get the drift.  Please send
>>>thoughts, links and ideas for reading matter to sue.thomas at dmu.ac.uk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Don't worry if the sources are not in English.  I have access to some
>>>translation resources.  NB You might be quoted in a book or paper but
>>>full attribution will be given.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Many thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Sue
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>_________________
>>>
>>>Professor Sue Thomas
>>>
>>>Faculty of Humanities/Institute of Creative Technologies
>>>Clephan 1.01d
>>>De Montfort University
>>>
>>>The Gateway
>>>
>>>Leicester
>>>
>>>LE1 9BH, UK
>>>
>>>e: sue.thomas at dmu.ac.uk
>>>
>>>t: @suethomas
>>>
>>>w: Nature and Cyberspace: stories, memes and metaphors
>>>http://www.thewildsurmise.com <http://www.thewildsurmise.com/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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>>Radhika Gajjala
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>>Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies
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