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Vol. 3, No. 23

June 6, 1997

We send you this week's Insider from high above Water Street, the second-busiest commercial street in Williamstown (out of two). That's right, Tripod has moved to swanky new digs. Find out all about it, after the editors tell you what's happening on the site.

Content And Services

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WORK & MONEY

Regular readers of Harry Goldstein's "Working Life" column know that Harry has been scrambling to find a suitable gig in the wilds of Manhattan. We're happy to report that he found a new job, but his reliance on a "headhunter" made the experience tense and tenuous. Read all about it in "Headhunter Hardball."

No book called "How to Get Your Dream Job Using the Internet" could possibly be of any value, right? Not so, according to Lawr Michaels' review of the latest get-hired-quick tome; this one really helps!

Harry Goldstein is back with a review of the 25th anniversary reissue of Studs Terkel's classic, "Working" — perhaps THE definitive book on what it means to be employed (with or without job satisfaction) in America.

Would YOU use a headhunter in your quest for the dream job? Have you? Why or why not? Tell us in this week's survey.

Randy Williams, Editor

LIVING & TRAVEL

This week, TriTeca overflows into the Women's Room, as Aliza Sherman tests out some grrrl games, from Barbie to the barbaric. Get the scoop on that in TriTeca, below.

In the weekly survey, tell us what you think girls want from games -- and if they want Barbies and guides to dating, should we give it to them? Or should we encourage them to play the blood-and-guts games that little boys are so fond of? You decide.

Plus, the doctor is in, with answers for you on the side effects of calcium blockers, and what to do if you get sunstroke.

Emma Taylor, Editor

TRITECA

Plenty of us grown women have learned to enjoy a good blood-and-guts game of Doom, but are violence and gore what girls are really looking for in a computer game? And if shoot-em-up scenarios aren't the answer, is Barbie the only alternative? Aliza Sherman, the original Cybergrrl, takes a look at some of the latest creations by startups trying to answer the question, "What do the grrls want to play?"

Michelle Chihara, Editor

PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP

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* NEW:12 megs of disk space for your page-building pleasure!
* Get a permanent Tripod E-Mail Forwarding address
* Add a Guestbook to your homepage for visitors to sign
* Tired of the telephone? Try our online Answering Machine
* Host your own Personal Chat room 24-7
* Take 20% off of all Tripod apparel
* Coming soon: Advance previews of new Tripod services

All of this is available at the rate of $18 for 6 months, and new services are being added regularly, at no additional cost. Sign up now!

Tripod Insider

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I have to admit I never thought this day would come, but Tripod has finally moved into our new office space. We moseyed right across Water Street to the penthouse suite (read: top floor) of a working factory which makes "rubber molded products." (Well, some of us moseyed, assorted coffee mugs and handkerchiefs in tow. The rest of us strapped the computers to our backs and waddled up five flights of stairs.) But now all Tripodians can work happily under one roof once again. So get ready: This summer we're going to be churning out some high-quality molded Tripod products!

The move comes not a moment too soon, because Tripod has recently added a slew of amazing new folks to our fun-time party boat, and it's high time for some introductions. We welcome to our ranks, in reverse alphabetical order: Don Zereski (VP of technology), Sarah Thurston (intern assistant), Brian Rogers (software engineer), Heather Snowman (assistant controller), and Derek Sasaki-Scanlon (programming intern). Meanwhile, sassy editorial intern Alyssa Boehm has become sassy full-time editorial assistant. More revealing dirt on the new kids will certainly follow in future Insiders.

Thanks for becoming a member of Tripod.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me.
My mailbox is always open.

Tung T. Pham
Membership Director
[email protected]

This has been another issue of the Tripod Insider, the weekly newsletter on what's happening at Tripod.. Past issues of the Tripod Insider are also available.

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