increase & diffusion; a Smithsonian Web Magazine

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 increase & diffusion; a Smithsonain Web Magazine
 
 http://www.si.edu/i+d/index.html
 
 Volume 1, September 1996.
   
 increase & diffusion is a simple, semi-original idea: a free web magazine
 aimed at capturing the breadth of the Smithsonian Institution. The
 Smithsonian exists to serve and represent the people of the United States.
 Our premise is that there is room to expand how it does so. 
 
 The Smithsonian's mission, "the increase and diffusion of knowledge," 
 extends way beyond the walls of its 18 museums and the 140 million
 artifacts within them.  Perhaps its most noble pursuit is reaching out
 into the world to understand the many ways people lead their lives,
 celebrating the complexity of people and their communities. The place
 often stumbles through the process, but at its best, the Smithsonian
 inspires fascination with all the world has to offer.  On a smaller scale,
 i&d hopes to convey something similar. 
 
 Volume 1 includes six stories that scratch at the surface of the
 Smithsonian's reach into the world. We are hopeful that people want to
 read; so some stories were allowed to stretch out a ways. Though we intend
 to be a monthly webmag, it may take five or six weeks to put out Volume 2.
 We are still learning the ropes. But come back often to see how V1
 develops - we'll post tweaks and updates within the life of each issue.
 And we need the extra hits to justify ourselves. 
 
 The magazine is funded (put euphemistically) and published (so far!) by
 the Smithsonian. We work here and hope to keep our ever-endangered jobs so
 we will try to avoid doing anything stupid. But i&d will struggle mightily
 to stay somewhere close to objective within its pages: focused on the
 Smithsonian, but not blindly in love with it. Somewhere in there should be
 room for decent journalism and occasional scholarship from Smithsonian
 staff. That's our hope anyway. 
 
 increase & diffusion won't hurl "new paradigms"about; there will be little
 "hubris"  in pixel or posture; and you can expect nearly zero zippy techno
 stuff for starters.  We have no patience for the first two and no money
 for the last.  We feel lucky to have audio links at all, so please be
 patient with our "wave"  files. Give us time to develop on the technical
 front. Or better yet, just give us your money.
 
 e-mail: yardley@nmah.si.edu

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