Association for Interactive Media Hosts Dinner to Feature Best-Selling Author Michael Wolff.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1999--Michael Wolff Wolff , Kaspar Friedrich 1733-1794. German anatomist noted for his pioneering work in embryology. His chief work, Theoria Generationis (1759), refuted the theory of preformation, which held that the embryo is a fully formed miniature adult. , best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best author of Burn Rate and NetGuide, will be the featured speaker at a special Association for Interactive Media networking dinner on Wednesday Wednesday: see week. , Feb 17. Wolff will speak about the birth of the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and how the major East and West Coast players in this new media created the foundation for combining content and technology in the growing digital economy. Sponsored by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and The Weather Channel, both the dinner and speech will be held at the Fratelli Di Napoli Ristorante, located at 2101 Tula Tula, ancient city, Mexico Tula (t  `lä), ancient city in the present state of Hidalgo, central Mexico. It was one of the chief urban centers of the Toltec. Street, in Atlanta, beginning at 8:00 p.m. (EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy ). "We are very pleased to have Mr. Wolff in Atlanta and look forward to hearing the `behind the scenes' stories of how this new media was formed and which direction it may take in the next millennium," said Andy Sernovitz, president of AIM. "We are also proud to host this event in Atlanta in what is fast becoming the Mecca of Internet and interactive innovations on the East Coast. It is exciting to watch as, more and more, the funding, the technology and the success are all finding their way to this region." Association members and non-members are invited although reservations are required. The dinner costs $30 for AIM Members and $50 for non-members and payments will only be accepted in advance by credit card. To make a reservation, please call Bill Moran Moran equitable councillor to King Feredach. [Irish Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 728] See : Justice at 202-408-0008, email at bill@interactivehq.org or visit AIM at www.interactivehq.org/html/atdinner.htm. Wolff, author of Burn Rate, is also the creator of the bestselling NetGuide, one of the first books to introduce the Internet to the general public. Wolff's debut series of publications was titled NetBooks, a 30-title series of Internet guides. The company he founded, Wolff New Media, became one of the Web's leading content companies, producing the Web sites Your Personal Net and NetClock. About the Association for Interactive Media (AIM) Formed in 1993, the Association for Interactive Media (AIM) partners with its members to defend the Internet industry in Washington, to promote consumer confidence, and to provide successful business-to-business networking opportunities. Strong, Internet-focused companies in a variety of industries, AIM members include Intel, Universal Studios, CDNow, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and more than 300 others. By supporting AIM, the industry ensures that the Internet remains a healthy marketplace for products and services in the new digital economy. For more information, see the AIM Web site at http://www.interactivehq.org. |
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