MacDuff

How I came to MicroMUSE

In September 1993, tiring of the harassment I got on IRC, I came to MicroMUSE, which I understood from some magazine articles to be a fairly peaceful MU*. Within weeks I observed social conflict here to rival any I had seen or studied IRL as a social scientist and practitioner of dispute resolution. Soon I was in the middle of it, helping to investigate a vicious hack of MariMUSE that was suspected of being perpetrated by some Micro players. That was my first case as MicroMUSE Mediator. Then life got really interesting. Well do I remember having everything I owned destroyed by a Trojan horse, being attacked in my tight-shingled hut by a player who was annoyed he wasn't trusted with powers, staying up all night battling hackers with draco, and watching Moulton unidle in his office just as a couple finished their morning exercises. Well, real life takes me into schools, prisons and mental hospitals. Why should virtual life be any different?

What I do in the other world

When I'm not managing conflicts, resolving complaints, helping educators, or hanging with friends on Micro, I'm:

Mediating or arbitrating labor disputes, often traveling around the country in the MacDuff Mobile.
Writing a book about my experiences on MicroMUSE.
Working in substance abuse prevention and treatment.
Digging in my garden.
Breaking bread with friends.
Listening to classical music, jazz, bluegrass or vintage RnR. Check out my webcast, MacDuff's Music at the HardNewsCafe.
Attending the theater or opera.

How I spent most of 2003

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