Does anyone know the origins of this phrase. I've heard it so long, I don't have a clue as to where it came from. I need a proper citation to keep a journal editor happy. thanks, Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

Hi Barry -- first I searched Google Books: This source, Helen Chryssides, _Your Home Business_, cites Monte Huebsch in a seminar. Another source, _Media, Politics and the Network Society_ by Robert Hassan, uses the quote in a hypothetical example saying that it was read on the internet somewhere. Vinton Cerf says, "they say...": "Well, they say a year in the Internet business is like a dog year -- equivalent to seven years in a regular person's life. In other words, it's evolving fast and faster. When we started in the early 70s, we were running the Internet at the speed of 50 KB per second. Thanks to the technological advances today we have a speed of 10 GB per second -- almost 1000 times better." http://www.rediff.com/computer/1999/dec/08vint.htm So IMHO: cite Cerf, but isn't it likely that someone like Huebsch came up with it? :-) Deanya On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca>wrote: > Does anyone know the origins of this phrase. I've heard it so long, I > don't have a clue as to where it came from. I need a proper citation to > keep a journal editor happy. > > thanks, > > Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________________ > > S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director > Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 > University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman<http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/%7Ewellman> fax:+1-416-978-3963 > Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- Deanya Lattimore 704/434/8994 home ABD PhD. Syracuse University Adjunct, Gardner-Webb University http://www.deanya.com Friend me on Facebook Twitter: http://twitter.com/deanya Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/profile/deanya Google Chat: deanyalattimore@gmail.com