Richard Smyth is the Library Media Specialist/Technology Coordinator at Catherdal High School in Boston. Over the past couple of months Richard and I have been corresponding, and it turns out we both cut our teeth in new media by exploring hypertext, even hypertext before there was a web to put it on. We were both fascinated by the postlinear possibilities for storytelling that was more like stream of consciouness than traditional tale weaving. Richard's been using hypertext, Multi User Domains and now Second Life to push the edges of writing, communicating and getting his students engaged with the art of self-expression. He spoke with me about hypertext and electracy (literacy for a web-enabled world) a few evenings ago, from his home just outside of Bean Town. If you'd like to learn more about electracy you can at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electracy and you can find Richard's bio at http://www.anabiosispress.org/rsmyth/bio.html. Please contact me at wmacphail@gmail.com My company site is w8nc.com.