Wired is from a California neo-technology voice. Nettime discussions are free-form and more critical of technology. Since then, the Nettime list has grown to 900. It is a totally diverse mix of the best and worst from all over the networked planet. . . I guess all of the big cyber elite participate in the list.
People do know each other, but most often it is through what they post to the list.
McCarty is currently involved in publishing a book with Aotonomedia Publishing in New York. It provides a critical view of new media from various perspectives. McCarty has also co-founded a mailing list for women in media art, Faces. She and Kathy Rae Huffman, another former Gene Youngblood student, created Faces as a resource network and a forum for open discourse. Women working with media can get information and have contact with other women doing similar work.