The vast majority of computer wizards may talk only to one another, and express themselves solely through their cybersorcery. Take David Deifer, for example. A senior network specialist, he is, first and foremost, a writer and poet. Working at Penn pays the bills.
Most publications start with a printed version before making the jump to the Web.
The Penn Bookstore has copies and the Center City Borders will host a reading Sept. 19. XConnect came about as the result of a conversation Deifer had with Leah Sheppard, a DCCS network technician who shares Deifer's love for writing. Since both were both looking for outlets for their work, they decided to search the 'Net for Web sites that would post their writing. But they were disappointed by what they found. Mike Dettinger, help desk analyst, chipped in with the htmi coding and design, and Cliff Robinson, operations technician, put together the hardware needed to power the Web site.