He serves as IBM's representative on the Internet Society Advisory Council. Nick holds a BA and MA in sociology and an MS in information science, all from the University of Pittsburgh. Nick joined IBM in August 1987, and is currently an advisory programmer.
People talk to each other on the Internet in a very direct kind of way.
It breaks down a lot of barriers. The Internet is where technology is happening. If you don't have that, you're stuck with the journals. Now this is actually pretty interesting because, without having to mess up Mom's kitchen, you could find out what's involved with this and learn from it. There's a lot of benefit to that.