Slashdot Debuts in Japan
Newsweek, June, 2001 by Steven Levy
Hemos and CmdrTaco are staying at the Tokyo Hilton, a gleaming, modern monstrosity in Shinjuku, a district teeming with them. In fact, as we leave the brightly lit Hilton lobby, CmdrTaco points out a building across the street to me and asks if I know Sim City 3000. I instantly recognize the clean, white skyscraper that is the template for the artificial buildings in that classic computer game.
Hemos and CmdrTaco are Jeff Bates and Rob Malda, respectively, the self-described nerds from Holland, Mich., who founded the wildly popular Slashdot.org Web site, which is the white-hot center of English-language technoid discussions.
The two twentysomething wizards are enjoying the delights of Japan, like i-mode (they're swooning over the latest little Internet phones),...
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