Carmen Hermosillo

Carmen Hermosillo
Died	August 10, 2008

Carmen Hermosillo (died August 10, 2008 ^{[1] [2]} ), also known as humdog, wolftone, Montserrat Snakeankle, Sparrowhawk Perhaps, ^[3] was a community manager/research analyst, ^{[4] [5]} essayist, and poet. A contributor to 2GQ (now New Oregon Arts & Letters ), FringeWare Review , wired , and Leonardo , Peter Ludlow's High Noon on the Electronic Frontier, ^[6] and How to Mutate and Take Over the World, ^[7] she was a participant in many online communities including early chat rooms and internet forums such as The WELL, BBSs, and later activities such as Second Life .

In 1994 she published a widely influential essay online, "Pandora's Vox: On Community in Cyberspace", ^[8] in which she argued that the result of computer networks had led to, not a reduction in hierarchy, but actually a commodification of personality and a complex transfer of power and information to companies. ^[9]

Selected work

• "Pandora's Vox: On Community in Cyberspace" (1994) ^{[6] [8]}
• "Veni Redemptor: The Metallic Masks of God" (1997)
• "The History of the Board Ho" (2004) ^[10]
• "A rant: Sex in Gaming" (2005)
• "Confessions of a Gorean Slave" (2006) ^{[11] [12]}
• "Roleplay and the Social Contract in Virtual Worlds" (unfinished)

References

1. Meadows, Mark Stephen and Ludlow, Peter (09/02/2009). "A Virtual Life. An Actual Death", HPlusMagazine.com.
2. Brown, Tiffany Lee (08/13/2008). "Carmen Hermosillo: humdog in Memoriam Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ", 2GQ.org.
3. Goffman, Ken (March 30, 2018). "A Virtual Life. An Actual Death". Mondo 2000. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
4. "carmen hermosillo", LinkedIn.com.
5. "Avatars 97 Speakers", CCon.org.
6. humdog (1996) "Pandora's Vox", High Noon on the Electronic Frontier, p.437. Ludlow, Peter, ed. ISBN   0-262-62103-7.
7. R. U. Sirius, St. Jude, and the Internet 21 (1996). How to Mutate and Take Over the World. ISBN   978-0-345-39216-9.
8. "Introducing Humdog: Pandora’s Vox Redux", Folksonomy.co. OR 05/05/2004. "Introducing Humdog: Pandora’s Vox Redux", AlphavilleHerald.com (formerly Second Life Herald).
9. Curtis, Adam (2011). All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace , episode 1. 35'55".
10. Hermosillo, Carmen (5 August 2004). "The History of the Board Ho", The Second Life Herald.
11. Hermosillo, Carmen (22 February 2006). "Confessions of a Gorean Slave, Part 1", The Second Life Herald.
12. Hermosillo, Carmen (22 February 2006). "Confessions of a Gorean Slave, Part 2", The Second Life Herald.

External links

• Hermosillo, Margarite (2010). "Zero Dark Thirty: The Last Days of Carmen Hermosillo". The Alphaville Herald . April 25.
• Ludlow, Peter (08/15/2008). "Remembering Carmen Hermosillo", AlphavilleHerald.com.