internet

I am an Internet pioneer for Malta. I first heard of the Internet in 1987. I was impressed by the idea of a network of networks, and left it at that. My first email account was activated in 1994 when I was an international exchange student at Virginia Commonwealth University. I subscribed to a handful of newsgroups related to my personal interests and was utterly fascinated by all that my fellow Internet users had to say about topics ranging from Theatre to Buddhism, and beyond...way beyond! It was also at this time that the World Wide Web was starting to catch on with the introduction of the first graphic browsers. The first graphic browser I used was Mosaic, but I clearly remember the first version of Netscape, which seemed better than Mosaic. That was the winter of 1995. Since then, the Netscape browser has always been my favorite.

I really took to the Internet in 1995 and by the end of that year I was producing a TV series about the Internet in Malta. The following year, I used the Internet as a projected backdrop in a theatrical production based on Aristophanes The Frogs, and I also became an Internet consultant for the National Tourism Organization of Malta.
In 1997 I spent sometime focusing entirely on making theatre. I was among hard-working experimental theatre-makers in Madison, Wisconson. I was away from technology, for the most part, and away from everything else too. It was during this time that I realized that what I really wanted to do was work on and with the Internet full-time. My academic and professional interest in the Internet turned from periferal to predominant in 1998. That year I founded my own Internet venture: MaltaMedia. Since then, I have also been teaching about the Internet. Read more about my teaching.

Internet

     MALTAMEDIA ONLINE NETWORK
       MaltaMedia.com
       News and Webcasting from Malta since 1998

aboutmalta.com
Online Guide to the Maltese Islands (formerly Grazio's Malta Virtwali)

MaltaWeather.com
Weather forecast and live data from Malta

Books.aboutmalta.com
Online bookstore in collaboration with Klabb Kotba Maltin

GozoWeather.com
Website for the Nadur Weather Observatory in Nadur, Gozo

OTHER PROJECTS

Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide
This online guide was originally created by Joel Plotkin in 1995

Bed-In For Peace
Online event/performance organized by Andy Cox and Amy Berk in 2001