Julian Dibbell

Julian Dibbell

Julian Dibbell (pronEng|dɨˈbɛl) (born February 23, 1963 in New York, New York, U.S.) is a technology journalist with a particular interest in social systems within online communities. His 1993 article "A Rape in Cyberspace" [ [http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle_vv.html Dibbell, Julian. "A Rape in Cyberspace." "The Village Voice" 21 Dec 1993.] ] detailed attempts of LambdaMOO, an online community to deal with lawbreaking in its midst. The article was later included in Dibbell's book, "My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World". Additionally, Dibbell has chronicled the evolution of online worlds for "Wired" Magazine, and has written about his attempt to make a living playing MMORPGs in the book "Play Money: or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot". Dibbell is also a founder of the academic gaming research blog Terra Nova.

Works

*Dibbell, Julian. "My Tiny Life: crime and passion in a virtual world". Owl Books, 1999. ISBN 0805036261
*Dibbell, Julian. "Play Money: or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot". Basic Books, 2006. ISBN 0465015352

Notes

External links

* [http://juliandibbell.com Official site]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazine/17lootfarmers-t.html The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer] - By Julian Dibbell, published in the "New York Times" on June 17, 2007.


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