Kevin Driscoll is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia where he specializes in technology, culture, and communication. He is currently writing alternative histories of the internet from dial-up BBSs and CB radio, to CompuServe and interactive TV. Together with Julien Mailland of Indiana University, he coauthored Minitel: Welcome to the Internet and runs the Minitel Research Lab, an online archive dedicated to the French videotex platform. Links to papers and projects are up at kevindriscoll.info.