Excitement and hype surround technology and the Internet. The current cultural landscape favors the ephemeral over the lasting. We feel it's time to create a new kind of publication. Welcome to Alarm Clock, a San Francisco-based magazine about the intersection of culture and technology. Technology's impact on business has been thoroughly chronicled. We should know. For the last four years, we've been writing business stories about high-tech companies and their corporate leaders. Over time, we've come to realize that the emergence of the Internet is far more than a Silicon Valley business story. In fact, we believe that every element of our society—from media and business to academia, politics, and art—is in some way being influenced by the rise of the Internet. If you want to understand the broader cultural implications of the Information Age from the beginning, read Alarm Clock. Together, our magazine and Web site will thoughtfully assess the changes brought about by technology, and profile the characters behind those changes. Alarm Clock will offer an intelligent forum for a new generation of leaders. It will provide a platform for an emerging group of writers and, with contributions from established voices, Alarm Clock will examine and define culture in the 21st century. Alarm Clock is not a magazine about technology; it merely recognizes that technology plays an increasingly prominent role—for better or worse—in our lives. We hope you enjoy Alarm Clock. —Andrew P. Madden and Brian E. Taptich.

Start Founders' Note Dateline Dispatches about the interaction of culture and technology. Through a lens People use cameras to answer a question. Backlash Killthedot.com Translator Software interprets the classics Send-up Satire and ridicule. Features Silicon Valley The Enigmatic Craig McCaw Finish Fiction "Cyber-sized" History of... the typewriter. The Watch Reviews and commentary Wind-up Physicist Carver Mead explains why innovation requires courage and luck.

Alarm Clock Communications is dedicated to providing a platform for opinion, and here is our promise: ANY editorial submission that is consistent with our editorial mission and that meets our editorial guidelines will be published. And the best of what we receive will be printed in alarm:clock magazine.So let us know what you think. brian@thealarmclock.com andrew@thealarmclock.com