What is The WELL?

Welcome to a gathering that's like none other — remarkably uninhibited, intelligent and iconoclastic.

The regulars in this place include noted authors, programmers, journalists, activists and other creative people who swap info, test their convictions and banter with one another in wide-ranging conversations, using their real names.

The WELL, launched in 1985 as the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, provides a literate watering hole for some articulate and unpretentious thinkers. [more about The WELL...]

Mike Godwin, attorney
I'm a big consumer of media, including both the informative and the entertainment kinds. The Media conference (which sometimes takes a lot of time, because it's a large, varied conference) is one-stop shopping for someone like me. After that I often go straight to TV, (where television shows get the same degree of thoughtful discussion that you might find in a book-club meeting), or to the Mac conference (a better source of Mac information than Apple's "Genius Bars," plus lots of industry discussion and speculation). [more people, more recommendations...]