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<font face="arial,verdana,helvetica" size=4>People have been saying some very nice things about the fray lately.</b></font>
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<P><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Magazines/Alternative/"><b>Yahoo!</b></a>
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<P>Stunning visuals and great writing make this labor of love a must see.
<P><b><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Cool_Links/Surfers__Picks/Andy/">andy@yahoo.com</a></b>
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<P>A tribute to personal storytelling.
<P><b><a href="http://www.veen.com/Veen/Jeff/surf.html">Jeff Veen</a></b>
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<P>Haunting in its artistry.
<P><b><a href="http://www.elise.com/sites.htm">Elise</a></b>
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<P>A site with things to say, and clever ways of doing it.
<P><b><a href="http://phoenix.bowne.com/internet/tips/sites.html">Bowne's Design Tips o' the Week</a></b>
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<P>Funky, in a word. And very rabarbabr.
<P><b><a href="http://holly.ColoState.EDU/~shadowfx/Dregs/">Dregs of the Net</a></b>
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<P>Its like an e-zine, but not really.
<P><b><a href="http://flabjab.dorm.umd.edu/links/de.cgi?printrec?12">flabjab</a></b>
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<P>Personal stories, presented with style and sensitivity.
<P><b><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/ads/directory/previous.html">The Gate</a></b> Earth-Shaking URL of the Week
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<P>Overall Rating: ****<br>
Content: ****<br>
Design: ****<br>
Personality: ****<br>
<P><b>Net Guide Live</b>'s <a href="http://www.netguide.com/server-java/NGPage/SearchBrowseResultsDetail?SiteApp.SiteID=98240">Best of the Web</a>
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<P>Straight from the heart of the Multimedia Gulch, this site combines an electric aesthetic with uniformity of design and navigation.
<P><b><a href="http://www.thenet-usa.com/featshop/superstarz.html">The Net Magazine</a></b> Design Contest, 4th Prize
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<p>Most of the stories are terribly depressing.
<P><b>The Shipley Beacon</b>, <a href="http://www.libertynet.org/~shipley/webster.html">February 1997</a>
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<p>It's a personal, relevant, wonderful
place where real ideas are being shared in a meaningful way. Nobody's
trying to sell you anything, nobody's trying to pontificate, and there
is no ulterior motive. It is a well-designed site for conversations that
have soul.
<P><b>Nathan Shedroff</b> in <a href="http://www.newsclassifieds.com.au/nc20/sec/employ/editorial/archive/acid0701.htm">newsclassifieds</a>
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<p>That some of the most powerful writing online is to be found in purely text-based communities and labor-of-love zines (like Magdalena Donea's <a href="http://www.fray.com/hope/touched/index.html" target="_top">Touched</a>, in <a href="http://www.fray.com" target="_top">the fray</a>), is testimony to the vitality of this democratic model.
<P><b>Steve Silberman</b> in <a href="http://www.packet.com/packet/97/04/index3a.html">Packet</a>
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<P>A haunting, fun site to explore (lots of things to discover in hidden corners), but don't go if you dislike autobiographical, poetic writing.
<P><b><a href="http://www.buzzmag.com/HotLinks.html">Buzz Magazine</a></b>
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<P>Few web zines use the full capabilities of the medium ­ the fray is one that does.
<P><b><a href="http://www.thedailypage.com/sites.htm">The Daily Page</a></b>
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<P>The Fray literally leaves one speechless. Its powerful (and fast) dark design adds to the unique atmosphere of honesty in revealing one's deepest, darkest secrets. Articles relating to people's personal experiences fill the site with screams of passion and sobs of pain. Original, different ­ the best.
<P><b><a href="http://www.j-dom.demon.co.uk/select.htm">j-dom Select Site</a></b>
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<P>the fray is the perfect example of a beautifully rendered site that is about personal point of view. The writing is worth reading (which is more than I can say for some of the professionals), the images delicious and the HTML impeccable.
<P><b>Michael Sippey</b>, <a href="http://www.theobvious.com/">Stating the Obvious</a>
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<P>Avante garde writings from San Francisco, where they take their poetry and the Internet very seriously.
<P><b><a href="http://www.australian.aust.com/syte/sytehome.htm">The Australian Online</a></b>
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<P>The "Damn, Why Didn't I Do That?" Best New Web Site Award: the fray
<P><b>Glassdog</b>'s <a href="http://www.glassdog.com/the_experience/hp96/hp122496.html">1st Annual experience! Awards</a>
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<P>Tired: <i>Feed</i><br>
Wired: <i>the fray</i>
<P><b>Wired Magazine</b>, 5.01
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<P>A ray of hope for a benighted Web.
<P><b>Steve Wilson</b>, <a href="http://www.mediacentral.com/Magazines/Folio/Zines/19961213.htm/737896">Zine & Noted</a>
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<P>A new form of art has emerged. The canvas is your browser, the medium is HTML. A perfect example: visit the fray and enjoy the art.
<P><b><a href="http://www.gntech.net/~dknudsen/">net.c@fe</a></b>
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<P>A much needed dose of real life for the web.
<P><b>Glenn Davis</b>, <a href="http://www.projectcool.com/">Project Cool</a>
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<P>the fray is beyond cool. the fray ate cool for breakfast. the fray needs my link like Wilma needs another bone in her hair.
<P><b>Lance Arthur</b> in Glassdog's <a href="http://glassdog.com/the_experience/word_of_mouth.html">Word of Mouth</a>
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<P>Derek and friends aren't just putting themselves online, they are inviting the rest of the Net to join in.
<P><b>Julie Petersen</b> in <a href="http://awaken.org/synapse.html">Awaken</a>
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<P>Astonishingly good-looking.
<P><b>Yahoo! Internet Life</b>
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<P>the fray provides a wide-open window into the political soul of the digital young, captures the voice of the online culture's post-political citizens, and provides a clear demonstration of the evolving political possibilities of the online world.
<P><b>Jon Katz</b> in <a href="http://www.netizen.com/netizen/96/46/index0a.html">The Netizen</a>
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<P>I was really drawn into the fray. Intriguing - dark - sophisticated.
I liked it!
<P><b><a href="http://www.ucsc.edu/mb/people/marti/">Marti Atkinson</a></b>, Derek's web publishing professor
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<P>There aren't too many places on the Web where it's cool to be into what you do (in and out of work). Cynicism's hip, but the fray won't make you feel guilty for having a good day.
<P><b>Emma Taylor</b> in <a href="http://www.tripod.com/tripod/staff/staffpicks/961101.html">Tripod's Staff Picks</a>
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<P>once upon a time there was a lot of talk about the web being the next great <b>content</b> environment. "hyper-fiction," even "hyper-poetry," were discussed. finally we have a site that actually has decent content (hyper or not) <b>for</b> this medium.
<P><b>Chris Tacy</b> in Netscape's <a href="http://www.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/off_the_net.html">Off the Net</a>
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<P><a href="http://cool.infi.net/cgi-bin/stillcool.pl?month=10&year=96">October 18, 1996</a>
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<P>The site is fun to read because many of the stories talk about experiences that we can all relate to.
<P><b>Mike Westermann</b>, student at <a href="http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~mdwest/cs591/reviews/frayReview.html">University of Massachusetts</a>
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<P>Beautiful.
<P><b>Auriea Harvey</b> in <a href="http://www.entropy8.com/free/index_beauty.html">Entropy8</a>
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<P>the fray declares itself, "a place for people who believe the web is about personal expression and a new kind of art." It lives up to the claim.
<P><b>Iain McDonald</b> in <a href="http://www2.mostnewyork.com/most/archive/96_10/102596/CITY_LIF/3627.hta">mostNEWYORK</a>
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<P><font size="5">Project Cool Sighting</font>
<p><a href="http://www.projectcool.com/sightings/96sep.html">September 25, 1996</a>
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<P>Express yourself.
<P><b>MSN Pick of the Day</b> <a href="http://www.msn.com/">October 28, 1996</a>
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<P>Well designed, graphically stimulating, and content rich.
<p><b>iWorld Site of the Day</b>, <a href="http://netday.iworld.com/poweruser/sotd/96.10/96.10.09.html">October 9, 1996</a>
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<P>HotWired's disenchanted digerati continue to make some of the most intriguing sites.... The latest to enter: the fray. It's gorgeous.
<P><b>USA Today Hot Site of the Day</b>, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ch1009.htm">October 9, 1996</a>
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<P>One of those really great sites that makes me glad I have a web browser.
<P><b>The Daily Link</b>, <a href="http://dailylink.kos.net/pastlink/back_sep2228.html">September 27, 1996</a>
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<P>Drue is super fly!
<P><b>Netscape's What's New</b>, <a href="http://home.netscape.com/escapes/whats_new_frameset.html">September 27, 1996</a>
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<P>the fray is the heart and soul of the Web.
<P><b>Jon Katz</b>
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<P>Personal media that's cool looking.
<P><b><a href="http://www.links.net">Justin Hall</a></b>
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<P>Artistic talent, quality writing, and honest storytelling. This is personal expression at its best.... Ultimately, this site is another salvo at establishing the online cafe community ­ a worthy goal if ever there was one.
<P><b>IPPA DesignACE Award</b>, <a href="http://www.ippa.org/ace/da-9611.html">November 11, 1996</a>
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<P>It is HTML as an art form.
<P><b>Pandora</b> in <a href="http://www.pbot.com/_archive/links.html">PBoT</a>
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<P>the fray provides a wide-open window into the political soul of the digital young, captures the voice of the online culture's post-political citizens, and provides a clear demonstration of the evolving political possibilities of the online world.
<P><b>Jon Katz</b> in <a href="http://www.netizen.com/netizen/96/46/index0a.html">The Netizen</a>
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<P>There aren't too many places on the Web where it's cool to be into what you do (in and out of work). Cynicism's hip, but the fray won't make you feel guilty for having a good day.
<P><b>Emma Taylor</b> in <a href="http://www.tripod.com/tripod/staff/staffpicks/961101.html">Tripod's Staff Picks</a>
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<P>once upon a time there was a lot of talk about the web being the next great <b>content</b> environment. "hyper-fiction," even "hyper-poetry," were discussed. finally we have a site that actually has decent content (hyper or not) <b>for</b> this medium.
<P><b>Chris Tacy</b> in Netscape's <a href="http://www.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/off_the_net.html">Off the Net</a>
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