Artist in Person At its most utopian, technology offers us a new relationship to the world. Too often, however, emerging technology becomes the vehicle of stale ideas passed off as innovation. We are left with little more than the spectacle of the medium. Christine Tamblyn, a Bay Area critic and artist, has produced a CD!shy;ROM, She Loves It, She Loves It Not, that overcomes this tendency by providing an intimate interface for the viewer while advancing a hybrid form of "writing." Essentially, Tamblyn's interactive CD!shy;ROM is a series of mini-essays on women and technology that employs text, sound and graphic images. The viewer approaches the essays through a daisy-shaped menu in which each petal represents a specific topic. Once inside a chapter, the display offers the text, supported by collage, Quicktime movies and tangential "footnotes." She Loves It presents its critique of technology as a dynamic conversation in which the expository elements are expanded through poetic interludes and the mix of media. Tamblyn has carefully designed the work, its graphic look and navigational mode, in a way that is less hierarchical and more personal and affective-a feminized interface.-Steve Seid