The Editors of Kairos asked us to create a metatext about the Strands concept we developed for the Computers and Writing 2000 Conference (CW2K), the conference we co-chaired in Fort Worth, TX, from May 25th to 28th, 2000.

The purpose of this metatext is to contextualize the various individual webtexts found in Kairos' coverweb highlighting the CW2K Strands and to provide background information regarding the definition, organization, structure, and schedule of these Strands.

You can enter this metatext in two ways. First, you can read through a conversational explanation that we three have about the development and layout of the Strands. This experience is intended to evoke the informality we worked hard to inject into the actual conference proceedings. Follow this route by clicking here. Or you can go directly to the metaweb's opening page by clicking here. This method of access is less time-consuming and more straight-forward than the conversation but loses some of its playfulness. No matter which route you follow, eventually you will end up at the main access page with threads leading to the coverweb webtexts, as well as information about the Strands and archived documents from the CW2K.

You are also welcome to visit the CW2K Conference Archives on the web at http://www.eaze.net/~jfbarber/cw2k/bridge.html or at TWUMOO at http://moo/twu.edu:7000. If you have any questions or comments about this webtext, the CW2K Conference, our research, web design, or TWUMOO, or if you know the meaning of life and wish to share it with us, please contact us by clicking on our names below. We look forward to hearing from you.

Dene Grigar, Assistant Professor of English, Texas Woman's University

John F. Barber, Content Strategist, Scient

Hugh Burns, Professor and Chair, Dept. of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages, Texas Woman's University