From: savetz@northcoast.com (Kevin Savetz) Subject: INTERNET PRESS update - version 1.6 Last-Modified: 1996/1/15 Version: 1.6 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Internet Press A guide to electronic journals about the Internet -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Version 1.6 - 15 January, 1996 by Kevin M. Savetz - savetz@northcoast.com and John M. Higgins - higgins@dorsai.dorsai.org This document is copyright 1996 by Kevin M. Savetz and John M. Higgins. All rights reserved. More legal stuff is near the end of this file. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- +Additions: +Caught In The 'Net; +C-NET; +Computer Corner; +Surf's Up; +Web Review; +@NY; +Cyberspace Today; +Gina; +IceNEWS; +Interactive New Media; +Internet Daily News; +The Internet Law Journal; +Internet Research; +Netly News; +Network-News; +Net.Scandal; +Netsurfer Focus; +Netsurfer Tools; +Newsbytes; +Northcoast Digital News; +Off the Net; +The Online Column; +Online Design; +Online User; +Suck; +Tasty Bits From The Technology Front; +Trailblazer; +Websurf; +!WOW! -Deleted: @ The Edge; Cyberspace Today; Digital Future; Networks & Community; NSF Network News How to get updates to THE INTERNET PRESS: See end of file The Internet is full of many high-quality publications about the net itself. But surprise, surprise, like everything else 'round here they're tough to find. Here's some guidance on what's out there and what's good. Some are pointers to other net resources, some address broader issues of the net. Some are free, some cost $$$. Be warned that some of these are startups, which often fail to live up to their promise and publication schedule. NO EXCUSES: Yeah, we know it's been months since this was updated. One of us is a sloth (we're not saying which one). But we've come up with a whole mess of new pubs that you might find interesting. The bad news is that there's a lot of redundancy out there, with a lot of the new pubs imitating existing stuff, or at least plowing the same earth. But there's still plenty of quality out there. We've also added a list of print mags focusing on the net that offer some material online. FEEDBACK Y'ALL: Let us know about any other good e-journals or newsletters discussing the Internet, paid or free. And please send us info about anything that dies so we can up date. Send details to higgins@dorsai.dorsai.org and savetz@northcoast.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-BEST OF THE PRESS-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Higgins picks: NetSurfer Digest; Scout Report; @NY; Suck; Cyberwire Dispatch Savetz picks: Internet Index; Off the Net; Web Review (I write for 'em); WEBster =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=TIPSHEETS=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST OF THE INTERNET - A bi-weekly offering pointers to interesting sites. Surprisingly good given the prodigy.com address. A recent issue had reviews of HTML editors plus lots of sites to try out. E-MAIL - To: TBHF58D@prodigy.com Subject: SUBSCRIBE Body: SUBSCRIBE Your@Address WWW - http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/bestinet +COMPUTER CORNER - Tied to a regular feature from Dallas TV station. Mostly links, but not bad. WWW - http://www.wfaa.com/ccindex.html COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION: A little academic. But since it's edited by John December, the master of the colossal CMC guide, it's worth checking. WWW - http://www.rpi.edu/~decemj/cmc/mag/current/toc.html EVERYBODY'S INTERNET UPDATE: Monthly newsletter from the Electronic Frontier Foundation aimed at picking up up where the EFF's Guide to the Internet (formerly the Big Dummy's Guide) left off. E-MAIL - To: listserv@eff.org Subject: Ignored Body: add net-guide-update USENET - comp.org.eff.talk, alt.internet.services FTP - ftp.eff.org: /pub/Net_info/Guidebooks/Everybodys_Guide/Updates GOPHER - gopher.eff.org: /Net Info/EFF's Guide to the Internet/Updates WWW - http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Guidebooks/Everybodys_Guide/Updates/ HUMAN CONTACT - Adam Gaffin, adamg@world.std.com +ICENEWS - A monthly on the net with an emphasis on HTML issues. E-MAIL - To:autoshare@roadrunner.tiac.net Subject: Ignored Body: SUB ICENEWS Your@Address (Your Name) WWW - http://www.tiac.net/users/nriley/icenews/ INTERNET-ON-A-DISK: So-so newsletter on public domain electronic texts, books, government manuals, etc. Also includes pointers to some other resources. E-MAIL - To: samizdat@world.std.com Subject: Newsletter request Body: subscribe Internet-On-A-Disk your@address INTERNET RESOURCES: Web-only newsletter produced by Heriot-Watt University Library. Although aimed primarly at staff and students at the Scottish University, it's got pointers useful to others. Not spectacular, but worth checking out. WWW - http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html THE INTERNET SEX SURFER NEWS ($): Not being much for spectator sports, the "adult" side of the net isn't our groove. But given that sector's popularity, it deserves its own e-pub. Bi-weekly. Delivery by e-mail, but you must regis ter by snail mail with a puny $3 annual subscription payment (to keep every 14-year-old with an AOL account from signing up). SNAIL MAIL: Phillip Mason 403 Stringtown Road Williamsburg, KY 40769-9727 (USA) HUMAN CONTACT - phillip@iglou.com NEW ON THE INTERNET: Completely different from the similarly-named $$$ pub. A decent collection of pointers and ideas, though a bit on the breathless side. E-MAIL - To: new.on.the.net@reply.net. Subject: None Body: None; mail kicks back the latest issue. NETSURFER DIGEST: A great effort that crisply reviews a wide range of net topics and resources. E-MAIL - To: nsdigest-request@netsurf.com Subject: Ignored Body: subscribe nsdigest-html or Body: subscribe nsdigest-text WWW - http://www.netsurf.com/nsd/index.html FTP - ftp://ftp.netsurf.com/pub/nsd/ +OFF THE NET: A nice monthly newsletter for Web and Internet developers. Includes short reviews of interesting software of interest to Webmasters. Worth checking out if you maintain a Web site. WWW - http://www.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/off_the_net.html SCOUT REPORT: Forget building campfires. Scout Report is an excellent weekly featuring well-edited, hand-picked resource announcements. E-MAIL - To: listserv@lists.internic.net Subject: Ignored Body: subscribe scout-report Your Name WWW - http://rs.internic.net/scout/report SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NETWORK NEWS ($$$): Ambitious monthly listing resources for science professionals from medicine to physics. Very thorough, loaded with good stuff, but runs $97 a year. E-MAIL - To: senn@world.std.com +SURF'S UP - Broad sweep of net sites. Written too much like a fan magazine. WWW - http://www.geopages.com/Hollywood/1161 THE VIRTUAL MIRROR - They claim it's not a magazine, but it looks like one to us, a good one at that. Regularly updated collection of tips and net articles. WWW - http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/ +TRAILBLAZER - A pretty good review of recent net news. WWW - http://www.intercom.net/biz/lma/trailblazer/ WEBster ($$$) - A great semi-monthly roundup of Internet news. Also features useful tutorials and features. It's a for-pay pub, but you can get a free version too. E-MAIL - To: 4free@webster.tgc.com Subject: Ignored Body: Ignored HUMAN CONTACT - love-letters@webster.tgc.com +WEB REVIEW - A snazzy weekly magazine covering issues related to the Web and Internet communities. Newsy, with features and tutorials, lots of content. WWW - http://gnn.com/wr/ WEBNEWS - Well-edited monthly collection of web-based information. One issue hooks into the Alabama Shakespeare Festival Homepage, an exotic pet breeder and a biography ot St. Patrick. WWW - http://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu:70/webNews.80 THE WEB WORD - This monthly aims to give pointers like the top 10 web sites, news, and how-to tips. Pretty good. Long. E-MAIL - To: innovation@euronet.nl Subject: Ignored Body: intro Your@address Your Name WWW - http://www.euro.net/innovation/Web_Word_Base/Web.Word.Issues.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=NET TALK-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= +@NY - An excellent bi-weekly focusing on the New York Internet scene, developers, nifty sites, providers, etc. You wouldn't think there was enough of a local scene to support even a newsletter, but this is meaty, not fluffy. Highly recommended. E-MAIL - To: tw1@pipeline.com Subject: Subscribe Body: Ask nicely. HUMAN CONTACT - tw1@pipeline.com +CAUGHT IN THE 'NET - A decent news overview. WWW - http://www.imagehouse.com//caught/arch.htm +C-NET - Relentlessly self-promoting site has a pretty good news outlet. WWW - http://www.cnet.com/Content/News/ CYBERSURFING - Regular column appearing in The Age, a daily Austrailian paper and written by Jason Romney. Worth checking out. WWW - http://werple.mira.net.au/~jromney/ HUMAN CONTACT - jromney@werple.mira.net.au BITS AND BYTES: Good computer miscellanea. But why do so many publications grab snippets of Edupage, an excellent infotech e-pub? On the long side. E-MAIL - To: listserv@acad1.dana.edu Subject: ignored Body: SUBSCRIBE bits-n-bytes [case matters!] GOPHER - gopher.dana.edu: /Electronic Journals FTP - ftp.dana.edu: /periodic CYBERWIRE DISPATCH: Very high quality coverage of the Internet and cyberspace. Editor Brock Meeks (a reporter for Wired) became famous by getting sued for libel by a "make.money.fast"-type. Short. E-MAIL - To: majordomo@cyberwerks.com Subject: Ignored Body: subscribe cwd-l USENET - comp.society.privacy GOPHER - cyberwerks.com WWW - http://cyberwerks.com EFFECTOR: The Electronic Frontier Foundation's membership newsletter, great for telecom policy updates. Short E-MAIL - To: listserv@eff.org Subject: Ignored Body: subscribe your@address effector-online USENET - comp.org.eff {preferred!} GOPHER - gopher.eff.org FTP - ftp.eff.org +GINA - A lame archive for techie press releases. The best thing to be said is that the Global Internet News Agency is well organized, so it's easy to find information you don't want to know. WWW - http://www.gina.com/gina HUMAN CONTACT - mshuler@gina.com GLOBETROTTER - British Web-based bi-monthly featuring news about the net. Nothing dramatic and therre too much stuff about other topics, though (OJ, e.g.). WWW - http://www.dungeon.com/~globe HOTWIRED: The E-version of Wired magazine. For all the hype, it's not very impressive. Except for Flux, a gossip column, the content is VERY uneven. WWW - www.hotwired.com +INTERACTIVE NEW MEDIA - Surprisingly good update on multimedia news. from a law firm. E-MAIL - To: majordomo@case.wsgr.com Subject: None Body: subscribe multimedia-list WWW - http://www.wsgr.com INTERNET ADVERTISING REVIEW - An occasional newsletter written by Michael Strangelove, author of a book on doing business on the net. Send for the second issue. E-MAIL - To: mstrange@fonorola.net Subject: REVIEW2 +INTERNET DAILY NEWS - Independent startup net newspaper is ambitious, but a little bland. WWW - http://tvp.com/idn/ INTERNET INDEX - A shameless and very well executed imitation of Harper's Index compiling interesting net stats. Infrequent but fun. EMAIL - internet-index-request@OpenMarket.com Subject: ignored Body: subscribe internet-index WWW - http://www.openmarket.com/info/internet-index/current.html +THE INTERNET LAW JOURNAL - Can't find a copy to review, so it's hard to say if they can match the good cyberlaw coverage available elsewhere (particularly Computer Underground Digest). But they're charging $12 a year. WWW - http://net.discnt.com/law INTERNET MONTHLY REPORT: IMR announces the online accomplishments, milestones, and problems discovered by a variety of organizations in the Internet community. Very long, 100K-plus. E-MAIL RETRIEVAL - To: rfc-info@isi.edu Subject: Ignored Body: Retrieve: imryymm.txt e.g., Retrieve: imr9408.txt = Aug. 1994 FTP - venera.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imryymm.txt nis.nsf.net/internet/newsletters/internet.monthly.report GOPHER - is.internic.net:Internet Info.../Internet Monthly Reports +INTERNET RESEARCH - Academic journal largely on the tech side of the net. Parts are miserable, particularly the "About the Authors" link, which begins to send a 2-meg file. WWW - http://www.mcb.co.uk/liblink/intr/jourhome.htm JASBITS: Computer and net miscellanea. What it lacks in newsiness it makes up in entertainment value. E-MAIL - To: jsquires@cerf.net Subject: Ignored Body: Subscribe Your Name MATRIX NEWS ($$$) - Not strictly about the net, this monthly looks more broadly about cross-network issues issues. Expect Internet, Bitnet, UUCP plus stand-alone services like the Well and Compu$erve. Pretty techie/academic. Subs are $25 a year. Samples readily available. E-MAIL - To: mids@tic.com Subject: Ask nicely Body: Humans here WWW - http://www.tic.com/mids/mn.html META MAGAZINE: A monthly mostly about net-related stuff. Not bad, but could use a little more meat. Worth a test drive, if you can handle the Web-only nature of the pub. WWW - ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mlinksva/meta.html +NETLY NEWS - Lamely-named feature news on Time Warner's Pathfinder. It's OK, but there are better sources of news out there. WWW - http://pathfinder.com/Netly/ +NETWORK-NEWS - a weekly from a computer consultant aimed a computer networking dudes. Pretty techie. E-MAIL - To: network-news@lists.primenet.com Subject: Subscribe Body: Tell them about yourself WWW - http://www.primenet.com/~gatlina/ +NET.SCANDAL - A good, sometimes caustic, review of news about the net. A recent issue explored "Lawsuit Lacrosse" involving Usenet posts. E-MAIL - To: net_scandal-request@io.org Subject: Ignored Body: Subscribe NETSURFER FOCUS: Published sporadically, each edition focuses on one Net-related issue, such as cryptography and privacy or doing business online. Thorough, but not published on a regular basis. E-MAIL - To: nsdigest-request@netsurf.com Subject: ignored Body: subscribe nsdigest-html or Body: subscribe nsdigest-text WWW - http://www.netsurf.com/nsf/ NETSURFER TOOLS: Supposed to offer pointers to sites for Web and online developers, but only two issues have come out, and no word since August. E-MAIL - To: nstools-request@netsurf.com Body: subscribe nstools-text or subscribe nstools-html WWW - http://www.netsurf.com/nst/ THE NETWORK OBSERVER: Monthly commentary and bits about the net. Lengthy. E-MAIL - To: rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu Subject: subscribe Your Name Body: NADA NEW ON THE NET ($$$): Stats about what new domains are signing up to the net, listed by state, area code, type of company, etc. Short version is free. A longer version with lots of detail is $10. Presumably a prospect list for consultants, software companies, etc. WWW - http://directory.net/netinfo HUMAN CONTACT - p00426@psilink.com +NEWSBYTES - This long-running computer news wire offers a free daily news summary with plenty about the net. WWW - http://www.nbnn.com/daily.html +NORTHCOAST DIGITAL NEWS - Mostly news about an ISP in California, but it has some general Internet features too. E-MAIL - To: ndn-request@nothcoast.com Subject: subscribe WWW - http://www.northcoast.com/ndn/1.2.html +THE ONLINE COLUMN - The York County Coast Star has a cyber columnist? This the Kennebunkport, Maine paper does. It's not bad, but better on local issues (like Nynex's push into Internet services) than on cyberporn. E-MAIL - To: skelley@cybertours.com. Subject: Subscribe Body: Ask nice, human here. WWW - http://www.cybertours.com/yccs/online.htm +ONLINE USER - An unimpressive source of surfing tips and sites. WWW - http://www.onlineinc.com/online/index.html THE ONLINE WORLD MONITOR ($$$) Norway-based bi-monthly reviewing different aspects of the net. One issue contained a section on the Net in Africa and assessing the web by e-mail. Author publishes a companion e-book called the Online World Handbook. WWW - http://login.eunet.no/~presno/index.html +SUCK - Harsh commentary on the net from two deeply cynical Hotwired staffers. Lots of fun even though they sold out to the great corporate multiplex they slam regularly. WWW - http://www.suck.com/ +TASTY BITS FROM THE TECHNOLOGY FRONT - Terrible name, but TBTF is a solid twice-weekly pub with an emphasis on commere on the net. WWW - http://www.atria.com/~dawson/tbtf/archive/current-issue.html +WEBSURF - Web-based magzine, largely about non-net stuff, but offers some links and Web-publishing advice. WWW - http://www.crl.com/~whisper/WEB1TOC.html +!WOW! - Weird Online World has gone through a couple of iterations from a staffer at Web Week, but when it comes out it's got pretty good news and commentary about the net. WWW -http://www.dorsai.org/~tristan/MAG/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-REPURPOSED-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=- Print magazines and newsletters covering the net offer resources of uneven quality online as well. Web Week and Simba are the best, while press-release- driven sites like Interactive Age (yes, it's not quite dead yet) are lame. BBS MAGAZINE WWW - http://www.bbsmag.com BOARDWATCH WWW - http://www.boardwatch.com COWLES/SIMBA MEDIA DAILY WWW - http://www.mecklerweb.com/simba/internet.htm D.COMM WWW - http://www.d-comm.com/ INFOBAHN WWW - http://www.postmodern.com/ INTER@CTIVE WEEK WWW - http://www.interactive-week.ziff.com/~intweek/ INTERACTIVE AGE WWW - http://techweb.cmp.com:80/techweb/ia/current INTERNAUT WWW - http://www.zilker.net/users/internaut/index.html INTERNET WEEK WWW - http://www.phillips.com/pbi/iw/index.html INTERNET WORLD WWW - http://www.mecklerweb.com/mags/iw/iwhome.htm .NET WWW - http://www.futurenet.co.uk/netmag/net.html NETGUIDE WWW - http://techweb.cmp.com:80/techweb/ng/current ONLINE DESIGN WWW - http://www.cea.edu/online.design/ ONLINE MAGAZINE WWW - http://www.online-magazine.com ONLINE WORLD MONITOR WWW - http://login.eunet.no/~presno/monitor.html WEB DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL WWW - http://www.awa.com/nct/software/eleclead.html WEB WEEK WWW - http://www.mecklerweb.com/mags/ww/wwhome.htm WIRED WWW - http://www.hotwired.com/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-How to Get the Internet Press-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ONCE: E-MAIL - To: ipress-request@northcoast.com Subject: archive Body: send ipress WWW - http://www.northcoast.com/savetz/ipress.html REGULAR UPDATES E-MAIL - To: ipress-request@northcoast.com Subject: subscribe Body: ignored USENET - alt.internet.services, alt.culture.internet, alt.etext -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Legal, Ethical and Moral Stuff-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Copyright 1996 Kevin M. Savetz and John M. Higgins. This list may be redistributed for no profit provided that the article and this notice remain intact. This article may not under any circumstances be resold or redistributed for compensation of any kind without prior written permission from Kevin Savetz and John M. Higgins. That includes publication by magazine or CD-ROM. But if you're interested, talk to us. We write for a living, after all. ###end of document###