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Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 08:56:16 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Savetz)
Subject: Internet Press - Version 1.5

Last-Modified: 1995/4/16
Version: 1.5

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                             The Internet Press
            A guide to electronic journals about the Internet
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                      Version 1.5 - 16 April, 1995
                by Kevin M. Savetz - [e-mail]
             and John M. Higgins - [e-mail]
This document is copyright 1995 by Kevin M. Savetz and John M. Higgins. All
     rights reserved. More legal stuff is near the end of this file.
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  +Additions: +@ The Edge; +Cybersurfing; +Globetrotter; +Internet Sex Surfer
News; +Online World Monitor; +Science & Engineering Network News; +The Virtual
Mirror +Webnews; +Websurf
  #Updates:
  -Deleted: Scout Report (temporarily [?] gone do to changes at InterNIC)

  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.

  WHY THE WEB SUCKS: For publishing, that is. After spending months
finding, reading and reviewing E-zines it's clear that the best way to
publish is to put it right in my hands. Oh, if you want spiffy graphics
the Web can't be beat. But a magazine is all about the text. Making a
magazine Web-only -- forcing the reader to remember the publishing
schedule and go hunt for it is like printing a newspaper by only making it
available in libraries.

  FEEDBACK Y'ALL: Let us know about any other good e-journals or
newsletters discussing the Internet, paid or free. Send details and copies
to [e-mail] and [e-mail].

HOW TO GET THE INTERNET PRESS ONCE:
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: archive
  Body: send ipress

HOW TO GET PERIODIC UPDATES TO THE INTERNET PRESS:
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: subscribe
  Body: ignored
USENET - alt.internet.services, alt.culture.internet, alt.etext

  MUST-READS (Guides, newsgroups, etc): alt.internet.services; Net-
Happenings mailing list (or comp.internet.net-happenings); Yanoff's Special
Internet Connections List; NetSurfer Digest.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=TIPSHEETS=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

  COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (Free): 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 (free): Monthly newsletter from the
Electronic Frontier Foundation aimed at picking up where the EFF's
Guide to the Internet (formerly the Big Dummy's Guide) left off.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  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, [e-mail]

  INTERNET-ON-A-DISK (Free): So-so newsletter on public domain electronic
texts, books, government manuals, etc. Also includes pointers to some
other resources.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Newsletter request
  Body: subscribe Internet-On-A-Disk your@address

  INTERNET RESOURCES (Free): Web-only newsletter produced by Heriot-Watt
University Library. Although aimed primarily 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 register 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 - [e-mail]

  NEW ON THE INTERNET (Free): Completely different from the
similarly-named $$$ pub. A decent collection of pointers and ideas, though
a bit on the breathless side.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail].
 Subject: None
 Body: None; mail kicks back the latest issue.

  NETSURFER DIGEST (Free): An interesting startup that crisply
reviews a wide range of net topics and resources. For example, one issue
discussed some interesting disagreements among the net.gods, pointed to a
furious thread on anti-feminsim that had broken out on alt.mens-rights,
and offered pointers to a few cool publications.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
   Subject: Ignored
   Body: subscribe nsdigest-html              (Recommended!)
or Body: subscribe nsdigest-text
WWW - http://www.netsurf.com/nsd/index.html
FTP - ftp://ftp.netsurf.com/pub/nsd/

  +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: [e-mail]

  +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/

  WEBster ($$$) - Good news and commentary on Internet happenings as well
as excellent tool and URL roundups make this a winner. E-mail document
retrieval system only sends the articles you are interested in.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ignored
  Body: Ignored
HUMAN CONTACT - [e-mail]

  +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 of St. Patrick.
WWW - http://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu:70/webNews.80

  THE WEB WORD - This startup monthly aims to give pointers like the top
10 web sites, news, and how-to tips. Pretty good. Quizzically, it's only
available by e-mail at launch. Long.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ignored
  Body: intro Your@address Your Name

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  +@ THE EDGE - Surprisingly good effort coming from a net hound in NYC.
Well-done news and commentary about the net.
WWW - http://www.dorsai.org/~tristan

  +CYBERSURFING - Regular column appearing in The Age, a daily Australian
paper and written by Jason Romney. Worth checking out.
WWW - http://werple.mira.net.au/~jromney/
HUMAN CONTACT - [e-mail]

  BITS AND BYTES (Free): 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: [e-mail]
  Subject: ignored
  Body: SUBSCRIBE bits-n-bytes   [case matters!]
GOPHER - gopher.dana.edu: /Electronic Journals
FTP - ftp.dana.edu: /periodic

  CYBERWIRE DISPATCH (Free): Very high quality coverage of the Internet and
cyberspace. Editor Brock Meeks (a reporter for Interactive Week)
became famous by getting sued for libel by a "make.money.fast"-type. Short.
Soon to become part of HotWIRED.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ignored
  Body: subscribe cwd-l
USENET - comp.society.privacy
GOPHER - cyberwerks.com
WWW - http://cyberwerks.com

  EFFECTOR (Free): The Electronic Frontier Foundation's membership
newsletter, great for telecom policy updates. Short
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ignored
  Body: subscribe your@address effector-online
USENET - comp.org.eff {preferred!}
GOPHER - gopher.eff.org
FTP - ftp.eff.org

  DIGITAL FUTURE - ($$$) Formerly FYI, a well-written pub covering a range
of Internet topics that seems focused on the commercial aspects of the net.
One recent issue addressed Compu$erve's push into Internet access, a new
net catalog venture, and the creation of a new cyberspace magazine. Nicely
done, but seems too reliant on press release stuff. You can decide for
yourself since free samples and an abridged version are readily available.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: fyi
  Body: Humans here, ask nicely
GOPHER - marketplace.com
Human contact: [e-mail]

  +GLOBETROTTER - British Web-based bi-monthly featuring news about the net.
Nothing dramatic and there's too much stuff about other topics, though (OJ,
e.g.).
WWW - http://www.dungeon.com/~globe

  HOTWIRED (Free): 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

  INTERNET ADVERTISING REVIEW (Free) -- 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: [e-mail]
  Subject: REVIEW2

  INTERNET INDEX: A shameless and very well executed imitation of Harper's
Index compiling interesting net stats.
WWW - http://www.openmarket.com/info/internet-index/current.html
EMAIL - [e-mail]
  Subject: ignored
  Body: subscribe internet-index

  INTERNET MONTHLY REPORT (Free): 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: [e-mail]
  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

  JASBITS (Free): Computer and net miscellanea. What it lacks in newsiness
it makes up in entertainment value.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  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: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ask nicely
  Body: Humans here
GOPHER - gopher.tic.com
WWW - http://www.tic.com
FTP - ftp.tic.com

  META MAGAZINE (Free): 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

  NETWORK OBSERVER (Free): Monthly commentary and bits about the net.
Lengthy.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: subscribe Your Name
  Body: NADA

  NETWORKS & COMMUNITY (Free): The emphasis here is on "community" in
Internet-land. Short and less techie than you might expect. Too much
excerpting from other net sources.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: ignored
  Body: SUBSCRIBE YOUR NAME
GOPHER - gopher.well.sf.ca.us /Community/Civic Nets

  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 - [e-mail]

  NSF NETWORK NEWS (Free): Bi-monthly news on the real nuts and bolts of
the net. Mucho techie, but one issue had a good overview to telecom
legislation in Congress.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ignored
  Body: SUBSCRIBE NSF-NETWORK-NEWS)
GOPHER - is.internic.net: InterNIC Info.../About InterNIC Info...
WWW - http://www.internic.net/newsletter

  +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

   +WEBSURF - Web-based magazine, largely about non-net stuff, but offers some
links and Web-publishing advice.
WWW - http://www.crl.com/~whisper/WEB1TOC.html

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Legal, Ethical and Moral Stuff-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

  Copyright 1994-1995 Kevin M. Savetz and John M. Higgins. This list may be
redistributed 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.

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