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THANK YOU FOR INQUIRING ABOUT THE ROADMAP FOR THE INFORMATION
SUPERHIGHWAY INTERNET TRAINING WORKSHOP
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WHAT IS ROADMAP?
Roadmap is an Internet training workshop designed to teach
new "Net travelers" how to travel around the rapidly expanding
(and often times confusing) "Information Superhighway" without
getting lost.
Using the latest information available coupled with guest lectures
from some of today's most respected Internet leaders, Roadmap
is one of the most talked-about Internet training workshops in
history!
... and, best of all, it's absolutely FREE!!!!!
HOW LONG WILL ROADMAP LAST?
The Roadmap for the Information Superhighway workshop originally
lasted six weeks. However, the workshop is entirely self-paced
and you can go through the workshop in as little or as much time
as you want!
CAN I SHARE THE ROADMAP LESSONS WITH MY FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS?
SURE! While the workshop lessons are Copyrighted, I have absolutely
no problem with your sharing the workshop lessons with anyone that
you want -- provided that you not make any money off of my lessons
(I can't make any money off if this workshop, so neither can you).
I also ask that you tell your friends and co-workers that the
lessons are being distributed by you and not by me, and that you
give credit where credit is due (and if you have time to correct
some of the typos, that would be even better!).
CAN I ARCHIVE THE ROADMAP LESSONS ON MY SITE'S FTP, GOPHER, OR WEB
SERVER?
As long as you are able to meet the requirements listed above,
I would be honored if you did this. I do have one additional
request if you plan to do this, though: please archive the
ENTIRE workshop on your site, and rewrite the lessons so that
your users are using *your* archive and not the University of
Alabama's. This will help lighten the load on Alabama's system
incredibly.
CAN I REWRITE THE ROADMAP LESSONS SO THAT THEY MEET THE PARTICULAR NEEDS
OF MY SITE OR MY SITE'S USERS?
Absolutely.
A FINAL NOTE FROM PATRICK CRISPEN:
WELCOME TO ROADMAP! Never in my wildest dreams did I expect that
over 62,000 people from 77 countries would sign up for the first
three Roadmap workshops. I guess there may be some truth in the
"Roadmap is the Woodstock of the Internet" comment that someone
recently sent me :)
My goal for the Roadmap workshop is to not only teach you some
of the basic skills that you will need to travel on the Information
superhighway, but also to teach you who you can turn to for help
if you ever get lost. So, I guess it's time for your first dreaded
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT ("oh nooooooo!!!")!
I want you to find the name and telephone number of your
local Internet provider. Your local Internet provider is
the school, company, or organization that is giving you access
to the Internet (or, for some of you, access to e-mail).
I also want to you find the telephone number and e-mail address
of some person (or group of people) at your local Internet
provider that will be there to answer your questions. If you
are lucky, your local Internet provider will even have a "Help
Desk" staffed with people paid to answer your questions.
That's your first assignment. Find the name and telephone number
of your local Internet provider, and find the name, telephone
number, and e-mail address of either your local Internet provider's
help desk or someone who works for your local Internet provider who
can help you if ever have any questions.
Now, what do I want you to do with this information? Well, DO
NOT send your answers to me! We'll talk about "mail bombs" during
the second week of the course, but suffice it say that if all
of you sent me your responses the results to my poor little
e-mailbox would be quite comical. DO NOT -- REPEAT DO NOT -- SEND
YOUR ANSWERS TO ME. Besides, what good would the name and phone
number of YOUR local Internet service provider do me?
I want you to write you answers down on a small card, and put
that card in your wallet or purse. In a few weeks, I'm going to ask
you to pull out your card and ... well, we'll get to that later :)
The Roadmap workshop is the individual effort of Patrick Crispen, who is
solely responsible for its content (including all of the typos). Additional
support is provided by the University of Alabama's College of Arts and
Sciences.
PATRICK DOUGLAS CRISPEN THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS LETTER DO NOT
PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - TUSCALOOSA
ROADMAP: COPYRIGHT PATRICK CRISPEN 1994. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.