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- 075.06 Internet Digest - Matrix News by John S. Quarterman <jsq@tic.com>
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- Matrix News is a monthly paper newsletter about contextual issues
- related to computer networks; preferably issues that cross network,
- organizational, or political boundaries.
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- The first issue included an article on ``National Network Policy,''
- which has been followed by articles such as
- ``Exactly What is the NREN,'' by Jay Habegger,
- and by the guest editorials
- (called Martian Packets)
- ``Encouraging Equitable Competition on the Internet,'' by Mitchell Kapor,
- ``Public Institutions in an Electronic Society,'' by Steve Cisler,
- ``Walking the Beat in the Global Village,'' by Richard Civille.
- Steve Jackson's ``The Top Ten Media Errors About the SJ Games Raid''
- is also relevant.
- The monthly Network Policy Updates have mentioned
- the first EARN connection to Moscow and the passing of the NREN bill.
- Network policy is not just national, as indicated in
- R.R. Ronkin's ``Global Cyberspace -- Who Needs It.''
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- Every issue attempts to draw connections between technology,
- politics, and community, ranging from Smoot Carl-Mitchell's
- ``X.400 - Fact and Fancy,'' to John S. Quarterman's
- ``Networks from Technology to Community,''
- ``Boundaries, Resources and the Law,''
- ``Which Network, and Why It Matters,''
- and
- ``Analogy is Not Identity.''
- We also print reports from networked communities, such as artists in
- ``Cyber Art: The Art of Communication Systems,'' by Anna Couey
- or Billy Barron's ``Libraries on the Matrix''
- and ``BBSing Around the OuterNet.''
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- User and directory services are often covered, with the Martian Packet
- ``On the Need to Develop Internet User Services,'' by Peter Deutsch
- There were MIDS reports on the CNI and NSF Directory Services workshops,
- and the articles ``Strategies for Finding People on Networks''
- and ``Networks Are Volunteers.''
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- Issue 5 (August) was a theme issue on K-12 networking,
- with articles on KIDSNET, the electronic college classroom,
- and specific K-12 networking projects.
- Issue 8 (November) examines networks in Argentina in depth
- and reviews the program netfind.
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- Subscriptions are $30 for twelve monthly issues, or $20 for students.
- For overseas post, add $10. Back issues are $4 each.
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- John S. Quarterman is Editor, Matrix News, Matrix Information and Directory Services, Inc. (MIDS)
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