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Summary: A guide to electronic journals about the Internet
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                             The Internet Press
            A guide to electronic journals about the Internet
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                      Version 1.2 -  8 October, 1994
                by Kevin M. Savetz - [e-mail]
             and John M. Higgins - [e-mail]
This document is copyright 1994 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: +Everybody's Internet Update; +Internet Index; +Matrix News

  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.

  FEEDBACK Y'ALL: This is just an initial pass. 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: send ipress
Body: Ignored - put your request in the SUBJECT line or you'll just annoy Kevin.

HOW TO GET PERIODIC UPDATES TO THE INTERNET PRESS:
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: subscribe ipress
Body: Ignored - put your request in the SUBJECT line or you'll just annoy Kevin.
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; Scout Report.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=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 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: subscribe your@address net-guide
USENET - comp.org.eff.talk, alt.internet.services
FTP -  ftp.eff.org: /pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/Updates
HUMAN CONTACT - Adam Gaffin, [e-mail]

  NETSURFER DIGEST  (Free for now): 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. It's in beta testing
right now, so the addresses, etc., may change quickly. So may the price.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ignored
  Body: subscribe ns-digest-ascii firstname lastname
WWW - http://www.netsurf.com/nsd/index.html
FTP - ftp.netsurf.com/pub/nsd/

  SCOUT REPORT (Free): Forget building campfires. Scout Report is a weekly
featuring new resource announcements. News reports about the net were
promised but are pretty lean. Put out by gods at InterNIC.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ignored
  Body: Subscribe scout-report
GOPHER - is.internic.net
WWW - http://www.internic.net

  WEBster ($$$) - Another startup on the Web. Free for now. Has a really
clumsy retrieval system.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ignored
  Body: Ignored
HUMAN CONTACT - [e-mail]

  THE WEB WORD - This startup monthly aims to give pointers like the top
10 web sites, news, and how-to tips. Pretty good. Quizically, 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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  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

  FYI - ($$$) Well written (though blandly named), FYI covers 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
written, but worth $40 a year? Free samples readily available.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: fyi
  Body: Humans here, ask nicely
GOPHER - marketplace.com
Human contact: [e-mail]

  HotFLASH (Free): A shill sheet for Wired Magazine. Relentlessly
self-promotional and pretty lame. We're addicts to the print magzine, but
this weekly is a thinly-disguised press release. Blissfully short. The
editors promise us that it will soon become a "real" publication. Cyberwire
Dispatch will soon reside here.
E-MAIL-  To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Ignored
  Body: subscribe hotwired

  +INTERNET INDEX: A shameles 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

  THE INTERNET INFORMER (Shareware): A startup promising news from both the
 virtual and real worlds including topics like business, legal issues, "MuD
Times", "UseNet Life", etc. Ambitious, so it'll be interesting to see if
they can deliver. Seeking a $1 donation from subscribers.
E-MAIL - To: [e-mail]
  Subject: Subscribe
  Body: Subscribe Informer

  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: imryymm
  e.g., imr9409.txt = Sept. 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

  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
egislation 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

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  Copyright 1994 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
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CD-ROM. But if you're interested, talk to us. We write for a living, after
all.

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