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Electronic Media Resources

AnchorDesk
A daily column from ZDNet on a host of Internet topics: the technology, writing for the web, and more.

The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
Lists commonly used tags in the latest HTML specification, plus Netscape extensions.

A Beginner's Guide to HTML
Gives a step-by-step explanation of how to build a page.

Builder.com
Brought to you by CNET (The Computer Network), Builder.com provides information about computers, the Internet, and future technology.

Center for Digital Democracy
The Center for Digital Democracy is committed to preserving the openness and diversity of the Internet in the broadband era, and to realizing the full potential of digital communications through the development and encouragement of noncommercial, public interest programming.

DigitalEve
A professional-development group for women who work in Internet-related fields. DigitalEve is a national organization.

Encyclopedia Britannica Internet Guide
Encyclopedia Britannica editors select and organize web sites.

Guide to HTML Commands
An alphabetical listing of most of the HTML tags.

How to Build a Web page
This article from Access, a consumer Internet guide, spells out the basics clearly and concisely. It includes information on graphics, how URLs work, why you should know HTML even if you decide to buy web design software, and more.

InfoWorld Web Site Check-up
Information on setting realistic web site goals, link-checking tools, site analysis tools, and more.

International Webmasters Association
Provides and fosters professional advancement opportunities among individuals dedicated to or pursuing a Web career.

Internet.com
Daily news about the Internet, including Internet stocks, a Web Developer Channel, and more.

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICANN is an internationally organized, non-profit corporation that has responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic and country code Top-Level Domain name system management, and root server system management functions. These services were originally performed under U.S. Government contract by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and other entities. ICANN now performs the IANA function. As a private-public partnership, ICANN is dedicated to preserving the operational stability of the Internet; to promoting competition; to achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and to developing policy appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.

Internet Marketing Index
The Index saves you time with over 250 essential internet and web marketing resources on one handy banner free page. It is designed to let you comparison shop the different available resources, so the links will open in a new window.

Internet Press Guild
The Internet Press Guild (IPG) is a nonprofit organization promoting excellence in journalism about the Internet, online services, and bulletin board systems. The Guild's Web site is an information clearinghouse for reporters who wish to know more about aspects of the online world, such as the World Wide Web. The Guild also establishes ethical and stylistic standards for online media coverage that have been left unsettled by the media at large.

Internet Society
The ISOC is a professional membership society with more than 100 organization and over 20,000 individual members in over 180 countries. It provides leadership in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet, and is the organization home for the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure standards, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).

Internet Stats
Search site for information about Internet traffic, market research, demographics, e-commerce, design, search engines, etc.

Lynda.com
The site of web graphics expert Lynda Weinman. Includes advice on web color, and a very useful graphic that shows all the colors in the web-safe palette along with their hexadecimal and RGB specs. Also: links to other sites for web designers as well as sites with great graphic design and navigation to inspire you.

Newbie.net
"Where Newbies become Knowbies" Includes a "Cyber Course" with basics on all aspects of the Internet, from e-mail "Netiquette" to Telnet and Gopher to HTML.

Online Privacy Alliance
OPA supports self-regulatory initiatives that create an environment of trust and that foster the protection of individuals' privacy online and in electronic commerce.

Sharkey Soft
Tutorials and software. Especially recommended is Sharkey's Netscape Frames Tutorial. A quick and easy way to learn how frames work.

Uncle Netword's "Editorial Content on the Web" site
This site is an excellent, thoughtful introduction to writing for the web, with plenty of links to other informative sites. It includes a web style guide that's a good alternative to WiredStyle for publications with a non-technical audience.

Usability.gov
Clear and effective online communication to the public is a critical element in the overall communications strategy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This site was developed to specifically assist HHS Web managers, designers, and authors improve their overall communications and design efforts. However, since the general principles of good design and usability are applicable to anyone who works with information Web sites, the site is now available to other federal agencies and to the general public.

useit.com
The site of Jakob Nielsen, a Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer and the company's web usability guru. Particularly useful is his bi-weekly Alertbox column.

Webgrrls International
Association provides networking and skill-building opportunities for women who work in—or are just interested in—new media. There are several chapters around the country.

Web Economy BS Generator
Randomly combines business/tech phrases into sadly realistic buzzword phrases (examples: monetize sticky eyeballs; brand cutting-edge portals), according to Anne Stuart's No-Frills List of Resources for Writers and Editors at www.annestuartonline.com.

Web Monkey
HotWired's how-to guide for web developers.

World Wide Web Artists' Consortium
The World Wide Web Artists' Consortium is a global organization dedicated to encouraging education, collaboration and entrepreneurship in the individuals who make up our passionate membership. As an unbiased voice of the industry, WWWAC is committed to supporting the unprecedented growth of the Internet by creating opportunities for our members to succeed in their online endeavors.

World Wide Web Consortium
The group responsible for publishing revisions to the hypertext markup language (HTML). Check this site for the latest version.

ZDNet
Includes Web tutorials, plus Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk column, which often covers writing for the Web.

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