Received: from ATHENA-AS-WELL.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA07451; Mon, 16 May 94 00:52:16 EDT Received: from auvm.american.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA29555; Mon, 16 May 94 00:52:15 EDT Message-Id: <9405160452.AA29555@MIT.EDU> Received: from AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU by AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7417; Mon, 16 May 94 00:49:48 EDT Received: from AMERICAN.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@AUVM) by AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 5190; Mon, 16 May 1994 00:16:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 13:03:43 +0200 Reply-To: Odd de Presno Sender: Technology Transfer in International Development From: Odd de Presno Subject: ** shareware book about the online world ** X-To: DEVEL-L@american.edu To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L For immediate release: THE ONLINE WORLD shareware book <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>. The online ASCII version (Fifth release, May 11, 1994) The Internet is moving so fast that printed books are obsolete the moment they appear in print. Not so with The Online World shareware book. A new version appears every second month. From his electronic cottage in Norway, author Odd de Presno advises on the practical use of the GLOBAL online information resource. He explores selected applications across continent, country, network and service boundaries to show how user needs can be met. His examples range from databases to entertainment and the bizarre to special services for professionals and organizations. He shares insights on the use of major global networks and services as the Internet, Usenet, BITNET, Fidonet, Echo, CompuServe, DIMDI, NIFTY-Serve, and others. de Presno has more than 20 years of experience with online services, both as a service provider and a heavy user. In his spare time, he runs KIDLINK, a global network for kids 10 - 15 years of age. Since he founded it in 1990, over 23,000 kids in 60 countries have participated in the programs. Since the book's last release in March, it has a further strengthened focus on resources in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and Europe. It has new pointers to powerful filtering services, resources on Sudan, Czech economy, NAFTA, The Maastricht Treaty, UNICEF, databases on Japanese technology, Teikou's company profiles, Yomiuri Shimbun, Tradstat, Dow Jones News/Retrieval's offerings on Japan, La Vie Francaice, La Stampa, Wall Street Journal Europe, Nouvel Economiste, The Islamic Computer Resource Guide, how to read encyclopedias online, and more. ANNOUNCING THE ONLINE WORLD MONITOR. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> The Online World Monitor newsletter is a bi-monthly, ASCII online product. While the book describes the online world as it is, the newsletter tracks changes. It can more freely focus on selected offerings or phenomena than can be done within the strict framework of the book. The newsletter contains tales about discoveries that never made it to the book...Glimpses of the changes in the online world...Trends... Spotlight on important new developments around the world. Volume 1 Number 1 has the following contents: Watch this! The batch approach to networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Odd de Presno's favorite findings since the last update of The Online World shareware book. Worth your attention: Spotlight on important developments . . . . . . . 2 Telnet to CompuServe. SimTel. Live voice conversations over the Internet. Pointers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Interesting conferences, newsgroups, and resources Changes - sic transit gloria mundi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Services come and go, change names, move to other "homes". What the heck is going on? For more bakground information : <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> The easy way ------------ Gopher to cosn.org. Select: Networking Information/Reference/The Online World. The gopher at wuecon.wustl.edu 671 lets you read "The Online Book by Chapter/", and has the choice "SEARCH Online Book ." Select "Online Book" from the main menu. For information about KIDLINK, gopher kids.ccit.duq.edu 70 . Information by email -------------------- The following information is available by email to LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU (or LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 on BITNET) . Send the following type of command in the TEXT of your mail to retrieve (the subject line is ignored) : GET Replace and by the names of desired files from the list below. Archive File What does this file contain? ------ ------- ---------------------------- TOW INDEX The Online World book's contents TOW WHERE How to retrieve The Online World shareware book by modem? TOW OPRESNO Who is Odd de Presno? TOW WHATSNEW The book's update history. TOW MONITOR Information about The Online World Monitor newsletter TOW PRESS394 The March 1994 press release KIDLINK GENERAL What is KIDLINK? Example: To get the file INDEX, use the command GET TOW INDEX Personal attention ------------------ Write me at opresno@extern.uio.no , or by fax to +47-370-27111 , and I will reply as soon as possible. Thanks, Odd de Presno (Author, publisher, Norwegian)