-
Hobbes' Internet Timeline, by Robert H'obbes' Zakon, Internet Evangelist,
The MITRE Corporation. A comprehensive and useful history of the development
of the Internet.
- Hardy : The
History of the Net, written by Henry Edward Hardy, September 1993.
- whatis.com, a very useful
site providing clear and concise definitions of many technical Internet
terms and acronyms.
- The Cyberpunk Information
Database, a useful list of links about cyberspace and cyberpunk.
Maintained by the Cyberpunk Project.
- Internet Domain
Names: Whose Domain Is This?, by Robert Shaw. An informative article
on the policy issues surrounding the administration of Domain Names.
- Universal Access
To E-Mail : Feasibility and Societal Implications, RAND Report by
Robert H. Anderson, Tora K. Bikson, Sally Ann Law, Bridger M. Mitchell.
-
Economic FAQs About the Internet, by Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason and
Hal R. Varian. A definitive resource on the economic issues of the Internet.
- Telecom
Information Resources on the Internet, a very comprehensive directory
of resources maintained by Jeff MacKie-Mason and Juan Riveros, University
of Michigan, USA.
- Search Engine Watch,
by Danny Sullivan. Comprehensive information on all aspects of Web search
engines.
- Electronic Commerce Policy,
US Department of Commerce.
- Information for
Internet Service Providers by Randy Benn, including useful pointers
to information on Internet infrastructure and maps.
- The "Siliconia" listing of places
claiming to be "Silicon ..something..", by Keith Dawson at the Tasty
Bits from he Technology Front (TBTF).
Currently, they've collected 51 Siliconia associated with 72 different
geographical locations worldwide, the most popular Silicon Prairie.
- Lloyd's
satellite constellations, useful and comprehensive Web resource
on the new and planned satellite systems such as Iridium and Teledesic.
Maintained by Lloyd Wood, Centre for Communication Systems Research,
University of Surrey, UK.
- Jakob Nielsen's useit.com
contains valuable information on the creating and maintaining usable
web sites and online resources.
- A couple of short articles from Boardwatch
Magazine that reveal just how unimpressive and mundane the core
Internet infrastructure really is.
Some Mailing Lists
- The Mapping-Cyberspace discussion list, operated by Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin.
- The GEOGCOMM mailing
list. An international discussion list for those interested in Communications
and Information Geography run by Stan Brunn and Jon Taylor at the University
of Kentucky. To join the discussion send your subscribe message to listserv@lsv.uky.edu
- The TELECOM-CITIES
mailing list, run by Anthony Townsend in the Taub Urban Research
Center, New York University.
- The NUA Internet Surveys Email.
Some Useful RFCs (Request for Comments)
-
The Hitchhikers
Guide to the Internet, (RFC 1118), by Krol E., September 1989.
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Guidelines for
Internet Measurement Activities, (RFC 1262), Cerf V.G., October 1991.
-
A Measurement Study of
Changes in Service-Level Reachability in the Global TCP/IP Internet: Goals,
Experimental Design, Implementation, and Policy Considerations, (RFC
1273), Schwartz M., November 1991.
-
Internet Growth
(1981-1991), (RFC 1296), Lottor M., January 1992.
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A Historical Perspective on the Usage of IP Version 9, (RFC 1606), Onions J., April 1994.
-
DNS Encoding of
Geographical Location, (RFC 1712), by Farrell C. et al, November 1994.
- To Be "On" The Internet, (RFC 1775), by Crocker D., March 1995.
-
A Means for Expressing
Location Information in the Domain Name System, (RFC 1876), by Davis
C. et al, January 1996.
-
What is the Internet,
Anyway?, (RFC 1935), by Quarterman J. and Carl-Mitchell S., April 1996.
-
GPS-Based Addressing and Routing, (RFC 2009), by Imielinski T. and Navas J., November 1996.
- (An index of all the RFC's.)
Some Relevant Courses
- A list of relevant
courses on themes of the geography of the information society is
maintained by Mark Wilson and the IGU commission.
- Course title: "GEO666:
Geography of Information", fall 2003; Lecturer: Narushige
Shiode; Institution: Department of Geography, SUNY Buffalo.
Course title: "Geography
of the Information Society", spring 2003; Lecturer: Paul Adams;
Institution: Department of Geography, The University of Texas at Austin.
- Course title: "Geographies
of cyberspace", spring 2003; Lecturer: Martin Dodge; Institution:
Department of Geography, University College London.
- Course title: "Geography
of the Information Society", fall 2001; Lecturer: Helen Couclelis;
Institution: Department of Geography, University of California Santa
Barbara.
- Course title: "Geographies
of cyberspace", fall 2002; Lecturer: Greg Downey; Institution:
School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Course title: "Virtual
Geographies", 2001; Lecturer: Andy Gillespie; Institution:
Department of Geography, Newcastle University.
- Course title: "The
Geography of Cyberspace", spring 2001; Lecturer: Michael W.
Longan; Institution: Gustavus Adophus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.
- Course title: "Mapping
Cyberspace", spring 2001; Lecturer: Mei-Po Kwan; Institution:
Department of Geography, Ohio State University.
- Course title: "Geographies
of the Information Society", spring 2001; Lecturer: Shannon
Crum; Institution: Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin.
- Course title: "Mapping
Cyberspace", winter 2001; Lecturer: Sara Fabrikant; Institution:
Department of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara.
- Course title: "Geography
of Cyberspace", fall 2000; Lecturer: Harvey J. Miller; Institution:
Department of Geography, University of Utah.
- Course title: "Geography
of Cyberspace", spring 2000; Lecturer: Susan Pomeroy; Institution:
Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley.
- Making
the Invisible Visible: A Lesson in Mapping the Mysteries of Cyberspace,
by Katherine Schulten and Lorin Driggs, from NY Times Daily Lesson Plans.
- Course title : "Geography
of the Information Economy and the Role of the Internet", Undergraduate
Workshop in Economic & Business Geography, Lecturer : Günter Krumme,
Institution : Department of Geography, University of Washington.
- Course title : "Interpreting
Cyberspace : Explorations in Virtual Geography", Lecturer : Susan
Garfinkel, Institution : Department of English, University of Pennsylvania.
- Course title : "Geography
of and on the Internet", Lecturer : David J. Robinson, Institution
: Department of Geography, Syracuse University.
- Course title : "Cyberspace:
The Geography and Planning of Virtual Worlds", Lecturer: Michael
Batty, Institution : Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University
College London.
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