Amer Neely
Writing
These articles appeared in Content London, a publication of Information London, about the Internet scene, where I had an ongoing series titled "Internet Basics".
Please note:
Content London is no longer available.
All previous articles of mine at the Content London web site have been archived. My apologies for any inconvenience.
Please note that some of the information and links contained in these articles may be stale.
Internet Basics
"Information Technology a Powerful Medium"
September 1996 - Premier Issue. Vol. 1 #1
"Using Electronic Mail"
November 1996 Vol. 1 #2
"Weave Your Way Through the World Wide Web"
January 1997 Vol. 1 #3
"Go Fer it With Gopher"
March 1997 Vol. 1 #4
"Usenet News Helpful for Sharing Information"
May 1997 Vol. 1 #5
"FTP - Welcome to software paradise"
July 1997 Vol. 1 #6
"Archie, Just One of the Gang"
September 1997 Vol. 2 #1
"Compression saves bandwidth, disk space"
November 1997 Vol. 2 #2
"Virus Protection - Rx for Your PC"
January / February 1998 Vol. 2 #3
"Plugins, server push extend browsers' horizons"
March / April 1998 Vol. 2 #4
"The New Internet - CA*net II"
May / June 1998 Vol. 2 #5
Other Writing: Online & Otherwise
What Is Bandwidth?
Think you know?
Privacy, Security & Encryption
SPAM - Scourge of the Internet
Don´t get me started.
"Document Formatting 101"
A Microsoft Word 2000 document introducing some basic word processing concepts.
"Retrieving Files by ftpmail"
How to use email to retrieve files from anonymous ftp sites.
"History of the Internet"
A brief history.
"HTML For Ordinary People"
An introduction to HTML covering text formatting tags; lists; tables;
linking text; linking images; frames; and basic form elements. It
does not cover JavaScript handling or submission methods of forms. Includes
"PageBuilder", a Perl script that creates HTML on the fly based
on what the user enters in a form.
"Some Basic Guidelines to Site Design"
A 10-point guide covering some design considerations.