[WEB4LIB] Re: How to keep up

[Daniel Messer]

In my opinion, Slashdot (commonly known as /.) is one of the all time best tech
sites on the web, closely followed by Ars Technica (www.arstechnica.com) and
Geeknews (www.geeknews.net)/ With those three sites, I get my daily dose of
what's happening now. :)

Dan

HTheyer wrote:

> slashdot.org  is a riot along with being useful.
>
> corrante "tech news, filtered daily" is also hot.
>
> Roy Tennant's Web managers reference center
>
> all are indexed into the LII (http://www.lii.org)
>
> Hillary Theyer
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Masters, Gary E" <GEM at CDRH.FDA.GOV>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:53 AM
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] How to keep up
>
> > I started out using Byte as my major source, if nothing else it was a
> great
> > catalog of who was selling what.  Then InfoWorld took over as a major
> source
> > of information.  During the 80's and early 90's, I could not miss an
> issue.
> > I even worried about Pammy.  PC Magazine was a good fill in for some areas
> > and reading Scientific American gave me a better idea of technology in
> > general.  Since I was in a science library, the IEEE journals and some
> > others (New Scientist, and even the New Yorker) kept me up to date.  Or as
> > much as I needed.
> >
> > However, InfoWorld does not review the same sort of products and the whole
> > field has shifted.  I don't manage a network anymore, but take care of a
> web
> > page and help people in our library use their computers.  It is getting
> > difficult to find a source of information that will help me solve the
> latest
> > questions I get about Microsoft office products, and my own about how to
> > manage and create a web page for our Intranet.  This group is probably my
> > best source of information, even when I just lurk.  I still like PC
> > magazine, but they have drifted (or I have) away from the same focus.
> There
> > used to be a time in the late 90's when I had to take every new issue to
> > work to try a few ideas out.
> >
> > So, to sum up, what are the best sources for a person who manages a web
> page
> > and does computer support for a Windows NT system?
> >
> > Is there another  list(s) that supplements this one?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > Gary E. Masters
> > Librarian (Systems)
> > CDRH - FDA
> > (301) 827-6893

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