Amer Neely
Web Mechanic

The following articles appeared in Content London, a publication of Information London, about the Internet scene, where I had an ongoing series titled "Internet Basics".

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"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

"Privacy, Security & Encryption"
Is it possible?

"What is Bandwidth?"
Think you know?

"SPAM : Scourge of the Internet"
Don't get me started.

"DOING BUSINESS ON THE WEB" [PDF]
A 'micro-guide' to, well, doing business on the web.

"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.