Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 13:37:29 EST From: "Rob Slade, Social Convener to the Net" Subject: "NetPages" by Aldea Communications BKNETPAG.RVW 950313 "NetPages", Susan Estrada, 1994, U$5.95 %A Susan Estrada susan_estrada@aldea.com %C 2380 Camino Vida Roble, Carlsbad, CA 92009 %D 1994 %I Aldea Communications, Inc. %O U$5.95 +1-619-943-0101 fax: +1-619-929-0580 info@aldea.com %P 214 %T "NetPages" Godin and McBride did the "1994 Internet White Pages" (cf. BKINTWHP.RVW) and haven't yet attempted an update. Hahn and Stout claim the "original" (cf. BKINTYLP.RVW), and New Riders the "official" (cf. BKNRYLPG.RVW), "Yellow Pages", both of which are in their second editions. Now, Aldea has produced blue, white and yellow NetPages in one volume. It is my understanding that NetPages is intended to be supplied like the phone book, with both hardcopy and online versions being provided free of charge and the project to be funded by the sale of advertising. (My copy, labelled "Spring 1995", was also marked "$5.95".) I assume this is the first edition: for a network directory, it is very slim. The blue pages are a remarkably cogent and concise "at a glance" guide to the Internet. Email components, mailing lists, codes of conduct, good references, and business on the Internet are covered quickly, but with all the major points covered. (The bibliography is terrible, but you can't have everything.) The white pages have first business, and then individual, listings. This is very handy in terms of finding people, but an additional page colour might be of benefit here, to distinguish the two sections. The listing system is automated; you send email to np-add@aldea.com, so there are frequent errors. (Send email to np-faq@aldea.com to get details of the submission format.) In this version, there are fewer than 160 companies listed in the yellow pages. The information in the book states that it will be published twice annually. For information on availability, send email to np-pickup@aldea.com. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995 BKNETPAG.RVW 950313 ============= Vancouver roberts@decus.ca | "If a train station Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca | is where a train Research into rslade@cyberstore.ca | stops, what happens User Rob_Slade@mindlink.bc.ca | at a workstation?" Security Canada V7K 2G6 | Frederick Wheeler