Tricks of the Internet Gurus represents a monumental departure from ordinary Internet books. These authors are not just folks who decided to learn about the Internet to write a book; for them, it's a way of life! Here's a
quick rundown of material presented by these Internet movers-and-shakers.
Chapter 1: Connection Requirements—Kevin Barron examines just what is involved in making a connection.
Chapter 2: Access at All Costs—David Gulbransen and Steve Volan cover methods for those who just can't bear to be away from the Net. Sometimes access is easy, but what do you do when it isn't?
Chapter 3: Tricks of the Trade: Tools—Earl Fogel presents an overview of the tools no Internet guru should be caught without.
Chapter 4: Where's the Complaint Department?—Kevin Mullet discusses what Internet gurus do when they have a problem. What to do when good tools go bad?
Chapter 5: E-Mail—Even if you don't have a full Internet connection, an e-mail gateway can provide at least a partial fix. Philip Baczewski presents his perspective.
Chapter 6: Faxing from the Internet—Kevin Savetz presents some of the more fascinating ways to convert all-electronic communiques to the world of the fax.
Chapter 7: FTP—Philip Baczewski demonstrates what FTP gurus can accomplish.
Chapter 8: Telnet—Peter Scott reviews what it takes to become and remain a telnet guru.
Chapter 9: Usenet—James "Kibo" Parry offers survival advice for all Usenet gurus and junkies.
Chapter 10: WWW—Billy Barron helps you ensure guru status with coverage of one of the hottest- and fastest-growing Internet tools: the World Wide Web.
Chapter 11: Online Entertainment—Joseph Poirer and Tod Foley step beyond using muds and MOOs and into the world of programming your own.
Chapter 12: Listservs and Mailing Lists—Philip Baczewski demonstrates a guru's perspective of some of the most-enduring tools on the Internet.
Chapter 13: MBone: The Internet Multimedia Backbone—Kevin Mullet provides understanding of this growing, audio-visual branch of the Internet medium.
Chapter 14: Community Computing—Kevin Mullet covers the marriage of local society and the Internet.
Chapter 16: Veronica—Billy Barron covers everything needed to exploit this complex search tool.
Chapter 17: Discussion Forums—Philip Baczewski presents the best of this communications tool.
Chapter 18: Gopher—Billy Barron ensures you are never at the mercy of a Gopher.
Chapter 19: Internet in the Classroom—Dave Kinnaman explores the best ways to make educational use of the Internet.
Chapter 20: Business and Commerce—John Katsaros demonstrates how to conduct business on the Internet.
Chapter 21: Research on the Internet—Louis Rosenfeld and Joseph Janes show just how all of that information can be channeled into useful research.
Chapter 22: Art on the Internet—Kenneth Greenberg presents the Internet from a unique perspective: that of the artist.
Last but not least, Max Metral adds material on URLs, .sig files, and standards that no guru should be without.
Appendix A: Uniform Resource Locators
Appendix B: Signature Files
Appendix C: Standards and Where to Find Them