"...like being dropped on 42nd Street in New York at three in the morning and told, 'It's all here. All YOU have to do is find it!"It can be a very intimidating, to say the least.
Thankfully, help is available, both in the form of classes and online tutorials.
Computer dealers, service providers, independent consultants, even community colleges and continuing education facilities in your area all now offer training and help with the tangled maze of the Internet. You need to check into each and see which is rig ht for you.
Some provide only a minimum explanation of how to set up software, while others give a thorough overview of the structure of the Internet as well as a list of resources for making your introduction pleasant and infinitely more valuable.
In addition, there are tutorials online which cover every area of the Internet. There are tutorials on how to create Web pages, how to use the various facilities of the Internet, even tutorials on what to do -- and what NOT to do in writing e-mail or responding to other's messages.
Likewise, Crispen's new undertaking with Bob Rankin -- The Internet Tourbus -- does precisely what the name implies: it carries participants on a tour of new and exciting sites on the Internet they mi ght not have otherwise found. It has visited such points of interest as the Nando Times, the Library of Congress, Four11 (Internet White Pages), the Internet Mall, "This Old House," Free Stuff, Kids' Stuff and SPAM.
Look at the links in this lesson as brochures on points of interest and pocket tourist guides to points of interest along the way.
Patrick Crispen's Internet Roadmap
The Internet Tourbus
Beginner's Luck
Modem Tutorial
The Online World
EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet
Zen and the Art of the Internet
Surfing the Internet
Cyber Atlas
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