WELCOME!Wanna learn how to make better useof the internet? Within this webpage, I have attempted to show means to integrating the internet into your everyday life. This includes ways to make better use of email, your web browsing, and getting the information that is important to you. As well as some fun stuff too. :) The big question is... What are you looking for? If you know what you WANT from the internet, than the job is easy.. just go out and find it. But, for most, all of what the internet has to offer is not evident with one or two hours of surfing around. Its almost like, if you were to land in a large exotic island, and only walked around it for a few minutes, you would never see the splendor it really had to offer. The internet can comfortably co-exist alongside your telephone, postal (snail) mail, and transportation means. You just have to know how to engage it so that it can. As we travel into the future, this will become more easy, but for now, here are some suggestions to get started: |
Getting StartedThe first thing you need to do isdetermine what information you want. Currently, I find out information from the internet in the following areas
take in from traditional forms of media and seek it out on the web. Search tips Once you know what kinds of information you are looking for, actually homing in on it, can be rather difficult. Start by heading to your regional version of Yahoo! Since Yahoo! is a search directory, starting in a topic area and drilling down is extremely easy. Start, by example, by looking for your local newspaper. With the name in mind, start at News And Media, then newspapers, and continue to narrow down your target site by defining each category along the way, it belongs in. Do this for each of the items on your checklist. |
Essentials:Contained: Real Player, Windows Media PlayerNetMeeting, ICQ, WinAmp, GetRight, NeoPlanet  REAL PLAYER Real Player is an essential internet app. It allows you to listen to radio, music, streaming media and voice and it also enables both television, video and 'Macromedia Flash'. Most sites have the option of using either Real Player or Windows Media Player to view its content, but its best to have both.  WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER Windows Media Player is much the same as Real Player, with capabilities matching almost identically. Since some sites do not support the other, its best to have both on hand.  NETMEETING Netmeeting has it all. From free voice telephone calls to live video confereing. This application allows you to share a virtual chalboard, and it allows you to to do live voice or video with people in a chat room-like environment. It is suggested that you have at least a micro- phone, and a webcam allows you to take advantage of the video features. Shared desktop and file transferring is also available.  ICQ ICQ is a revolutionary communications tool that allows you to keep track of when friends, family and contacts arrive online. By keeping a list of your "contacts", ICQ alerts you when people you know come online, and it allows you to talk to them. There is also the opportunity to talk to random people and send and receive files as well.  WINAMP Winamp allows you to play various musical file formats, but specifically MP3. This application is a must to take advantage of all of the free .mp3 format music that is on the internet. NAPSTER ADOBE ACROBAT NEOPLANET WinZip Quicktime GETRIGHT Others: WS_Ftp UltraEdit |
Site ChoicesThe following are some of the bestthe web has to offer. EMAIL: mail service. delivered news based on chosen keyword(s). of attaching massive attachments to email. TOOLS:  Tools for the Canadians!: Way Cool: of sense relationships within the English language. Guides and Resources: that things work! telecom terminology. and internet terms. meanings Goto these sites, and if you don't have Flash, it will prompt you to download it. Download it.. trust me. :) Remember, playing games from work is BAD! :) |