Internet Citizenship

"A mighty maze! but not without a plan"

Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, Epistle 1

Site map

Internet Citizenship can always be found at
http://purl.nla.gov.au/net/jod

This site contains information on:
The Internet ... Jonathan O'Donnell ... Role-playing games ... The metadata for this site ... Some other stuff.

What is this Internet thing?

• A listing of the tutorials on this site. "../tutorial/index.html"

Web technology for the near future

• "Web technology for the near future", a talk written by Charles McCathieNevile in 1999 for On-line @ RMIT III. Written by Charles McCathieNevile. "../rmit/index.html"
  • A simple explanation of the Resource Description Framework (RFDF). Part of "Web technology for the near future". "../rmit/rdf.html"
  • A simple description of Synchronised Multimedia Integration Language. Part of "Web technology for the near future". "../rmit/smil.html"
  • A simple description of Structured (or Sexy) Vector Graphics. Part of "Web technology for the near future". "../rmit/svg.html"
  • A simple description of eXtensible Markup Language. Part of "Web technology for the near future". "../rmit/xml.html"
  • A large graphic of a tiger's head, without any pixilation. Very nice and clear. This is what happens if you enlarge a vector graphic. Used in "Web technology for the near future". "../rmit/tiger.png"
  • A large graphic of a tiger's head, which is horribly pixilated. This is what happens if you enlarge a bitmap file. Used in "Web technology for the near future". "../rmit/tigere.png"
  • A small graphic of a tiger's head. Used in "Web technology for the near future". "../rmit/tigers.png"
  • A simple little cascading style sheet. Used in "Web technology for the near future". "../rmit/default.css"

Internet basics

• What the Internet is "../tutorial/is.html".
• What the Internet isn't "../tutorial/isnt.html".
• What can I do on the Internet? "../tutorial/can.html"
• What can't I do on the Internet? "../tutorial/cant.html"
• What is the World Wide Web? "../tutorial/web.html"
• If you use the Internet, think about giving something back. "../tutorial/giving.html"

Finding stuff on the Internet

• How you can find your way around the World Wide Web. "../tutorial/navigate.html"
• Finding information on the World Wide Web. "../tutorial/webfind.html"
• How you can find people on the World Wide Web. "../tutorial/people.html"
• How to find Web addresses "../tutorial/discover.html".
• Using the Internet to search library catalogs. "../tutorial/catalog.html"
• Finding journal articles using the Internet. "../tutorial/journal.html"
• Information on evaluating information that you find on the Web. "../tutorial/evaluate.html"
• Research techniques for using the Internet. "../library.html"
• How does Persian Kitty control what happens when you search for it on Yahoo!? The beginning of the Persian Kitty tutorial on trademarks and search engines. "../persian_kitty.html"
  • What sort of metadata can you use with Yahoo!? Part of the Persian Kitty tutorial on trademarks and search engines. "../clever_html.html"
  • Why is Persian Kitty a unique search term in Yahoo! A short tutorial in how trademarks work in search engines. Part of the Persian Kitty tutorial on trademarks and search engines. "../unique_site.html"
  • How does Yahoo! work? A short tutorial in how trademarks work in search engines. "../yahoo_works.html"
  • My experiment to get Yahoo! to register my Persian Kitty pages. The conclusion of the Persian Kitty tutorial on trademarks and search engines. "../experiment.html"

Working with others on the Internet

• A guide to communication possibilities on the Internet. "../latrobe.html"
• How electronic mail works. "../tutorial/email.html"
• Talking and typing to your friends using the Internet. "../tutorial/real.html"
• Collaborating with other people on the Internet. "../tutorial/collab.html"
• Using discussion groups and USEnet. "../tutorial/discuss.html"
• How mailing lists work. "../tutorial/lists.html"
• How USEnet news groups work. "../tutorial/usenet.html"

Publishing on the Internet

• RDF in HTML allows you to embed Dublin Core metadata into the body of your Web page. "../tutorial/naked-metadata.html"
• Wild metadata is a way to add other people's metadata to your pages. "../tutorial/naked-metadata.html"
• A guide to the possibilities of publishing on the Internet. "../publish.html"
• Planning your Web site - some principles of good practice. "../tutorial/plan.html"
• Guidelines for making your Web pages accessible to everyone. "../disability.html"
• How people read the Web. "../tutorial/read.html"
• How to provide your audience with real satisfaction. "../tutorial/satisfy.html"
• Separating structure from layout on your Web site. "../tutorial/structure.html"
• Effective writing for the Web. "../tutorial/write.html"
• Guidelines for choosing Web consultants, and providing them with instructions. "../consult.html"

Virtual Moreland

I used to be a member of Virtual Moreland. Virtual Moreland works with the Moreland community to promote the benefits of Internet use.

• Virtual Moreland committee meeting minutes for 26 April 1999. "../faculty/19990426.html"
• Virtual Moreland committee meeting minutes for 7 May 1999. "../19990507.html"
• Virtual Moreland committee meeting minutes for 19 May 1999. "../19990519.html"
• Virtual Moreland committee meeting minutes for 2 June 1999. "../19990602.html"
• Virtual Moreland used to provide training services. I assume that they still do. Sometimes they can tailor courses to suit your needs. "../train.html"

Who does this guy think he is?

• My contact details, and career highlights. The first page of my CV. "../cv.html"
  • Details of my formal education. Short courses that I have undertaken. Part of my CV. "../education.html"
  • Skills that I pretend that I have, so that I can do my job. Part of my CV. "../skills.html"
  • My employment history. Part of my CV. "../employ.html"
  • My referees, just in case you want to verify that I really am a real person. Part of my CV. "../referees.html"
• When you look yourself up on the Web, it is called 'ego surfing'. Here are my footprints on the Web. "../links.html"
• I designed (and used to run) a course for teachers, which is designed to encourage you to get a project on-line. "../trainer.html"

How does this site work?

• The front door to this site, Internet Citizenship, by Jonathan O'Donnell. "../index.html"
• My copyright statement. It is easier to read if you open up the source. "../copyright.html"
• Examples of all the Internet Citizenship styles. Any advice greatfully accepted.
• My cascading style sheet. Please note that you may need to save this file and look at the source code. It may not appear on the screen. "../jonathan.css", "css_example.html"
• This file. A site map to my Web site. "map.html"

Images

• This is the best picture of David Beanland, ex-Vice-Chancellor of RMIT, that you will ever see. The wonders of Photoshop! :-) ../images/beanland.jpg"

Other stuff

• Alex's first Web page. "../alex/Firstwebpage.htm"

Out of date

• A whole list of sites that I thought that I should read, but never have. "../study.html"
• A personal cascading style sheet that I sometimes use when printing Web pages. "print.css"

• A place to archive talks and papers that I have presented. Nothing on this page works, as at June 2000. "../talks/index.html"

• Out of date: clever_html.shtml. Replaced by clever_html.html
• Out of date: deploy.html. Replaced by employ.html
• Out of date: loot.html. Replaced by WebTeacher.org
• Out of date: latrobe_ToC.html. A table of contents for my guide to communicating on the Internet.