Amazon.co.uk Review
The Internet moves at lightening speed and if you are new to the online world it can be a touch intimidating. However, as Angus Kennedy makes clear in
The Rough Guide to the Internet 2001, you don't need to know much before you can find your way around all the different sites.
The first half of this pocket-sized book covers the basics, with step-by-step instructions on everything you will need to know from choosing an Internet service provider to building your own Web site and the second part is a condensed listing of Web sites to get you going.
The style of this smart book is very refreshing. Kennedy does not mince his words and his guide is likely to turn you into a net guru in next to no time. This updated edition is packed with practical advice including the latest on MP3s, information on how to log on while you are on the road and also includes a concise potted history of the Web.
If Tony Blair was serious about getting the UK online he would insist that everyone got a copy of this book in their Christmas stockings. --Justin Hunt
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Marek Kohn, Independent on Sunday, London, UK
A rare, if not unique, instance of a net guide I can recommend without embarrassment to the unwired.
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The Daily Telegraph, London, UK
Turn on, tune in, get lost, read this.
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Newsweek, USA
Smarter than Dummies.
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Business Computer World
If you missed out on the first two editions, buy this one today.
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Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Warning: superlative zone ahead. Sorry, but it's unavoidable, this is a seriously good book....the best, in fact...simply the best 10 bucks anyone thinking about connecting to the net, or who is already on it, could spend...nothing rough about this guide...a paragon of concise writing.
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The Australian
Written in clear, no-nonsense guidebook form, it cuts through the hype and jargon...makes all other internet publications look like nerdy textbooks.
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Sunday Times, London, UK
Widely acclaimed by professional surfers as the best of its kind.
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Amateur Photographer, UK
A little, pocket treasure.
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Times Educational Supplement, London, UK
Guarantees to make the average cyberspace traveller a net guru in the shortest possible time.
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Daily Mail, London, UK
The perfect last-minute filler. . .guaranteed to have the un-nerdiest connected up before the year is out.
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Personal Computer World, UK
A pocket miracle.
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Andrew Hatton, he Bookseller, 17 July 1998, UK
Anyone who isn't ordering and selling this title by the lorry load shouldn't be running a bookshop.
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Amazon.com
Hip and compelling...reflects all the latest changes and fads...a perfect balance of serious, tech-heavy background tutorial and cutting edge yellow-page guide for the 21st century.
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Product Description
This guide aims to provide the reader with everything they need to know about the Internet, from getting connected to building your own webpage. It also covers online shopping, internet radio and music, including a guide to navigating the MP3 maze, as well as the next generation browsers.
What PC & Software, UK
Perfect, pocket-sized navigation tool...a must-have.
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The Bookseller, UK
No. 1 bestselling classic. Stock by the lorry load.
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Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph, London, UK
The book that has been my constant companion all year is Angus Kennedy's Rough Guide to the Internet 2000 - a staggering bargain at £6.
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Woman's Day, 18 January 1999, Australia
Crammed with practical advice, trouble-shooting tips, step-by-step tuition and loads of website addresses...best thing is that it cuts through the jargon.
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About the Author
A perpetual traveller, Angus Kennedy divides his time between summers in Europe, summers somewhere in the tropics and summers in his beach shack on the Queensland coast. Unreliable, irresponsible and unemployable, he resorted to writing, helping found Internet Magazine in 1995. The Rough Guide to the Internet was his first book.
Excerpted from The Rough Guide to the Internet 2003 (Mini Rough Guides) by Angus J. Kennedy. Copyright © 2002. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
51 THINGS TO DO WITH THIS BOOK
There’s more stuff on the Internet than you could explore in a lifetime. So where do you start? Here, in no particular order, are 51 ways to idle away your hours online.
1. Look yourself up on the Web
2. Re-ignite an old flame
3. Deactivate an alien implant
4. Get fresh with the US President
5. Go undercover
6. Dig up dirt on a movie star
7. Flirt with a stranger
8. Land a cushy job
9. Cast a voodoo spell
10. Join a kooky cult
11. Kick butt
12. Tune in to foreign radio
13. Find out if you’re hot or not
14. Bid for a bargain
15. Host an online party
16. Find out how much you’re worth
17. Relocate to Mars
18. Confirm that you’re mad
19. Plot an exotic adventure
20. Cast no doubt on your ancestry
21. Become a whiz with nuclear arms
22. Cheat your way through college
23. Stock up on frilly bras
24. Keep up with your hometown gossip
25. Find an aerial photo of your house
26. Cook up a treat
27. Toilet-train your cat
28. Secretly watch sport at work
29. Nab your crushed one
30. Prove you were right
31. Track down a killer novel
32. Build your own computer
33. Seek legal advice
34. Obey the Interplanetary Council
35. Watch a live police chase
36. Clone a companion
37. Start your own magazine
38. Sort out your weeds
39. Show off your baby snaps
40. Consult a mad scientist
41. Become a minister of the Universal Life Church
42. Indulge in hypochondria
43. Send a postcard from Timbuktu
44. Take a closer look at beer
45. Start an argument
46. Sit in on a live gig
47. Master your own music CD
48. Make your first billion
49. Then spend it on a submarine
50. Email a smoochy tune
51. Admit you have a problem
