Useful links

This page is arguably obsolete in light of our Delicious experiment, but be sure to check out the first-rate resources are listed below.

Thinking

The Escapist

Ostensibly devoted to games, this magazine covers a wide range of topics related to digital culture. Some of the smartest, funniest writing about technology you can find anywhere. Better than Wired magazine in its heydey, which is saying quite a bit.

Wired

Fourteen years ago, the first issue of Wired Magazine hit the newsstands. Science fiction writer Bruce Sterlin appeared on the cover. This magazine clearly reflects the optimistic, libertarian, and transgressive spirit associated with Northern California. Many feel that the magazine jumped the shark during the dot.com boom, but it seems to have regained some of its spunky spirit during the past two years.

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Now in its ninth year, the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication is a peer-reviewed journal covering a wide variety of topics related to the academic study of new media.

The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS) nurtures the emerging field of cyberculture studies.

A strange hybrid of a discussion forum, web log, and wire service, Slashdot focuses on gadgets, the political ramifications of technology, open source software, developments from the frontiers of science, and geek culture.

For more than three years, designer Jefferey Zeldman has covered the cutting edge of web design. He pays particular attention to accessibility, web standards, and the political issues that plague development projects in the real world.

Trying to figure out why your tables don't show up in Netscape? Attempting to store user information in a cookie? Perplexed by strange JavaScript quirks that defy logic? Fire up a new browser window, and hop over to IRT. Chances are, you'll find what you're looking for.

Game Developer Magazine is "a print publication written specifically for creators of entertainment software, provides technical and industry information to over 35,000 professional game developers."