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Knowledge – Specialist

Catch up on Technology, Products, Services relating to Computing and Telecom in particular

 

www.webtorials.com - Web based learning on Telecom

www.techguide.com - Guides on Technology

www.webproforum.com - Tutorials on Communications

www.whatis.com - Definitions of any IT term

www.privateline.com - History of telecom, independent writers

www.protocols.com - Communication protocols explained, but this is a company sponsored site

www.packetizer.com - Packet-switched conversational protocols (VoIP)

http://www.philzimmermann.com/essays-WhyIWrotePGP.shtml - Excellent essay on online privacy

www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~jain/ - Professor Raj Jain (Computer Science) of Ohio State University

www.incidents.org - The Internet Storm Center alike Weather reporting systems

http://rr.sans.org - Security Reading Room

www.cmpnet.com - Integrated media company covering the technology and healthcare industries

www.bcr.com - Communications and networking intelligence

www.telephonyonline.com - Telecom news for managers

www.telecomasia.net - Asia-pacific telecom news

www.commweb.com  - 3 magazines : Network Magazine, Communications Convergence, Call Center

www.wired.com - Top tech news

www.thestandard.com - E-business news

www.redherring.com - Analysis and reporting on the business of technology

 

 

Knowledge – Generic : Management

Dwell on B-school theories – Strategy, Finance, Economics, HR, Operations

 

www.brint.com - Global Knowledge Network for business, IT and other disciplines

www.fool.com - Finance news, tips

www.pfdf.org - The Peter Drucker Foundation for Non-profit Management

www.meansbusiness.com - Concept summaries of business ideas/books

www.cluetrain.com - The confluence of online markets and the people of Earth

www.managementlearning.com - Management exercises, articles, library, projects

www.thinkers50.co.uk - Global ranking of business gurus

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu - Knowledge @ Wharton

www.mckinseyquarterly.com - McKinsey’s Magazine

 

 

Knowledge – Generic : Non-management

Satiate the collegian curiosity – Science, Geography, History, Literature, Philosophy, Astronomy

 

www.howstuffworks.com - Encyclopedic collection of how anything in the universe works

www.world-newspapers.com - World newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English

www.cybergeography.com - Mapping the Internet and other cyber-spaces

www.nua.ie/surveys/how_many_online/index.html - How many online, and more ?

www.nationalgeographic.com - The National Geographic

www.fourmilab.ch - Science, Astronomy, Live map of Earth and Moon

www.symbols.com - Database of graphic symbols

www.smithsonianmag.si.edu - Explore Arts, Science, History

www.si.edu - The Smithsonian Institute

www.dictionary.com - Search up the meaning of any word, instantly; get synonyms as well

www.online-literature.com - Public domain books of authors died over 50 years ago

www.wordwizard.com - For lovers of the English language

www.overbooked.org - Literary and genre fiction information for ravenous readers

 

 

Stretch – Leisure, Essentials

Stretch your mind and body… but beware strictly AYOR (at your own risk)

 

www.awesome80s.com - Nostalgia for the 80s. The site’s philosophy: we believe our cultural history is too important to be left to the historians.

www.corpwatch.org -  Foster democratic control over corporations by building grassroots globalization

www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/3102/hfv.htm - LA film critic on Bollywood

www.gautamindia.com - A journey into the state of mind that is India

www.notbored.org - A anarchist, situationist-inspired, low-budget, irregularly published, photocopied journal

www.ruthlessreviews.com - Books, Music, Movies, TV reviews; very American

www.pinkmonkey.com - Large library of literature summaries for students and teachers

www.ineedcoffee.com - Coffee-related information, instruction, and entertainment

www.rottentomatoes.com - Fun way to discover reaction on (American) movies via the Tomatometer™

www.2think.org - To think or to follow

http://irfca.org - Indian Railways Fan Club Association

www.fray.com - Literary pieces by complete strangers

www.suck.com - Wacky, weird. But funding has dried up, slowly killing the site.

www.jackinworld.com - For one’s own pleasure

www.hyperreal.org - Techno, chemistry, rave

http://century.conknet.com - The Century Project

www.onion.com - American satire

www.askmen.com - Portal with subject matter for the general male population

 

 

 


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