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I began writing the Lost in Cyberspace column in early 1998, shortly after I began working at SignOn San Diego, the Web site of the San Diego Union-Tribune. They didn't want me to continue writing the Online San Diego column for ComputorEdge Magazine – so I got them to let me write the same column for them – with a new name, of course.
The column got picked up by Copley News Service and was carried nationally for two years under yet another title, "Net Sitings." Go figure.
It focused on much the same areas as Online San Diego had: a combination of Web site reviews, legal and political issues surrounding the Internet and cyberspace in general, and discussions of what sort of place cyberspace ought to be.
But it died when I left SignOn a few years later to go give the dot.com boom a try, so I've put the archive here. The columns mostly appear as they originally ran (and I indicate any corrections within the column).
The archive
| Whither the Internet? |
(June 27, 2000) |
| Internet a gargantuan reference desk |
(June 20, 2000) |
| Technology offering privacy solutions |
(June 13, 2000) |
| Take time to find fun on the Web |
(June 7, 2000) |
| Creativity still playing catch-up with online technology |
(May 23, 2000) |
| Browser development continues, even if war over |
(May 16, 2000) |
| Home networking long on technology, short on applications |
(May 9, 2000) |
| Entertainment firms ignore techological changes at own peril |
(May 2, 2000) |
| Even e-business can't fly without customers |
(April 25, 2000) |
| Sun gets into operating system battle with Windows |
(April 18, 2000) |
| Evidence of squashed Windows competitors alive on the Web |
(April 4, 2000) |
| Anonymity a lucrative market |
(March 28, 2000) |
| Hypocrisy rules on both sides of filtering issue |
(March 14, 2000) |
| Online voting: Only question is when |
(March 7, 2000) |
| Using the Web ... and protecting yourself from it |
(Feb. 29, 2000) |
| Commerce moved online without enough thought |
(Feb. 22, 2000) |
| Three utilities: One critical, one useful and one fun |
(Feb. 15, 2000) |
| Entertainment industry keeps fighting new technology |
(Feb. 8, 2000) |
| Online technology keeps moving forward |
(Feb. 1, 2000) |
| Affordable programs let you jazz up your Web site with music, sounds |
(Jan. 25, 2000) |
| AOL deal may help blunt Microsoft's power online |
(Jan. 18, 2000) |
| Movie studios take advantage of the 'Net |
(Jan. 11, 2000) |
| Trying to outlaw technology a doomed effort |
(Jan. 4, 2000) |
| Fun sites to start the New Year with |
(Dec. 28, 1999) |
| Peanuts will live on in cyberspace |
(Dec. 21, 1999) |
| National Geographic map program blends past, 'Net |
(Dec. 14, 1999) |
| Lack of taste no impediment to online success | (Dec. 7, 1999) |
| Holiday shopping can be easier online |
(Nov. 30, 1999) |
| Next generation of online gaming is here | (Nov. 23, 1999) |
| Activism rejuvenated online |
(Nov. 16, 1999) |
| Why exempt the Internet from sales taxes? |
(Nov. 9, 1999) |
| These sites help you find all the news |
(Nov. 2, 1999) |
| Online multimedia takes another giant leap forward |
(Oct. 26, 1999) |
| Internet a haven for 'vintage' computers |
(Oct. 12, 1999) |
| Fun photo suite an inexpensive way to jazz up your Web site |
(Oct. 5, 1999) |
| Bored? Try these sites ... |
(Sept. 14, 1999) |
| Keeping in touch just got easier |
(Sept. 7, 1999) |
| Exploring the Internet's dark continent |
(Aug. 17, 1999) |
| Course editor makes Jack Nicklaus' golf games hub of online community |
(July 19, 1999) |
| WordPerfect Office 2000 makes case for getting rid of specialized HTML editors |
(July 6, 1999) |
| Online radio, fun sites liven up summer |
(June 29, 1999) |
| Sporting tradition on the Web |
(June 15, 1999) |
| Politics, charity, business all meet on the Web |
(June 8, 1999) |
| Sun's new browser could make things interesting |
(May 18, 1999) |
| A quick tour of some Web sites worth a visit |
(May 4, 1999) |
| Two new programs show variety available on the 'Net |
(April 27, 1999) |
| Melissa virus reminds of need to be cautious when venturing online |
(April 6, 1999) |
| MP3 changing the face of the music industry |
(March 23, 1999) |
| Not all commerce need be online |
(March 9, 1999) |
| Library of Congress combines multimedia glitz with the power of the Web |
(Feb. 23, 1999) |
| Portals: Many to choose from, or make your own |
(Feb. 9, 1999) |
| Internet changing not only the how, but the what of many businesses |
(Jan. 26, 1999) |
| Want to play? The Internet beckons |
(Jan. 12, 1999) |
| Free clip art is just a mouse-click away |
(Dec. 29, 1998) |
| Ease the obstacle course in finding the right driver |
(Dec. 15, 1998) |
| After Dark Games addictive, Montezuma incomplete |
(Dec. 1, 1998) |
| Using the Internet to promote your cause |
(Nov. 17, 1998) |
| Small utility improves online sound quality |
(Nov. 3, 1998) |
| Multimedia comes full fruit on the 'Net |
(Oct. 6, 1998) |
| Orphaned systems find a home on the 'Net |
(Sept. 22, 1998) |
| Radio moves to the 'Net |
(Sept. 15, 1998) |
| Relive the classic days of yore with video game emulation |
(Sept. 8, 1998) |
| Free e-mail undercuts the Postal Service |
(Aug. 25, 1998) |
| Beyond Navigator and Explorer |
(Aug. 11, 1998) |
| Want to build a web site but short on cash? Not to worry |
(Aug. 4, 1998) |
| Online games playable, imaginative – and small |
(July 28, 1998) |
| iMac sites help build suspense |
(July 21, 1998) |
| Not everyone dreading Year 2000 |
(July 14, 1998) |
| Alternatives to Windows easy to find on Web |
(July 7, 1998) |
| Finding online support for Linux |
(June 30, 1998) |
| MP3: Salvation or damnation? |
(June 23, 1998) |
| Finding a college online |
(June 16, 1998) |
| I spy something ... Quake! |
(June 9, 1998) |
| Translators put the Web into English |
(June 2, 1998) |
| Software for the asking |
(May 26, 1998) |
| Sinatra sites celebrate singer |
(May 19, 1998) |
| First Amendment under international attack |
(May 12, 1998) |
| Super sites offer lots of info on supercomputers |
(May 5, 1998) |
| Monty Python alive and well on CD-ROM and the 'Net |
(April 28, 1998) |
| Forget the VCR: Catch a double feature on the Web tonight |
(April 21, 1998) |
| Spying on InfoCon, SpookTech 98 and other Web secrets |
(April 14, 1998) |
| Theme-based rings help bring order to the Web |
(April 7, 1998) |
| Virtual museums document digital age |
(March 31, 1988) |
| Are you ready for desktop broadcasting? |
(March 24, 1998) |
| Free speech, pornography back on collision course |
(March 17, 1998) |
| Internet2 will bring benefits to consumers – eventually |
(March 10, 1998) |
| Microsoft, Justice Dept. stake out their positions on Web sites |
(March 3, 1998) |
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