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Career

• Jobs MetaSEARCH @ JobBank USA - Searchable jobs listings
• Monster Board Job Database - One of the largest career sites
• Welcome to CareerCity! - Great career resources including interview questions
• What Color Is Your Parachute - Good guide for the job hunter

Fund Raising and Nonprofits

• Charity Village - An interesting one-page overview (with links) of a wide variety of ways large and small nonprofits in the US and UK have chosen to fundraise through the Web
• The Fundraising Auction Guide - An advertisement for the book by the same name, all about charity auctions
• Fundraising Resources - A big, undifferentiated, non-annotated list of links, many with names like "Candy Containers and More."
• The Internet Prospector - A Non-Profit Service to the Prospect Research Community A comprehensive site of advice and links on an array of corporations, grants, internet tools, and people worth it's "weight" in gold for anyone involved in fundraising for a nonprofit organization
• National Society of Fund Raising Executives - Professional association for individuals responsible for generating philanthropic support for a wide variety of not-for-profit, charitable organizations - for non-members the most useful is the book store
• The Society for Nonprofit Organizations - Last updated in September 1997, still a decent resource to order books and articles on all aspects of managing a nonprofit, including fundraising
• Sources of Funding - Canadian (English- and French-language)clearinghouse site for nonprofits; lots of information, but definitely Canada-focused. Includes US and Canadian information
• UK Fundraising - examples of online fundraising

Local

• The Fiesta Page - DC's online art and entertainment city guide. Fiesta also includes links to local volunteer opportunities and *jillions* of places to take/things to do with tourist friends, relatives, and in-laws (including children!)
• Networking - Business networking opportunities in the Metro Washington DC area
• Yahoo! DC - A Yahoo! all for and about DC. Pretty good, if you can overlook the cheezy graphics

News

General News

• ABCNEWS.com - National News
• CNN Interactive - One of the best for breaking news
• The New York Times on the Web - Again, an excellent resource
• USA Today - Some call it McPaper, but it has great technology articles
• Washingtonpost.com -  Local DC and National News

Wired News

• PC Magazine Online - Great product reviews
• UnixWorld Online Magazine Home Page - UNIX specific news
• Wired News - Daily updates on all the latest buzz in technology

Tech Groups

D.C.

• AWIC-DC Association for Women in Communications Washington DC - Founded by seven female journalism students who thought women needed help breaking into the writing profession and should get paid as much as men for their efforts
• Capital PC User Group (CPCUG) Internet SIG - The 5,000-member CPCUG (Capital PC User Group) serves the Washington, D.C. area's PC community
• DC Internet Developers Association - DCIDA is an informal group of Internet Developers
• Netpreneur - a nonprofit organization created to advance Greater Washington's netpreneurs
• Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society - DC-ISOC was formed to meet unique needs of Washington, DC-area Internet planners, builders, and users, and to help represent the Internet to the U.S. government

National

• Association of Internet Professionals (AIP) - Serves as the voice of Internet professionals
• The HTML Writers Guild Website - World's largest international organization of Web designers. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in web authoring and a desire to improve his or her skills
• International Webmaster's Association - Provides education and fosters professional advancement opportunities among individuals dedicated to or pursuing a Web career
• Multimedia Development Group - Interactive Media Trade Association

Training/Education

• EEI Communications - Offer over 120 great training classes, and free monthly seminars.
• Academy of Art University (San Francisco, CA) - Offering undergraduate and graduate degrees and portfolio development/continuing education in Advertising, Animation & Visual Effects, Architecture, Computer Art—New Media, Fashion, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture & Design, Motion Pictures & Television, and Photography.
• Digital Division - Offering training, web services and multimedia.
• CCT Program, Georgetown University - The Program is designed to meet the needs of the changing information society by providing students with the multidisciplinary background
• The Center for Digital Storytelling - Formerly San Francisco Digital Media Center, assisting people in using digital media to tell meaningful stories
• Computer Applications Department, Montgomery College – Classes in ColdFusion, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, XML, PDF, Flash, Website Administration, Graphics, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint), and internships for class credit. 3 new interdisciplinary web certificates and degrees. Daytime, evening, weekend and online classes available. Campuses at Rockville, Germantown & Takoma Park.
• FigLeaf - A local training company specializing in ColdFusion, Homesite/HTML, and Macromedia
• George Washington University's Center for Career Education - Complete an entire certificate program, or take only the classes you choose
• Knowledgy - Another super training company
• Leap It.com - An IT certification training site and community for IT professionals.
• Learning Tree - Large training firm that teaches many areas of technology - from intro to programming and administraion
• NetMasters - Provides Internet and programming training
• NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program - ITP is an internationally recognized graduate program focusing on the design, production and transmission of new forms of interactive media
• Quick Training Tips - A collection of tips for all kinds of trainers.
• USDA Graduate School Evening Program - Cheap classes, good teachers
• USWeb Certification Program - Provides comprehensive development paths for organizations and individuals who need to enhance their expertise in the use of Internet technologies
• Sun Educational Services - Provides both Sun-related training as well as technical classes in Perl and Java
• Westlake Training - a GREAT company for Internet training and web development
• Women's International Electronic University - An international, independent non-profit association/consortium dedicated to educating and empowering women
Yours Truly Tech-Knowledgy (YTT) offers training in presentation, Train-the-Trainer, writing, project management, and leadership skills. Microsoft has approved YTT's Train-the-Trainer classes for candidates pursuing their MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) certificate.
• Yours Truly Tech-Knowledgy - Yours Truly Tech-Knowledgy (YTT) offers training in presentation, Train-the-Trainer, writing, project management, and leadership skills. Microsoft has approved YTT's Train-the-Trainer classes for candidates pursuing their MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) certificate.
• ZDU - ZD University offers online classes in computing

Web

Browsers

• Browserwatch.com - The leading site for information about browsers and plug-ins
• WWW Viewer/Plug-In Test Page - Test your browser to see if you have all the plug-ins you need

Clip Art

• Art Today - 700,00 clip art pieces, but you do have to pay to belong
• Clip-art.com- Hundreds of free images
• Clip Art Review - An index of various clip art archives
• Cool Archive -  Fonts, icons, backgrounds and more...
• Free Graphics.com -  It's not too extensive, but it does have some good images
• The Graphic Station - A useful collection of various graphic images
• The Mining Company - A general clip art site with lots of graphics
• Virtual Icon Collection - A few interesting icons, but not much more

Content

• David Siegel's Web Wonk - Tips for Writers and Designers
• Graphics,Visualization, & Usability - GVU Center's World Wide Web User Surveys are a public service effort
• Writers Guild of America - A comprehensive list of research links chosen specifically to help writers research their scripts

Contracts

• Web Site Design Contracts - Some key points
• Wilsonweb - Website Design and Maintenance Agreement
• Windweaver - A motherlode of contract samples including "Web Developer's Contract Swipe" File

Design Articles

• CNET Builder.com - Building A Better Interface
• SBN Design: Design and Layout - A series of articles covering various aspects of site design
• Web Pages That Suck - Let Vincent and Michael help you "learn good design by looking at bad design"
• Web Site Design: The Finishing Touches (from ZDNet) - How to "finish" your site
• WPDFD - Web Page Design for Designers
• Yale Web Style Guide - One of the best known resources for web style, covering topics from file structure to graphics and interface

General Information

• World Wide Web FAQ - A starting point for general information about the WWW

Graphics and Multimedia

• Coloring Web Graphics - Lynda Weinman's Browser Safe Color Palette
• Cooltype - For great Photoshop tips
• Esperfonto - The WWWay to choose the best typeface for your job
• Graphic Design - Links including Brochure Design
• Project Cool - Everything from the basics to cutting-edge web design tricks
• Ultimate Photoshop - Lots of great tutorials, filters & links
• Web Designer's Paradise - A desk top publishing resource
• Web Developer's Journal - The Web Developer's Virtual Library, is an online encyclopedia (since 1994) of articles and links to other resources for web designers
• Web Graphics - Lots of great tips from CNET designers
• Webmonkey Multimedia Tutorial - Step by step instructions for adding multimedia to your site

HTML Reference

• Amazon.com - Books and Music
• Big Nosed Bird - General web reference site with HTML,CGI-BIN, SSI, and more
• BUILDER.COM - Menus made easy
• Dave's Site - an interactive tutorial for beginners
• Entities - A reference list for creating special characters in HTML
• HotWired - Top web designers offer tutorials and exercises on the latest design techniques
• ISO country code - Listing of all the ISO codes
• Sizzling HTML Jalfrezi - is a comprehensive guide to writing web sites, a learning tool and web authoring reference
• Teach Me Tutorials - HTML Introduction
• Walker/ACW Style Sheet - How to cite electronic sources
• Web Developer's Virtual Library - An Encyclopedia of Web Technology
• Web Stuff - A useful collection of various web reference materials

Marketing

• Bplans.com - The business planning resource for small business
• BusinessSeek - A business to business Search Engine
• TheClickZ Network - links to marketing and commerce sites
• The Electronic Commerce Guide - E-Commerce News
• eMarketer - focusing on business online
• Graphics,Visualization, & Usability - GVU Center's World Wide Web User Surveys are a public service effort
• Macmillan Publishing On-Line - Computer Reference Publishers site including 150 complete computer books
• Online Sales Power - a directory of promotional ideas and resources especially geared towards Web site designers and hosting services
• SearchEngineWatch - News & Tips About Search Engines

Programming: Java, Javascript, Perl, ASP...

• CGI - The CGI Resource Index
• Drewstar's List - A useful list of on-line Perl/CGI Resources
• DriveSavers - DriveSavers specializes in recovering lost data
• Extropedia.com - Open source web applications
• Freecode - A software archive free for personal and commercial use
• Matt's Script Archive - Matt's Free Perl CGI Scripts Archive
• Pantos - A resource collection of authoring tips, utilities, & resources
• Scriptsearch - The Worlds Largest CGI Library
• Simonic - A hightech news summary
• Simple Perl Databases - Add interactivity to your site
• Webmonkey's Javascript  Code_Library - Free code to enhance your site
• Webmonkey's Javascript Tutorial - One of the best JavaScript references around
• Web Review's JavaScript Rollover Generator - Builds personalized JavaScript image rollovers on the fly

Search Engines and Search Engine Related Sites

• SearchEngineWatch - News & Tips About Search Engines
• BigBook - Online Yellow Pages
• Bigfoot - One of the larger people search sites
• Dogpile - A friendly multi-engine search tool
• Four11 - Another people search site
• RANK THIS! - A free online tool to help you determine your "ranking"on different keyword sets in 10 of the major search engines
• Search Engine Watch - The mother of all web sites about search engines
• what is - A great taxonomy of all sorts of tech related terms
• WhoWhere? - Another way to find people on the web
• WWWomen! - The premier search directory for women online
• Yahoo! - Obviously one of the best known and most visited sites on the Net

Site Administration and Operating Systems

• Internet.com's ServerWatch - Guide to Internet servers and web development tools
• Intro to UNIX - First timers beginning UNIX guide
• Software QA/Test Resource Center - List of web site test/management tools
• The WDVL - Web Management Tools

Software and Products

• Linkbot - One of the best link checkers available
• Tools for WWW providers - Handy guide of mostly freeware/shareware web tools
• Web Site Garage - Useful tools for running your site
• Webtrends - The log stats analysis package of choice for many

Women

• Beatrice's Web Guide - Women and careers, jobs, employment, salaries, interviewing...
• Career Women - Jobs, careers, employment, resume bank, career center for women
• Woman Motorist - An automotive site expressly for women
• Women's Web - General web resource for women
• Women's Wire - Rates the best companies for women