Welcome to Swan's Lunch Counter. Nope, we never close. Open 24 hours a day to serve Studio stars and starlettes just like you. Had a bad break? None of our business. All we ask is you read the signs, observe the protocols, open a tab. Who knows? We may need a friend some day. Graphic Design ACM SIGGRAPH Online American Computing Machinery Special Interest Group in Graphics at Technische Universität Graz, Austria. Extensive collection of computer graphics cookbooks. AFI Online American Film Institute in Hollywood. Smorgasbord of independent film screenings, computer media salons, and entertainment industry training programs. House specialty. Lynda's Homegurrrl Page Combination platter of Web design books, classes, articles, and related links. Grass-roots favorite includes its own discussion group: webdesign-request@list.webmonster.net subscribe Human Factors ACM SIGCHI Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction. Interfaces design cooking lessons. Includes numerous mailings lists. IICS LA Taste tests of multimedia and interactive technologies conducted by the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Interactive Communications Society. Technical Communication ACM SIGDOC Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group for DOCumentation. Abstract conferences, papers, journals, and reports about the theory of documentation. Very effective sedative. ASI American Society of Indexers. Indexing organizations, publications, resources, tools, and training catalogued online by the American Society of Indexers. Yes, the site is completely indexed. doculine More than you ever wanted to know about documentation. Includes an online journal, troubleshooting, seminars, literature, software, advertisements, the kitchen sink. In German. IEEE PCS Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Professional Communication Society. Non-nonsense examination of all aspects of "communication technology." Excellent conferences and journal. METODOC Methodology and Tools for Multimedia Documentation and Electronic Catalogues. Online discussion of multimedia and technical documentation sponsored by the Frauenhofer Institute for Computer Graphics in Darmstadt, Germany. STC Society for Technical Communication in Arlington, Virginia. Maintains three "central" websites. Extremely useful publications. Exceptionally boring meetings. Includes the following national mailing list: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU SUBSCRIBE TECHWR-L Studiengang Technische Redaktion Technical communication program at Fachhochschule Hannover, Germany. In German. tecom Gesellschaft für technische Kommunikation in Zürich, Switzerland. English, French, German, and Italian. tekom Gesellschaft für technische Kommunikation e.V in Stuttgart, Germany. Excellent publications. Well-organized meetings that include beer and loud, good-humored arguments. Includes a number of heavily moderated mailing lists. In German. Online developers: listserv@twh.msn.sub.org SUBSCRIBE t-sigonl Members of tekom e.V. only: listserv@twh.msn.sub.org SUBSCRIBE t-tekom Translator discussions: listserv@twh.msn.sub.org SUBSCRIBE u-forum Translator jobs and training: listserv@twh.msn.sub.org SUBSCRIBE u-jobs Tekom Vortrag Inevitable, inexorable intersection of commerce, technical communication, and the Internet. Chrome-plated logo, Java-driven icons, and intelligent use of color. Breathtakingly simple, utterly effective. Brought to you by, er, Commando. If that doesn't scare you, you're in the wrong business. In German.