* A lengthy discussion on the theme of Mapping the Internet at Slashdot from September 02, 1999.
* Jacobson R., 1999, Information Design, (MIT Press: Cambridge, MA).
* The Human Development Report, 1999, by the UN Development Programme, has useful information and statistics on the global diffusion of the Internet ( http://www.undp.org/hdro/report.html ). Chapter two of the report, New technologies and the global race for knowledge is particularly relevant ( http://www.undp.org/hdro/Chapter2.pdf ).
* Abbate J., 1999, Inventing the Internet, (MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.).
* A couple of short articles from Boardwatch Magazine (http://boardwatch.internet.com/) that reveal just how unimpressive and mundane the core Internet infrastructure really is.
- "I Saw The Internet Today: A Visit to the London Internet Exchange", by Todd Judd Erickson, May 1999.
- "8100 Boone: A Banal Tower Of Babel: A Visit to MAE East", by Greg Tally, July 1999.
Map of the Month columns in Mappa Mundi Magazine.
* August's column discussed Internet Arcs Around The Globe, the work of Tamara Munzner mapping the MBone.
* September's column, Mapping How The Data Flows, looked at geographic traceroutes.