Welcome to the January 1999 issue of ahWee zine, a redIbis publication.
ahWee, Trinidadian slang for "all we" or "ours," features original articles on internet industry news and websites created by or for people of color. Original issues debut monthly.
In this issue, read the three Ds - Design. Design. Design. Two features, "Diva Woos the Web" and "Draw My Name," and guest commentary, "Design on the Web. Does It Really Exist?," focus on design's impact on the web and product branding. It is simple and inexpensive to produce content on the web. Great-grandmothers do it and so do 8-year-olds. But, not everyone does it well. We grow up in a culture that underpays and devalues those proficient in the graphic arts. But, as these articles show, those blessed with the vision to create, are proving that their skills are necessary, marketable, and profitable. Shorts puts the spotlight on three worthy sites in "Techno Tigers," "Call Me Zan!," and "...Savage Breast...". And, our web reviewers, take a critical look at three websites in "Black & Blue," "Almost, Not Quite...," and "Es Communidad, Estupido!"
Also, check our daily news center for update industry wide news. If this is your first time at ahWee zine, click on our archives link to read the premiere issue, which launched in November. Feel free to email the staff at ahweezine@redibis.com.
As always, here are some sites that we think may be of services to you. So, clip 'em (bookmark them)! This issue's CLIPS:
Find advocacy with the Organization of Chinese Americans - a group devoted to securing and safeguarding the rights of the more than two million Chinese Americans and 10 million Asian Americans in the U.S.
Hey, history buff! Take a peek at PBS's FRONTLINE and Mario de Valdes y Cocom's Blurred Racial Lines website for information on the African bloodline of some world leaders and celebrities.
- Deidra Ramsey,
Editor of ahWee zine
