Links and resources

This collection of links and resources continues to be useful to me and may assist others. Let me know if you find broken links. I will update this collection as appropriate when I come across new material which may be of general interest.

The links are organized under the following high-level headings:

• Business
  • IT system selection
  • Project management
  • Software development, research and quality
• Fun
  • Old Norse/Vikings
  • Sailing/Cruising

IT system selection

ERP comprehensive resources

• What is ERP? : This page defines 'ERP' (i.e., enterprise resource planning).

• ERP Assist : ERP Assist is a site specifically focusing on serving ERP practitioners.

• ERP Central : ERP Central bills itself as the most popular ERP portal in the world. Concentration on big ERP vendors.

• ERP.COM Home :  ERP.COM aspires to become the ERP Resource Center for the ERP World.

• ERP Fan Club: The Gate Way to ERP Resources : The ERP Fan Club is a site for Enterprise Resource Planning software users (SAP, Baan, PeopleSoft, Oracle, JDEdward). You'll find infomration about ERP Jobs/Books/information/news/articles etc.

• ERP News - Enterprise Software News Center :  Current listing of online ERP material claiming over 400 articles in the archives. Also offers newsletters.

• ERP resource collection : Enterprise Resource Planning Resources Internet Resources Links, Articles, Books, News, etc. Maintained by McGraw Hill, the publishing house.

ERP job sites

• ERP People - Free Classifieds for ERP professionals. : ERP-People is a free classified for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management systems. Also has other information.

General system and technology resources

• International Data Corporation (IDC) : Comprehensive resource on worldwide information technology markets, trends, products, vendors, and geographies.

• Manufacturing related internet resources : Interesting collection of manufacturing related links and resources from Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business.

Magazines

• CIO's ERP/Supply Chain Research Center : CIO Magazine's ERP links, resources and on-line information.

• Journal for Strategic Outsourcing Information : A journal specializing in subjects and material related to outsourcing.

• Midrange ERP Magazine : Midrange ERP is a management magazine for mid-sized manufacturers.

• ERP market overview : Management Consultancy Magazine (UK) special topic section.

Project management

Comprehensive sites

• ALLPM.COM: Project management : ALLPM.COM bills itself as the internet's premier site for IT Project Management information about PM products, services, people, consultants, articles, organizations, books, software and more.

• Project Management Research on the Web : Comprehensive collection of links to a wide variety of project management resources on the Web.

• Project management resources for executives : An index of articles and tools for executives on project sponsoring, planning and tracking.

• Project-Manager : Project Manager is an online guide for project managers. Includes a guideline for project management, software reviews and more.

• ProjectNet : ProjectNet is a UK project management site run by the Project Management Today Magazine.

Organizations

• Association for Project Management Scottish Branch :  The home of the Association for Project Management Scottish Branch.

• PMI: Project Management Institute : PMI is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management.

Tools

• HyperProject : A project management software program for the MacIntosh.

• INCOM Project Guidelines Freeware software tools for IT and project management professionals.

• The Project Management Maturity Model Interactive Quick Look. :  An online self assessment tool to map your project to PMI's five-stage project maturity model.

• Project Management Software Page : Links to sites providing software for project management and design. Also links to product reviews and comparisons.

• Web based Project Management Software Directory : Directory of business software for project management, human resource management, customer service, call center, time management, calendar software, event planning and bug tracking.

• Project Workbench PMW : Project Workbench PMW: a tool for project management and control.

Old Norse/Viking Resources

Comprehensive sites

• Ravensgard Norse Homepage : A very comprehensive site with general research links and specific interest items, including many original articles.

• Regia Anglorum : Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British history.

• The Viking Home Page : A large Swedish site about vikings.

• The Viking Network Web : A large Norwegian site about vikings.

• The Viking Heritage - Viking server & database : Large collection of links and content about viking sites, museums, events, re-enactment, articles, images and much, much more.

• The World of the Vikings : A large UK site about vikings.

Runes - the Old Norse alphabet

• News from the Runic Archives

• Rune project at the University of Bergen, Norway

• Searchable Norwegian Rune database

• Old runic inscriptions

• The Runic Journey , a wonderful resource on runes, their history and how they were used - including magic.

Stories and historical accounts

• Canute (Knud) The Great : Account of the Scandinavian King who ruled England and a good portion of Northern Europe.

• Nordic Explorers - Norse Expansion into North America : Account of the Norse expansion to the west from Iceland into Greenland.

• The Viking Age

• The Viking Age in Ireland

• Viking Expeditions From Central Sweden (700-1000)

• The Vikings: They Got Here First, But Why Didn't They Stay? : About the Vikings in Canada.

• Vikings in the New World

• Viking Pilgrimages to the Holy Land

• Viking Stories : Viking stories from a site on Iceland.

Viking ships

• Finds and replicas: Links to information about Scandinavian finds and replicas.

• Skuldelev ship pictures. Great pictures showing the structural details of a Viking ship found in Denmark.

• Oseberg ship scale model: Build your own ship model with a kit and never leave the safety of your own bathtub. Shows a nice picture of the model.

• Ship building in historic times: Contains a series of lectures tracing the evolution of ship building.

• Replicas and shipbuilding: Foteviken Museum in Sweden has a lot of good information, but is mostly in Swedish.

• Handbook in Viking ship construction: A Swedish only text on ship construction.

• Replicas of Viking age ornaments, jewellery etc.: Some great pictures of ornaments and jewellery. Gives you an idea about what the Vikings might have carried on their voyages.

• The Viking Times: Missed the Battle of Hastings? Read all about it (well, you know...). The Viking Times keeps you up-to-date.

• Viking Navy: For the adventurous armchair sailor or true salt alike. Here is your chance to enlist in the Viking Navy and see the world.

• Bibliography of Viking ship related sources Finally, for the research minded, here is a useful bibliography of high quality material from the University of Wales Bangor.

• Viking Longships (Scientific American) : An informative, online article from the Scientific American Magazine about Viking longships.

Eddas, Sagas and other Old Norse literature

• Free Eddas and Sagas on theInternet : Great lists of free texts of Old Norse literature. Links to both original language texts and translations of Eddas, Sagas and more.

• OMACL - The Online Medieval & Classical Library : OMACL has online texts and links to other sources of a large number of the Old Norse literature such as Heimskringla and Edda.

Folklore and Mythology

• Germanic and Old Norse Folklore and Mythology

• Hlidskjalf : Hlidskjalf: The Old-Norse Mythology webpage.

• Manual Of Mythology : Greek And Roman, Norse And Old German, Hindu And Egyptian Mythology.

• Greek vs Norse Mythology : Comparison of Greek and Norse mythology.

Other resources

• soc.culture.nordic : A USENET newsgroup with archives of great background information about Old Norse literature, history and culture.

Sailing and Cruising Resources

Comprehensive sites - good starting points

• Best Sailing Pages on the Web : Links to some of the best sailing sites on the Web. Includes links to USENET newsgroups.

• Sailing Information Access Web Site : A gathering place for sailors and those who want to learn about the sport. The site includes an Ask the Sailmaker Forum and good weather resources. There's an automated mailing list for discussions and easy communication with other sailors.

• SailNet : SailNet is The Internet Sailing Community (tm). It provides commercial content, extensive links, and special services for sailors.

• The Sailing Index : Links to hundreds of other webpages for regattas, yacht races, class associations, cruising destinations, boat builders, used boat brokers, bareboat charters, sailing gear, sailmakers, yacht clubs, yachting magazines, weather forecasts, and much more.

• The Sailing Source : Sailing and racing site with a useful list of links (resources).

• The NOAA Weather Page : Weather information, links and resources from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

• World Cruising Home Page : The home of the World Cruiser Club and gateway to world wide cruising and ocean racing information. Also a magazine.

Associations and schools

• Conference of Yacht Cruising Clubs (UK) : A conference of 14 major yacht cruising clubs in the UK and Ireland who meet to tackle problems facing those who cruise yachts at sea.

• Cruising Association Home Page : The Cruising Association (UK): A site for cruising sailors worldwide providing up-to-date information and promoting cruising interests.

• International Sailing Federation : The world governing body for the sport of sailing (an Olympic sports federation).

Magazines and on-line publications

• 48 Degrees North : Pacific Northwest based magazine. Lots of good boat ads and other information.

• Bluewater Books and Charts : Large selection of nautical charts, electronic charts, and cruising guides. DMA, NOAA, Imray, Cuban, British Admiralty, and ChartKit nautical charts. Maptech Chartpack and ChartKit, C-Map and Navionics electronic charts. Cruising guides for every ocean and nautical books on every topic.

• Blue Water Sailing : Magazine for offshore sailing, voyaging and world cruising.

• Cruising World and Sailing World Magazines : Home of two great magazines with lots of good sailing and cruising related news and information.

• Latitude 38 : San Francisco based magazine. Lots of good boat ads and other information.

• Sailing Now : An internet yachting magazine and information site about yacht and boat tests, book and gear reviews, harbour guides, cooking at sea and a lot more.

• Sailing Online : Australian on-line sailing magazine covering major yachting events with latest news and results.

Software development, research and quality assurance resources.

• The WWW Virtual Library : The Virtual Library is a distributed-responsibility WWW cataloguing project where each topic, or division, is maintained by volunteers who are experts in the field they are maintaining. This site is a catalog of all the VL Divisions, worldwide.

• Consortium for Software Engineering Research : Canadian site for software engineering research.

• SEI - Software Engineering Institute - Home Page : SEI at Carnegie Mellon is a leader in software enginering research. Home of many important models like the Capability Maturity Model and the Personal Software Process Model.

• Software Process Research Sites : University of Massachusetts Darthmouth: Links to major software research centers around the world.

• Software Quality On-line Resources : The University of Texas at Austin College of Engineering On-Line Resources for Software Engineering and Software Quality.

• The Software Quality Page : Good collection of links for all aspects of software quality.