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regards Menin Rodrigues menin...@gmail.com On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Goanet News <news.goa...@gmail.com> wrote: > 10 USEFUL GOA WEBSITES > > by Goa Streets on Jun 13, 2013 > > Goa clearly still has a long way to go before it truly takes advantage of > the power of the Internet. > > “For a state which started its first website way back in 1994, there are > shocking few good initiatives today,” comments journalist-publisher > Frederick Noronha. Still, slowly but surely our little state is coming into > its own, web-wise. We rumbled through cyberspace to bring you 10 websites > we hope you will find useful. All of these, of course, are in addition to > our favourite website on the planet -- goastreets.com (OK, we admit to a > certain level of bias!) > > Happy browsing! > > Goanet > > Okay, so this is a mailing list, not exactly a website. But it is one of > the earliest ventures by Goans into cyberspace and deserves to be here for > that reason, as well as for its buzzing activity. This vast mailing list is > now 19 years old. According to Frederick Noronha, who has been associated > with Goanet almost since its inception, says, “The age-old strategy of > putting out the news, comments and links via the humble old email still > works.” Goanet was launched in 1994 by Herman Carneiro, the first Goa-based > mailing list. Members post news articles, opinion, humor and questions > related to Goa here. By the way, Goanet is also a popular group on > Facebook. > > Goa-world.com > > Goa-World is the personal home page, owned and maintained by Ulysses > Menezes of Bastora, Goa, presently residing in Kuwait. It hosts some > excellent essays on tiatr, music, places of interest, literature, cartoons > and more. > > Goanvoice.org.uk <http://goanvoice.org.uk/> > > The focus of this website is largely on expat Goans, with news from and > about Goa. Eddie Fernandes, a retired librarian, puts in a lot of effort, > along with other volunteers. > > Edskantaram.blogspot.in <http://edskantaram.blogspot.in/> > > Edward ‘Eddie’ Verdes, a self professed fan of Konkani music, hosts a vast > collection of Konkani song lyrics on this blog. Lyrics of songs from Alfred > Rose to Ulhas Buyao feature here, providing a valuable resource for > professional singers and party revellers alike. Many old Konkani songs on > vinyl records and tape cassettes are vanishing from radio play, though All > India Radio still has a good collection. Edward appeals to listeners to add > lyrics of such vintage hits to the collection on the blog. > > Goanarchitecture.blogspot.in <http://goanarchitecture.blogspot.in/> > > Though not updated regularly, this website on Goan Architecture by > engineer-writer José Lourenço has around 37 posts at last count, covering > houses, churches, temples and other edifices in Goa. There’s a lot of > photographs on the pages, accompanied by some description, history and > commentary. > > Goanews.com > > ‘Bringing Goa to the Web since 1996’ says the line at this news website > run by journalist Sandesh Prabhudesai. It is the oldest online news portal > in Goa, featuring news as well as columns by notable personalities like > Prabhaker Timble and Rajdeep Sardessai. Of late the website also hosts > Konkani literature in the Devanagari script. Netizens can record their > comments in the ‘Balcao’ interface. > > Goa-cap.com > > Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP) led by alternative photo > enthusiasts Edson Dias and P Madhavan offers residencies and work space for > innovative efforts in image making. > > Fredericknoronha.wordpress.com <http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com/> > > One of the first journalists to exploit the power of the Internet, > Frederick Noronha blogs about Goa and books, and issues that concern both. > The books that he publishes under Goa 1556 are profiled here, along with > vintage Goa photos, videos of events in Goa, lists of useful links on Goa > and loads of photos of everything under the Goan sun. > > Goanfoodrecipes.com > > This is a collection of recipes from a Goan family, which would help vouch > for the authencity of its cuisine. “Our Goan recipes are derived from a > cookbook handed over to me by my mother Yvette Oliveira Fernandes,” says > Clyde Fernandes. He also runs a tech blog Techrooted.com. The Goan Recipe > pages have blow by blow photographs of a dish being cooked, which is great, > compared to the usual cookbook sites that just have one photograph and the > text instructions. > > Targetgoa.com > > “This website is not a news portal. Targetgoa.com is an attempt to take > news items and link them to issues that affect the whole bunch of us in > this loveliest of all states – Goa,” says Bevinda Collaco, the owner and > editor of Target Goa. The site has a Goa Buzz section with news and > commentary, an entertainment section, a Goa directory and some interesting > videos. > > http://goastreets.com/goa-news/10-usefull-goa-website/ >