A field guide to Y2K resources

This page lists some of the most significant Y2K resources: websites (pundit, Christian, community and government varieties), news updates, books and periodicals.

Pundit websites

Peter de Jager created and facilitates the Year 2000 Information Center website as well as the Year2000 discussion list on the Internet.
Center for Cybereconomics – Dr Ed Yardeni, who runs this site, is chief economist and a managing director of Deutsche Bank Securities (North America).
Site owner Edward Yourdon, chairman of Cutter Consortium, began his career in the computer industry at Digital Equipment Company more than 30 years ago. With his daughter Jennifer, he is the author of Time Bomb 2000: What the Year 2000 Computer Crisis Means to You.
John Westergaard is publisher/editor of the Westergaard Year 2000 website.

Christian websites

Y2K: A Christian Perspective provides evangelical Christians with 'balanced information from a variety of sources and perspectives.'
The Joseph Project 2000 is a Christian-led nonprofit site which 'desires to prevent and respond to the potential impacts of the Year 2000 computer problem in a professional and balanced manner.'
Y2K for Women is a site 'designed to explain the Year 2000 Problem to women who have no, or very limited, computer knowledge.' Men like it, too.
Enter with care. Chief 'doomsday prophet' of Y2K, Dr Gary North is a co-founder of the extreme right-wing Christian Reconstruction movement. Balanced, he's not.

Community & government websites

The Cassandra Project is a grassroots nonprofit organization formed to raise public awareness, promote community preparation activities and contingency planning, and establish a clearinghouse for community preparedness activities.
Website for the US Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem. Good links to other government sites.

News updates

Y2K News Magazine is a bi-weekly publication providing total global coverage on Y2K problems.
Y2K Today provides daily updates on Year 2000 issues.

Books and periodicals

Time Bomb 2000: What the Year 2000 Computer Crisis Means to You – by Edward & Jennifer Yourdon. A father-daughter team, the Yourdons explain how the Y2K problem will affect the lives of average people and everyday systems by presenting a collection of scenarios ranging from the best to worst cases, and examine each extreme. A New York Times best-seller, this book is a good read for those looking for a starting place in learning about Y2K.
The Millenium Bug: a Layman's Guide to the Year 2000 Computer Crisis – by Michael S. Hyatt. An accessible, well-researched guide to Y2K issues across a range of industries, with a section on personal preparedness. A bit 'preachy' towards the end.
Y2K: Millennium Bug: A Balanced Christian Response – by Shaunti Christine Feldhahn. Feldhahn, of the Joseph Project 2000, presents the advice of Christian leaders as she offers three possible scenarios that could result from the Y2K problem. Chapter 10 is good on congregational preparation. (Warning: Pat Robertson alert.)
Finding and Fixing Your Year 2000 Problem: A Guide for Small Businesses – by Jesse Feiler. A hands-on approach is offered to addressing and solving the year 2000 problem in the small enterprise (small businesses, schools, medical offices, home offices, etc.).
Countdown Y2K Newsletter – A monthly ministry publication compiled and edited by Shaunti Feldhahn of the Joseph Project 2000. One-year subscription, $59.00. Contact 1-800-500-0867, or write Multnomah Publishers, PO Box 1720, Sisters, OR 97759. (Mention code 99308, so CY2K knows you heard of them through RISEN.)

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