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DATE |
ASSIGNMENT |
| August 30 |
Introductions,
Course Setup & Key
Concepts
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| September 6 |
History of the Internet
World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It
for Something Else. by Doc Searls and David Weinberger (2003).
http://www.worldofends.com/
A Brief History of the Internet. Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G.
Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch,
Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, Stephen Wolff http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml
Hobbes' Internet Timeline v8.2 by Robert H'obbes' Zakon http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
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| September 13 NO
CLASS :: @ CONFERENCE
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| September 20
|
Internet
Architecture & Protocols
Introduction to Internet Architecture and Institutions Ethan Zuckerman & Andrew
McLaughlin August, 2003. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/digitaldemocracy/internetarchitecture.html
End-to-End Arguments in System Design. J.H. Saltzer, D.P. Reed and D.D.
Clark http://www.reed.com/Papers/EndtoEnd.html
What's Next for Google? Technology Review, 2005 by Charles Ferguson.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/14065/
Lab Materials
Information Architecture Tutorial - Overview / by John Shiple http://www.webmonkey.com/design/site_building/tutorials/tutorial1.html
Net Neutrality Policy Discussion Readings
:
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| September 27 |
Linux & Unix
The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_3/raymond/
The GNU Manifesto by Richard Stallman http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
Lab Materials
Webmonkey - Unix Guide: http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/reference/unix_guide/
Webmonkey Enough Unix for Your Résumé by Pam Statz 16 Jan 1997: http://www.webmonkey.com/97/02/index3a.html
Open Source & Linux Policy Discussion Readings :
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October 4
| Security
& Privacy Concerns
EFF: Biometrics Page: http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/biometrics/
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - Privacy Pages http://www.eff.org/Privacy/
Privacy and Security in Library RFID Issues, Practices, and Architectures [PDF, 200K] Feb 4, 2005. http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/RFID/molnar_paper.pdf
Lab Materials
Blog Discussion #2
Privacy Issues Policy Discussion Readings:
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| October 11
| Web
Design & Usability
Web Style Guide - Chapter 2: Interface Design: http://www.webstyleguide.com/interface/index.html
Research Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines: Chapters
5 - 9 - it's really not that much - a guideline per page, with
example images...
Chapter 5 - The Homepage: http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter5.pdf
Chapter 6 - Page Layout: http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter6.pdf
Chapter 7 - Navigation: http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter7.pdf
Chapter 8 - Scrolling & Paging: http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter8.pdf
Chapter 9 - Headings, Titles & Labels: http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter9.pdf
Lab Materials:
W3C Introduction to HTML Tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp (this
page through "HTML Quick List")
Accessibility and Usability Policy Discussion
Readings :
|
| October 18 |
Web
Design & Usability
Research Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines: Chapts
10 - 12; 15, 16
Chapter 10 – Links (http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter10.pdf)
Chapter 11 – Text Appearance (http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter11.pdf)
Chapter
12 – Lists (http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter12.pdf)
Chapter
15 – Writing Web Content (http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter15.pdf)
Chapter
16 – Content Organization (http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter16.pdf)
Lab Materials
W3C Advanced HTML & Layout- http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_layout.asp (beginning
with this page, go to "HTML Summary")
Education & the Internet Policy Discussion
Readings :
|
| October 25
| XHTML & CSS
NYPL Styleguide: XHTML and CSS http://www.nypl.org/styleguide/
Better Living Through XHTML by Jeffrey Zeldman http://www.alistapart.com/stories/betterliving/
XHTML Overview by Sven Heinicke 06 Dec 2000 http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/00/50/index2a.html?tw=authoring
Lab Materials
W3C - XHTML Introduction - http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/xhtml_intro.asp (This
page through XHTML "Summary")
Information Quality & Gatekeeping Policy Discussion
Readings :
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| November 1
| XHTML & CSS
Old Dog Learns Stylesheets by Heidi Pollock 03 Nov 2003 http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/03/38/index0a.html?tw=authoring
Streamlining with Web Standards by Greg Penhaligon 6 Oct 2003
http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/03/36/index0a.html?tw=authoring
Mulder's Stylesheets Tutorial: Overview by Steve
Mulder http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/authoring/stylesheets/tutorials/tutorial1.html
Adding a touch of style Dave Raggett, 8th April 2002. http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style
CSS tutorial starting with HTML + CSS http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/011/firstcss
Lab Materials
W3C - CSS Basic Introduction - http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
Online Communities Discussion
Readings :
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| November 8
|
Graphics
Web Style Guide, Chapter 7: Graphics http://www.webstyleguide.com/graphics/index.html
Raster
Images Part I - Overview TASI: http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/tl_raster1.html
File Formats and Compression TASI:- http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/creating/fformat.html
Choosing a File Format TASI:- http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/creating/format.html
Research Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines: Chapter
14 – Graphics, Images, and Multimedia (http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter14.pdf)
Lab Materials
Photoshop Introduction -
Intellectual Property & Fair Use Policy Discussion
Readings :
|
| November 15 |
Graphics
Continued
Finding Images Online TASI: http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/finding.html
Lab Materials
Blogging Discussion #3
Work and the Internet Policy Discussion Readings :
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November 22
No Class
- Thanksgiving |
| November 29 |
Audio
& Video
Web Style Guide, Chapter 8 - Multimedia: http://www.webstyleguide.com/multimedia/index.html
Politics on the Internet Policy Discussion Readings
:
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December 6
Final Project DUE |
Final Project
Presentations
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