Professor Casey Reas, TA Andrew Hieronymi

  Index
Schedule
  Exercises
  Syllabus

12 January 2004
14 January 2004
19 January 2004. Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
21 January 2004
26 January 2004
28 January 2004
02 February 2004
04 February 2004
09 February 2004
11 February 2004
16 February 2004
18 February 2004
23 February 2004
25 February 2004
01 March 2004
03 March 2004
08 March 2004
11 March 2004
15 March 2004
17 March 2004





12 January 2004

Introduction:
Review syllabus

Presentaion:
Dynamic websites
  MONOcrafts 3.0
  Presstube
  Flight 404
  Kaliber 10000
  YouWorkForThem
  010101 Art in Technological Times
Web design process

Assignments:
PS 01
Read Understanding the Web as Media



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14 January 2004

Deliverables:
PS 01
Read Understanding the Web as Media


Critique:
PS 01

Discussion:
The Web as Media

Presentation:
Animation and response

Assignments:
Research report
PS 02
Read Niederst, Chapter 8




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19 January 2004

Holiday. Martin Luther King Jr Day




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21 January 2004

Deliverables:
PS 02
Read Niederst, Chapter 8


Critique:
PS 02

Discussion:
Flash vs PHP (and other tools)

Presentation:
Cascading Style Sheets

Assignments:
PS 03
Read Niederst, Chapter 17




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26 January 2004

Deliverables:
PS 03
Read Niederst, Chapter 17


Critique:
PS 03

Presentation:
Forms & JavaScript

Assignments:
PS 04
Read Niederst, Chapters 15, 28




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28 January 2004

Deliverables:
Read Niederst, Chapter 15, 28

Research presentations and papers from Jessica, Christian, CJ, Sabrina, Cesar

Research presentations
Jessica: Friendster
Christian: Online Gaming
CJ: Apache
Sabrina: Blogging & Movable Type
Cesar: Wearable Computers

Individual discussions / Work in class




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02 February 2004

Deliverables:
PS 04


Critique:
PS 04

Discussion:
Style and design exploration

Assignments:
PS 05




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04 February 2004

Deliverables:
Research presentations and papers from Olga, Ronnie, Ian, Vadim, Alana, David

Research presentations
Olga: Google
Ronnie: Apache
Ian: Bluetooth
Vadim: WiFi
Alana: Bots
David: Modem

Individual discussions / Work in class




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09 February 2004

Deliverables:
PS 05


Critique:
PS 05

Presentation:
Information architecture

Assignments:
PS 06
Read A Visual Vocabulary for Describing Information Architecture
Read Usability Experts are from Mars, Graphic Designers are from Venus





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11 February 2004

Deliverables:
Read A Visual Vocabulary for Describing Information Architecture
Read Usability Experts are from Mars, Graphics Designers are from Venus
Research presentations and papers from Gary, Kevin, Celine, Brian, Michelle


Research presentations
Gary: Amazon
Kevin: eBay
Celine: Napster
Brian: Praystation
Michelle: Instant Messaging

Discussion:
Usability vs Exploration

Individual discussions / Work in class

Assignments:
Read Niederst, Chapters 1, 2, 3



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16 February 2004

Holiday. Presidents' Day




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18 February 2004


Deliverables:
PS 06

Read Niederst, Chapters 1, 2, 3


Critique:
PS 06

Presentation:
Flash / PHP examples

Assignments:
PS 07




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23 February 2004

Deliverables:
PS 07


Critique:
PS 07

Assignments:
PS 08





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25 February 2004

Individual discussions / Work in class

Presentation:
Flash / PHP examples



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01 March 2004

Deliverables:
PS 08


Critique:
PS 08

Assignments:
PS 09
Read Niederst Chapters 19, 20




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03 March 2004

Deliverables:
Read Niederst Chapters 19, 20


Presentation:
Flash / PHP examples

Small group discussions / Work in class




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08 March 2004

Critique:
PS 09 (midpoint)

Work in class




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11 March 2004

Presentation:
Flash / PHP examples

Small group discussions / Work in class




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15 March 2004

Small group discussions / Work in class




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17 March 2004

Deliverables:
PS 09