week 6 : 4 may
hypertext theory and digital storytelling

agenda

• 6.00 - 7.00 : reading review is a small group editing project - also get food from HUB
  
  
  Reminder: ePost is part of the class participation grade. Some folks aren't posting regularly - let me know what's going on, please
  
  
  • Attractions - Alina, Makiko, Pennie
  • Business & Economics - Kate, Kerry, Mark
  • Glimpse of Nebraska - Hassan, Kevin, Sylvain
  • History/Facts - DonM, DonW, Eli, Trav
    
    
  Jacob Nielsen's "best tested" set: attractions; business & economy; glimpse of nebraska; history and facts.
  
  
• 7.00 - 8.45 : guest speaker
  Steve Crandall, Promotion Arts [bio]
  Telling digital (non-web delivery) multi-media stories
  • 35mm Film History - Wikipedia
  • Edison, kinetoscope
  • Lumière
  • More than 100 years of film sizes
  • Ken Burns [PBS, interview]
  • Golden Mean
  • BMW Films
  • KenStone.net
  
  
  
• 9.00 - 10.00 : report out from part A & team time

assignments

• Please complete the speaker evaluation by 7 May.
  
  
• Please complete the mid-quarter evaluation by 7 May.
  
  
• Second writing assignment due Thursday. It is assignment three in eSubmit. Let me know if you have problems posting.
• Please read the following Web articles. For ePost, find Web examples that illustrate the points raised by each author.
  • A Case for Web Storytelling, A List Apart
  • Reduce visual clutter to improve usability, Builder.com, 21 April 2004; for discussion on this newsletter article, see the cNet discussion forum

resources

• Thinking About Web Aesthetics, Lynda Weinman