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1. Sept. 15: Introductions, syllabus
Internet defined
Protocols, IP Addressing, DNS, Clients and Servers
Protocols
TCP/IP, http, ftp, telnet, icmp, smtp
Web Addressing
Domains, case-sensitivity
Philosophical issues
Free/Open Source vs. proprietary; democracy, culture
Assignments:
(1):Email a link (2):Get a Web account

2. Sept. 22: Build a server, make webpages
Server vs. Client Software
Apache, browser, ftp client
Daemons
httpd, ftpd, smtpd, sshd
Making Webpages
Joys of html

3. Sept. 29: Deeper into webpage craft
WYSIWYG editors
Dreamweaver
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Inline and external style sheets
Free software
Kompozer

4. Oct. 6: In-class Review and Starting Flash
In-class Review
-A review of the web-based work created by everyone in the class so far.
These will be presented for discussion and suggestions about formal issues,
genres and techniques.
Flash
Intro to the interface and Actionscript

5. Oct. 13: Continuing with Flash/Javascript
Flash interactivity
Programming in Actionscript CS3 vs. earlier versions
Javascript alternatives for interactive interface elements:
JQuery

6. Oct. 20: Flash / MP3 players and Visualization
Visiting Artist: Matt Moore
Flash CS3 for Visualizations
Flash MP3 player

7. Oct. 27: Video for the Web
Compression/Decompression (codec) schemes
Quicktime, Sorenson, H264
Using in webpages
The <OBJECT> and <EMBED> tags
Flash video encoding
Making it "youTube-able"
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8. Nov. 3: Wikipedia and Web OS
"The Cloud" and wikis
visitor: Ted Rybeck from Benchmarking.com
( tyrbeck@benchmarking.com )

9. Nov. 10: Blogging/CMS
Blogging and Content Management Software
Class Wordpress Forum

10. Nov. 17: Conversations
From the Library: Greg Wallace on copyright
Web-mediated conversations
IRC, VOIP
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7. Nov. 24: Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
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11. Dec. 1: Art Discussion and Work day
Visiting Critic: Ben Mauer from Quilted.coop
Wireshark and talking about art
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13. Dec. 8: Final project Reviews
Final project Reviews
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