Nate: http://www.smcm.edu/users/nastraus/netneutrality/
Ade: http://www.smcm.edu/users/aoadeyokunnu/space/index.htm
Tom: http://www.smcm.edu/users/tmconkwright/network_art/netneut/index.html
Nastia: http://www.smcm.edu/users/adkrylova/Al%20Love/index/open.htm
Lance: http://www.smcm.edu/users/lwkallon/nnwebpage/Homepage.html
15 December 2006
03 December 2006
examples of simple image mapping
The sites below have a hand-made feel because the creators created images in an editor like Photoshop, saved as 72 dpi JPG, and then used Dreamweaver to designate areas they wanted to serve as links. NOTE: This does not work well for long blocks of text, but it is good for making small things with fancy fonts.
http://www.larahoke.com/
http://www.busboysandpoets.com/
http://www.larahoke.com/
http://www.busboysandpoets.com/
29 November 2006
end of the semester schedule
I'VE MOVED THE SCHEDULE TO THE TOP SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND.
Mon 21 November:
final SOUNDSCAPE sites uploaded
-group assessment form
-intro to final project
Th 23 November: give thanks
Fr 24 November: BUY NOTHING DAY
Mon 27 November: creative brief due
-What is the site about? Include background information and references to other works and contextual information.
-What are the goals & objectives of the site?
-How will you measure success for your site?
-Profile the target audience. Who are they? What do they care about? What are their expectations for a website?
-How do you want your audience to use your site?
Wed 29 Nov: creative brainstorming due
post a collection of images (collage them in photoshop) & a word association of at least 30 terms about your site's subject to the class blog
in-class work day: FHT at U. of Delaware for artist lecture
Mon 4 Dec: drawn site map due
These should be legible enough that you could hand them off to someone else and they would be able to make the site template (without content) for you. These sketches should show that you have taken into consideration the visual DESIGN of your site with the concepts we have been discussing in class. Bring to class:
1- final project site map + hand-drawn sketches of each page of the site in COLOR
2- a typed list that shows how you've addressed or not addressed the following elements:
point, line, form, texture, color, type, pattern, movement
balance, rhythm, proportion, dominance, unity
Check out these sites for more info:
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/principles_of_design/
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/elements_of_design/
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/principles_and_elements_of_design/
3- Indicate how your site will use techniques besides regular HTML. This could be Javascript, Flash, or other coding to make your site more dynamic through the use of movement, content management or user input.
Wed 6 Dec prototype of site due
rough draft of project due for feedback. This means at least 3 pages should be ready for viewing. Individual meetings with Fereshteh
Wed 13 Dec: 7 PM
FINAL project uploaded and ready for critique
Mon 21 November:
final SOUNDSCAPE sites uploaded
-group assessment form
-intro to final project
Th 23 November: give thanks
Fr 24 November: BUY NOTHING DAY
Mon 27 November: creative brief due
-What is the site about? Include background information and references to other works and contextual information.
-What are the goals & objectives of the site?
-How will you measure success for your site?
-Profile the target audience. Who are they? What do they care about? What are their expectations for a website?
-How do you want your audience to use your site?
Wed 29 Nov: creative brainstorming due
post a collection of images (collage them in photoshop) & a word association of at least 30 terms about your site's subject to the class blog
in-class work day: FHT at U. of Delaware for artist lecture
Mon 4 Dec: drawn site map due
These should be legible enough that you could hand them off to someone else and they would be able to make the site template (without content) for you. These sketches should show that you have taken into consideration the visual DESIGN of your site with the concepts we have been discussing in class. Bring to class:
1- final project site map + hand-drawn sketches of each page of the site in COLOR
2- a typed list that shows how you've addressed or not addressed the following elements:
point, line, form, texture, color, type, pattern, movement
balance, rhythm, proportion, dominance, unity
Check out these sites for more info:
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/principles_of_design/
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/elements_of_design/
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/principles_and_elements_of_design/
3- Indicate how your site will use techniques besides regular HTML. This could be Javascript, Flash, or other coding to make your site more dynamic through the use of movement, content management or user input.
Wed 6 Dec prototype of site due
rough draft of project due for feedback. This means at least 3 pages should be ready for viewing. Individual meetings with Fereshteh
Wed 13 Dec: 7 PM
FINAL project uploaded and ready for critique
27 November 2006
collage(Ade)
list of words:1. space
2. rocket
3. stars
4. outerspace
5. astronauts
6. nigerian flag
7. telescope
8. coat of arms
9. planets
10. nasa
11. big dipper
12. gravity
13. moon
14. jupiter
15. far
16.poor
17. girl
18. darkness
19. black hole
20. satelite
21. ozone
22. camp
23. children
24. activities
25. money
26. kennedy space center
27. constellation
28. galaxy
29. wormhole
30. sci-fi
2. rocket
3. stars
4. outerspace
5. astronauts
6. nigerian flag
7. telescope
8. coat of arms
9. planets
10. nasa
11. big dipper
12. gravity
13. moon
14. jupiter
15. far
16.poor
17. girl
18. darkness
19. black hole
20. satelite
21. ozone
22. camp
23. children
24. activities
25. money
26. kennedy space center
27. constellation
28. galaxy
29. wormhole
30. sci-fi
creative brainstorming tips
For Wednesday, make a collage of images showing visual research about your topic and post it to the class blog by 4pm, along with a list of at least 30 words. This can be a free association, which means you should write down whatever comes to mind even if it seems like it's unrelated. I will give you feedback on these entries as you work on your site maps for next week.
Click here for an example of what your collage might look like, that I made about the subject of "video".
This research collage is from a designer who created Actively Mobile. Check out the link to learn more about her process.
Click here for an example of what your collage might look like, that I made about the subject of "video".
This research collage is from a designer who created Actively Mobile. Check out the link to learn more about her process.
20 November 2006
good use of rollovers + movement
BORDER film project - rollover with words of the title also serves as site navigation
This portfolio site for Matthew Voscovo makes use of Flash rollovers and movement.
This site for custom-made glasses frames was created in Dreamweaver with simple image maps and coloring with line drawings.
This site about mountain caribou in Canada features a simple animation that emphasizes that this animal is an endangered species.
Free Range Grain is a tactical media project with a graphically compelling web presence.
This portfolio site for Matthew Voscovo makes use of Flash rollovers and movement.
This site for custom-made glasses frames was created in Dreamweaver with simple image maps and coloring with line drawings.
This site about mountain caribou in Canada features a simple animation that emphasizes that this animal is an endangered species.
Free Range Grain is a tactical media project with a graphically compelling web presence.
The Yes Men movie
The entire movie is available for viewing on Google Video. LINK.
The Yes Men website
See also their most recent presentation about slavery at Wharton Business School in Philadelphia
The Yes Men website
See also their most recent presentation about slavery at Wharton Business School in Philadelphia
network neutrality
Here is the link for the open-source documentary video we watched in class:
Humanity Lobotomy
See also: http://www.savetheinternet.com/
Here is a RESOURCE LIST from Mark Cooley, an artist who will be visiting campus for a lecture next semester:
WHO OWNS THE MEDIA?
Media concentration, also known as media convergence or media consolidation, basically comes down to the fact that fewer and fewer companies own the media. Mediachannel.org has created a comprehensive chart of exactly who owns what. http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/chart.shtml
Colombia Journalism Review provides a clickable list of the major media companies and their holdings. This web guide demonstrates the exceedingly far reach of these companies.
http://www.cjr.org/owners/
This is a clickable chart of the ten largest media companies in the world, current as of Dec. 20, 2001 (it is important to note that media concentration is not only an American problem). It includes US companies such as the Walt Disney Company and AOL Time Warner, as well as international giants Bertelsmann and Vivendi Universal.
http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html
A graph of media ownership shows the number of corporations in control of US media plunging from 50 in 1983 to only six now. It is followed by a really useful list of links, which includes the major media reform advocacy groups.
http://www.corporations.org/media/
As FAIR explains, "Almost all media that reach a large audience in the United States are owned by for-profit corporations--institutions that by law are obligated to put the profits of their investors ahead of all other considerations. The goal of maximizing profits is often in conflict with the practice of responsible journalism."
This brief introduction to corporate ownership of the media is followed by a number of links to resources on the topic, including Normon Solomon's columns.
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/corporate.html
EXAMPLES OF A DECLINE IN MEDIA QUALITY
Print and broadcast media in the US have severely cut back foreign news coverage, leading to a poorly educated American public. This may be one of the reasons that Americans were so shocked by the events of Sept. 11--they have little to no knowledge of politics, ideology, and religion in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, coverage of crime, violence, sex and scandals has greatly increased. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0927-03.htm
FAIR answers the question "What's Wrong With the News?" with a clickable list of very short introductions to the following issues:
- corporate ownership
- advertiser influence
- official agendas
- telecommunications policy
- the narrow range of debate
- the PR industry
- pressure groups
- censorship
- sensationalism
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/media-woes.html
DEREGULATION SPEEDS CONCENTRATION
This is an excellent and brief summary of the new push for deregulation of the media industry by the FCC. Generally, a source like this might be expected to take a sympathetic view toward any efforts to deregulate, but this article is surprisingly skeptical. It is particularly useful in briefly critiquing the almost utopian hopes of web advocates. Websites may be relatively cheap, but good (or at least flashy) content costs money, and the big media companies have used this fact to insert themselves as the dominant presence on the web.
http://www.moveon.org/r?11
This article discusses the FCC's move towards deregulation in more detail. Deregulation is based on the perspective that the media is a product only, a "toaster with pictures." There seems to be little or no recognition of any need for policies that maintain a diversity of opinion, thus serving the interests of the public as citizens; rather, the public is regarded only as a group of consumers. The results of this deregulation will most likely be an even more acute concentration of the media into the hands of a few big corporations. However, there is still time to fight it, and the article includes information on writing to the FCC. http://www.democraticmedia.org/issues/mediaownership
FCC Chairman Michael Powell is currently the driving force behind the continuing trend of media concentration. Nor does he seem very concerned about the creation of media monopolies. According to Powell, "Monopoly is not illegal by itself in the United States. People tend to forget this. There is something healthy about letting innovators try to capture markets." And what about diversity? Well, Powell believes that "[d]iversity and all that stuff is very important, but it's hard to get a consensus on what it is, other than that the goals are worthy."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.03/mergers.html
Other resources:
http://www.mediastudies.com
http://www.prwatch.org
http://www.fair.org
http://www.mediachannel.org
http://www.znet.org
http://www.disinfo.com
Humanity Lobotomy
See also: http://www.savetheinternet.com/
Here is a RESOURCE LIST from Mark Cooley, an artist who will be visiting campus for a lecture next semester:
WHO OWNS THE MEDIA?
Media concentration, also known as media convergence or media consolidation, basically comes down to the fact that fewer and fewer companies own the media. Mediachannel.org has created a comprehensive chart of exactly who owns what. http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/chart.shtml
Colombia Journalism Review provides a clickable list of the major media companies and their holdings. This web guide demonstrates the exceedingly far reach of these companies.
http://www.cjr.org/owners/
This is a clickable chart of the ten largest media companies in the world, current as of Dec. 20, 2001 (it is important to note that media concentration is not only an American problem). It includes US companies such as the Walt Disney Company and AOL Time Warner, as well as international giants Bertelsmann and Vivendi Universal.
http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html
A graph of media ownership shows the number of corporations in control of US media plunging from 50 in 1983 to only six now. It is followed by a really useful list of links, which includes the major media reform advocacy groups.
http://www.corporations.org/media/
As FAIR explains, "Almost all media that reach a large audience in the United States are owned by for-profit corporations--institutions that by law are obligated to put the profits of their investors ahead of all other considerations. The goal of maximizing profits is often in conflict with the practice of responsible journalism."
This brief introduction to corporate ownership of the media is followed by a number of links to resources on the topic, including Normon Solomon's columns.
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/corporate.html
EXAMPLES OF A DECLINE IN MEDIA QUALITY
Print and broadcast media in the US have severely cut back foreign news coverage, leading to a poorly educated American public. This may be one of the reasons that Americans were so shocked by the events of Sept. 11--they have little to no knowledge of politics, ideology, and religion in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, coverage of crime, violence, sex and scandals has greatly increased. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0927-03.htm
FAIR answers the question "What's Wrong With the News?" with a clickable list of very short introductions to the following issues:
- corporate ownership
- advertiser influence
- official agendas
- telecommunications policy
- the narrow range of debate
- the PR industry
- pressure groups
- censorship
- sensationalism
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/media-woes.html
DEREGULATION SPEEDS CONCENTRATION
This is an excellent and brief summary of the new push for deregulation of the media industry by the FCC. Generally, a source like this might be expected to take a sympathetic view toward any efforts to deregulate, but this article is surprisingly skeptical. It is particularly useful in briefly critiquing the almost utopian hopes of web advocates. Websites may be relatively cheap, but good (or at least flashy) content costs money, and the big media companies have used this fact to insert themselves as the dominant presence on the web.
http://www.moveon.org/r?11
This article discusses the FCC's move towards deregulation in more detail. Deregulation is based on the perspective that the media is a product only, a "toaster with pictures." There seems to be little or no recognition of any need for policies that maintain a diversity of opinion, thus serving the interests of the public as citizens; rather, the public is regarded only as a group of consumers. The results of this deregulation will most likely be an even more acute concentration of the media into the hands of a few big corporations. However, there is still time to fight it, and the article includes information on writing to the FCC. http://www.democraticmedia.org/issues/mediaownership
FCC Chairman Michael Powell is currently the driving force behind the continuing trend of media concentration. Nor does he seem very concerned about the creation of media monopolies. According to Powell, "Monopoly is not illegal by itself in the United States. People tend to forget this. There is something healthy about letting innovators try to capture markets." And what about diversity? Well, Powell believes that "[d]iversity and all that stuff is very important, but it's hard to get a consensus on what it is, other than that the goals are worthy."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.03/mergers.html
Other resources:
http://www.mediastudies.com
http://www.prwatch.org
http://www.fair.org
http://www.mediachannel.org
http://www.znet.org
http://www.disinfo.com
14 November 2006
promoting your site : 22 November
You must complete ALL of the following for the launch of your SOUNDSCAPE site.
We don't have class that day, but please e-mail me the links and info about your promotions by 22 November (Wednesday). You may wait until after the Thanksgiving break to post the fliers for the site on campus.
-place key search terms in your META tag on every page of the site
tips from wikihow.com:
Regarding on-page scripting, the search engines are really looking for 2 things: keywords in the Meta and Title fields and keywords in the body of your website. Regarding Meta Tags, there are 2 very important fields:
-Make at least 50 fliers and post them around campus.
-Submit a press release to at least one campus publication and one county publication (newspaper, radio, tv)
- Submit your site URL to the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN) and directories (DMOZ).
- Seek out a forum at http://www.somd.com/ on a subject related to your site and join in on the conversation. Set up a signature linking to your site, and add it to your post. This will act as a mini advertisement for your site. Be sure to make relevant contributions, rather than posts that are obvious self-promotion.
AND at least 2 of the following:
-Purchase a unique domain name for your site.
It costs less than $10 per year but the return on investment is huge.
-Include your site link in your email signature.
-Link the project URL to your blog, MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, etc
-Get Clustrmaps for your site.
We don't have class that day, but please e-mail me the links and info about your promotions by 22 November (Wednesday). You may wait until after the Thanksgiving break to post the fliers for the site on campus.
-place key search terms in your META tag on every page of the site
tips from wikihow.com:
Regarding on-page scripting, the search engines are really looking for 2 things: keywords in the Meta and Title fields and keywords in the body of your website. Regarding Meta Tags, there are 2 very important fields:
- Title Tag - arguably the most important SEO(search engine optimization) tag for any website. Google supports approx. 60 characters in the title, while Yahoo allows for up to 110 characters in the title. It is important to target the most critical keywords in the Title. Every page should have a unique Title.
- META Description Tag - also very important for every page on the site. Some engines do display the description defined, while others do not. All search engines do read the description tag, and do utilize the content found within in the ranking process. A good rule of thumb is to create descriptions that do not exceed 200-250 characters. The META keyword Tag is essentially useless in today's SEO market, but is often times good to utilize as a placeholder for the keywords targeted.
-Make at least 50 fliers and post them around campus.
-Submit a press release to at least one campus publication and one county publication (newspaper, radio, tv)
- Submit your site URL to the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN) and directories (DMOZ).
- Seek out a forum at http://www.somd.com/ on a subject related to your site and join in on the conversation. Set up a signature linking to your site, and add it to your post. This will act as a mini advertisement for your site. Be sure to make relevant contributions, rather than posts that are obvious self-promotion.
AND at least 2 of the following:
-Purchase a unique domain name for your site.
It costs less than $10 per year but the return on investment is huge.
-Include your site link in your email signature.
-Link the project URL to your blog, MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, etc
-Get Clustrmaps for your site.
13 November 2006
Blithe Riley TODAY
Blithe will be joining us in class to critique your website before her lecture TODAY!LIBRARY 321, 4:30 PM
Check out her recent project, shown here, at this link:
Shaker, Crawler, Wall 2005
08 November 2006
WED 11-08
Today we will spend some time analyzing DESIGN.
Although many popular and well-designed sites use Flash or advanced scripting, there is a lot we can still learn from the VISUAL aspects of the design itself: the color scheme, font, the sense of space and the aesthetics are important above any movement. Think about the structure and concept for your sites. Imagine them without movement, focusing only on the visual elements. Make a list of how they fit the parameters listed in this article from Digital Web Magazine: Principles and Elements of Design
With your group, compile a list to verify how the site addresses these parameters:
-balance
-rhythm
-proportion
-dominance
-point
-line
-form
-color
NASTIA, ADE, NATE:
Remember Segregation
TOM, LANCE:
Style Wars
More info to think about as you refine your project:
web-designers "pre-flight checklist"
Although many popular and well-designed sites use Flash or advanced scripting, there is a lot we can still learn from the VISUAL aspects of the design itself: the color scheme, font, the sense of space and the aesthetics are important above any movement. Think about the structure and concept for your sites. Imagine them without movement, focusing only on the visual elements. Make a list of how they fit the parameters listed in this article from Digital Web Magazine: Principles and Elements of Design
With your group, compile a list to verify how the site addresses these parameters:
-balance
-rhythm
-proportion
-dominance
-point
-line
-form
-color
NASTIA, ADE, NATE:
Remember Segregation
TOM, LANCE:
Style Wars
More info to think about as you refine your project:
web-designers "pre-flight checklist"
07 November 2006
WED reading- Ade
Software art is art that is made on a computer by using a software to produce it, either by coding the software or manipulating open source code to make software art.
Example of tactical art is maphub.com, which is an online interactive map for pittsburgh created by people at carnegie mellon where people share local information about their neighborhoods.
Carnivore was a FBI program that was created to basically spy on people and invade their privacy by monitoring all thier internet activitives like email etc. RSG responded by making thier own sort of mockery version of carnivore, where they have a server, and other artists act like clients.
Carnivore - rsg
Example of tactical art is maphub.com, which is an online interactive map for pittsburgh created by people at carnegie mellon where people share local information about their neighborhoods.
Carnivore was a FBI program that was created to basically spy on people and invade their privacy by monitoring all thier internet activitives like email etc. RSG responded by making thier own sort of mockery version of carnivore, where they have a server, and other artists act like clients.
Carnivore - rsg
06 November 2006
SHOPACALYPSE NOW!
REVEREND BILLY AND THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPINGPerformance: Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir
Thursday Nov 9, 8pm, Monty 25 (where the music recitals are held)
Lecture: Bill Talen and savitri d of Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping will lecture on their work
Friday Nov 10
10am-11am
Boyden Gallery
Workshop: learn how to be a retail interventionist!
Immediately following the lecture
Friday Nov 10
11am-12pm
Boyden Gallery
reading for WED
For WED, read Greene 152-182
Answer the following questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS. You may look up resources outside of the book, but your answers should NOT directly quote the book or Wikipedia or other sources:
-What is software art?
-Give one example of a "tactical media" project that is not discussed in the book.
-What is the original Carnivore and what was RSG's response to it?
-Look up and link to a site of one the artist projects that are mentioned in the book.
Answer the following questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS. You may look up resources outside of the book, but your answers should NOT directly quote the book or Wikipedia or other sources:
-What is software art?
-Give one example of a "tactical media" project that is not discussed in the book.
-What is the original Carnivore and what was RSG's response to it?
-Look up and link to a site of one the artist projects that are mentioned in the book.
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