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CCT260H. A New World. Housekeeping. Who does not have a Sheridan login? Who does not have a syllabus? Who has not signed on to the wiki? Did anyone get my e-mail from SLATE? Access Centre Questions?. In Today’s Lecture. Executive Summary Assignment History of the Internet

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  1. CCT260H A New World CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  2. Housekeeping • Who does not have a Sheridan login? • Who does not have a syllabus? • Who has not signed on to the wiki? • Did anyone get my e-mail from SLATE? • Access Centre • Questions? CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  3. In Today’s Lecture • Executive Summary Assignment • History of the Internet • Defining Web Culture • Lab One – Your First HTML Page CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  4. Executive Summary • Skim both textbooks for a topic • Read the headings and opening paragraphs • Find a topic of interest to you • Read the topic carefully • Even if it’s not required reading or for current classes • Think about how the issue relates to today’s lecture CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  5. Executive Summary • Write a brief description of your topic • Include what aspects you will research • Briefly describe how you will go about research • Give simple descriptions of key words and ideas • E.g. What is Convergence? • Provide an overview of your website plan • http://www.ehow.com/how_16566_write-executive-summary.html CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  6. Writing an Executive Summary • Be concise • Use short and clear sentences • Short form, bullet points are okay! Just integrate them properly • Have a clearly defined goal • Using images, diagrams or charts to evoke your concept fully • Be positive and SELL your product • Know your audience • Pretend I am your future employer CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  7. Writing an Executive Summary • Be Creative! • Use images of other sites you’d like to emulate • Draw mock-ups on paper or in a simple graphics program • Remember • The final project is not an opinion piece, it is a research or issue analysis paper • While bias may be seen through how you collect information, your personal viewpoints are not expected • Relating personal experiences, however, can be used, but not as a thesis, supporting argument or conclusion – it more for tying together a thought process or providing relevant context CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  8. Executive Summary • Start off with a catchy sentence • Use point-form where necessary • It’s okay! (If not required) • Describe your ideas in simple form • State the conclusion you’d like to come to • It doesn’t matter if this changes for the final assignment, but you better state why! • Use pictures/diagrams to make your point CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  9. Executive Summary • Questions? • Post future questions in the discussion area of the wiki • Other people may have the same question! • Or… email me! CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  10. History of the Internet Brief History of Social Application on the Internet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2QdEj8UjBc Brief History on Structure of the Internet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hIQjrMHTv4 • Before the Internet, programmers (the only users of computers at the time) would physically have to communicate all information directing into the machine. • This was done explicitly via keyboards or implicitly via pre-programmed punch-cards or magnetic reels. CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  11. History of the Internet • As computers became more powerful, many had to be place in specialized chilled rooms so they wouldn’t catch fire • Entering these rooms made programming very uncomfortable • A new method of delivering information was required CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  12. History of the Internet The Cold War • A nuclear strike on a city would disrupt radio communication systems • A solution was necessary to ensure ongoing operations in the event of a strike CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  13. History of the Internet There were a number of needs to fulfill: • A network that will still work with missing parts • A system to communicate information quickly • A way to share information to avoid duplication • And a method to remotely control computers • Keep information secure and limit access CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  14. History of the Internet • Mainframes stored data and processed commands in a remote location • Dumb terminals connected to mainframes via the network • Dumb terminals connected to themselves via the subnet • But – Networks were internal and comprised of varying models of machines CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  15. History of the Internet • The solution: A method of inter-communication between local networks (LAN’s), or… • Internet CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  16. History of the Internet • A advent of the personal computer and the modem brought millions of new users to the network http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgqEIp2YmtE • BBS’s (or Bulletin Board Systems) and Usenet allowed people to communicate ideas, notices and news from around the world CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  17. History of the Internet • But, modems were slow and data loss was frequent • (usually from your mom picking up the other phone) • So most information was transmitted via text or ASCII CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  18. History of the Internet • Although ASCII art was cool, this limited users to a BBS’s interpretation of data and merely interacted with one system at a time • A new method of sending text and providing descriptive language with it allowed users to view information from multiple computers via TCP/IP CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  19. History of the Internet • HTML and the World Wide Web were born • This also allowed others who didn’t run BBS’s to express ideas • Soon the Internet was being created not by the providers, but by the users CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  20. How It All Works • Every computer has a number called an IP address • Even within networks, computers have their own number • A domain name is just a name given to that number • For example: sheridaninstitute.ca = 142.55.7.60 CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  21. How It All Works • Requests are divided up into packets • Each packet has a destination and a source • Routers determine the best path to ship the data • Verification is sent for each for delivery and correctness • Once all the packets have been received, the request is complete CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  22. How It All Works • Each request goes through a specific port • HTTP is actually port 80 • This is how you can view websites, IM and download music at the same time without conflict resource_type://username:password@domain:port/filepathname?query_string#anchor http://cct260-w10.wikispaces.com/ CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  23. A New Frontier • Media, Politics and War • E-mail vs. Mail • E-mail vs. Phone • Consumerism & Finance • Entertainment (Games and Mass Media) • Education and Research CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  24. The Tattoo You Never Knew You Had • The old saying is “To Think Twice Before you Speak” • The new saying should be “Think Thrice Before You Post” CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  25. The Tattoo You Never Knew You Had • Now its not only you posting, its everyone you know • Social networking has connected us all – not just our interests, but our faults • No matter how many times you delete information and how much you sue for: • Web archives will always retain previous posts • The second someone wants a copy, they will have one and repeat it out of pure spite • To avoid this: Either be careful or be open CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  26. The Four Elements of the Web • Space • Time • Self • Knowledge CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  27. Space • Has perceived distances between people shrunken? • Home is closer than ever before • Has sites, such as eBay and craigslist eliminated the treasure hunt? • Individuals with specific interest can now find each other without the need of a metropolitan city. Has this moved us further apart? CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  28. Time • Immediacy has replaced many mediums • Is a newspaper, from writing to printing to delivery still “news”? • Demand for response faster than ever • Email, instant messaging and live updates have altered our perception of time and our attention spans. Have we lost the emotion of anticipation? • Has this changed our priorities in life? • Do we spend more time focusing on the web as so we don’t fall behind anyone else. What are we missing or overlooking from such behavior? CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  29. Self • We develop our own Avatar • The option and intrigue of living outside of our own selves and adopting a new personality that our inhibitions may prevent has changed us. • Is there a danger of going overboard? • Do we sometimes step out-of-line more than we would face-to-face. Have we become complacent with the insularity of the web? What the heck is cyber-bullying? • Are our expectations now too high? • After so many impromptu meetings of non-people or Avatars, have our expectations from people in reality been over-stretched? CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  30. Knowledge • Information Overload • Can we truly absorb as much information as is available on the Internet at any given time? Have we lost the art and expertise of those previously hired to summaries (news reporters / teachers) • Quality Verses Quantity • Is all of the information correct, or do people seek out information presented simply or with common and preconceived bias? • Have we gone from a sound-bite world to a 140 character world? CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  31. Anti-social Vs. Inter-social • Common misconceptions in the past were that Internet users were more antisocial and introverted than others in society • Now it’s the other way around. • Those not using social networking sights are left out of the loop CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  32. Is There A Vaccine for Going Viral? http://www.thestar.com/living/article/748917--ladies-if-you-ve-got-it-flaunt-it-on-facebook • First Impression: OMG, TMI! :P CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  33. Amping before the Surf While surfing the web, consider each of these four topics and ask these questions: • How does each site you visit fit into each category? • How has this changed in the past year? Past five years? (MySpace vs. FaceBook) • Remember how you started using a specific site. • Was it under recommendation from a friend? • Where you cajoled into using it because everyone else was? • Did you see it on another site or media and were convinced to try it for yourself? • How as it changed your life? Could you live without it? CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

  34. In-Class Exercise • Pick your favourite website and fill in the handout • How does it relate to each of the 4 major categories? • Use short sentences or point-form CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones

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