Week 1

Week 1

1/24 – 1/27

Tuesday, Studio

Introductions
Review syllabus
Sign up for weekly presentations
Explain reading questions

Homework

Find an example of a website with typography you find engaging.
Reading: Staples, Typography and the Screen
Discussion question

Wednesday, Lab

Introductions
Syllabus review
GitHub introduction

Homework

Read The seven rules of a great git commit message
Customize the index of your GitHub repo by adding some simple text, or experimenting with basic HTML tags. Practice changing the file, committing it with a message, and pushing the change to GitHub.
Everyone should come to class on Week 2 with several additional commits logged.

Friday, Studio

Lecture on typography and the screen
Discussion questions
Observe reading presentations
Introduce Remixes
Poem resources: Poetry Foundation, Poem Hunter, UbuWeb, Poetry Archive
Basic HTML demo
Demonstrate where to save your project:
username.github.io-master/projects/remixes/index.html
(you will create a projects folder, a remixes folder, and an index.html file)
Look at typography examples
Mention link dump
Work time

Homework

Read Typophoto and The Crystal Goblet
Discussion question
Typeset your poem (HTML only OK) and upload it to your github account using the above nomenclature.
Brainstorm a few ideas for a system for how your poem will change with each iteration and start programming it. Do as much as you can. The more you have the more time we’ll have to discuss it before the final (due on Friday).

Link Dump