today's schedule 1:00-2:00 OVERVIEW      Tom's talk      Lloyd's announcements      discussion & questions      journal Q of the day 2:00-3:00 INDIV. work      Cascading Style Sheets (TAs)      work on personal website      update/upload docs 3:00-3:20 get some air!     ...and sunshine (hopefully)! 3:30-4:15 Presentations      Groups 1 to 4 4:15-4:30 free period      play/gametime as i was IMing with Ilya last night, telling him to go check out this page, he suggested the perfect subtitle: "very handsome young man" :-) more pix from monday: angelwalking.jpg asleep.jpg chiaroscuro.jpg darylsmiling.jpg dave&kati.jpg daniel@lecture.jpg danielsperch.jpg davewatchingkati.jpg evgillienancy.jpg fermezy.jpg ilya.jpg lloydtalking.jpg lloyd&tomtalking.jpg soccer1.jpg soccer2.jpg soccer3.jpg soccer4.jpg soccer5.jpg soccer6.jpg soccer7.jpg soccer8.jpg soccer9.jpg soccer10.jpg tomlecturing.jpg trafficpoleheads.jpg trevrolling1.jpg trevrolling2.jpg trevsfeet.jpg whoisthis.jpg whoseshoeisthis.jpg

today's links Tom's essay on the course weblog Cybergeography or Reviving Mr. Baradello We often compare the internet to the real world. We have "homes" and "addresses" and "mailboxes" and "storefronts;" all quaint physical words that we have applied to cyberspace. As we have discussed all session long, nearly every discipline of study like sociology and psychology has digitized itself and morphed into a new, slightly diffeent field when we look at the Internet. It was only a matter of time before we got to cartography, the study of maps, a personal hobby of mine. It may sound rather trivial when compared to the study of the human mind or large societies, but it's amazing what you can learn from a map... Journal question: Part 1: Other than the observations Tom made in his essay, write in your journal one thing you observe on the network map (second one). Tom talked about how Africa and South America were severely lagging in Internet usage based on the structure of the global network. Make some kind of similar observation. Also: what is a map? What are the uses and/or limitations of a map? What can a map teach you? On the topic of the digital divide: how do you feel knowing that the United States "owns" the future? What possibilites and/or problems may lie in the near future due to the physical structure of the internet? Part 2: Related to the above question, I'd like to get a snapshot of the "cybergeography" of this class. What kind of computer and operating system do you use at home? Which Internet service provider do you use? homework for Fri. 7.28 Think about what to bring for the class party on Friday: sandwiches, pizza, fruit, drinks, finger foods, cookies, cupcakes, fruit, etc.