Hello world!
This part of the assignment will answer the following question, What was the best stuff?
The parts of this class that I thought were the best include using Putty and working on the Command Line of the server. I had a lot of trouble with that assignment and really felt a sense of accomplishment when it was over, that I had triumphed over the system! I was amazed that the computer would not give any feedback if everything was OK. I guess that is still the same, but when you cannot "see" what you are working on, I guess I thought there would be more feedback then there was.
The web page critique was also a lot of fun. First to use the Krug book "Don't Make Me Think", and apply it to websites that we use was great. I however liked the second part of the assignment when we had to use a screen shots, mark them up, and add to a web page. That was the best. I have even shown other people how to use a screen shot for other assignments.
The second part of the Krug book that I enjoyed was all the web conventions that Krug urges web designers to use. This really make me think that websites really do want you to use them, and they have made it relatively simple to understand what is going on, when you visit a brand new site.
The Ping that you sent out in class, and we waited to return after all the "hops" was great as well. I did not fully understand the packets, trace routs etc.. before this class. Moreover, I thought the WWII influence that is still a part of the internet was fascinating.
Furthermore, the variety of readings was great. I thought that the V. Bush reading "As we may think" was great. I cannot believe all the ideas that Bush came up with in the 1940's as well as the "Hacker" readings and the open source software that allowed so much computer code to be written, developed, and then amended all by a bunch of people who just loved to work on the new computer. And I only thought hackers were after my bank account number...
This photo is of an early video game (tennis) . Notice how it compares to video games today......
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