YES, THERE IS A FINAL.
Study materials may be found at Ted Nelson Home Page.
 

CLASS SCHEDULE for "Information Media / Hypertext", as of 98.10.20.  (Tentative).  .
See also ASSIGNMENTS.

September 98 =================================================

1.  Tues. 22 Sep: GREETINGS

2.  Tues. 29 Sep: SOME BASICS

Spaces, Construct Logic, Movies.
The arbitrariness of software structure.
"Interfaces".
Video Games versus Office Software.
Why software is a branch of movies.

3.  Tues. 6 Oct:

Explanation of the ZigZag system, as a particular space and construct logic.

The fish picture.  What category is a fish in?
THE TRADITION OF HIERARCHICAL CATEGORIES.
Armies
Biology (hierarchical categories-- formalized by Linnaeus-- result from biological origin)
BOOK STORAGE-- librarians group "subjects" together
BUT ALL SUBJECTS CONNECT.
Vannevar Bush
the memex
Doug Engelbart
Doug's vision
TN and the hypertext idea

We look at student datasets.

INTERTWINGULARITY.
The Intertwingularity Assignment.

HYPERTEXT AND BROWSERS.
Alternative forms of hypertext.
"Browsers"
Pad++.
LUSTR, a proposed very-high-level hypermedia system.
Twinkleplex(tm), a simplified kind of interactive world.

(Tues. 3 Nov: NO CLASSES)

7.  Tues. 10 Nov:
 

8.  Tues. 17 Nov: 
 

(X).  Tues. 24 Nov:   (No UNDERGRAD class-- graduate class meets.)

December 98  ==================================================

9.  Tues. 1 Dec:   to be determined

11.  Tues. 8 Dec:  to be determined

12.  Tues. 15 Dec:  Test.

January 99  ====================================================

13.  Tues. 12 Jan:  Student Final Project Presentations.  (Depending on number of projects.)

14.  Tues. 19 Jan:  Student Final Project Presentations.

15.  Tues. 26 Jan:  Student Final Project Presentations.

There will be no final exam.  YES, THERE IS A FINAL.
Study materials may be found at Ted Nelson Home Page.