180 Day 15 Notes
March 21, 2000
Kilgour research on ILL opportunities
Return midterm projects and discuss structure of information objects
No class on april 6
In lab on april 11 for MOO
Read Dibbell
Term project progress?
One Minute Papers
Big Point
Many diverse opportunities for our field
Info design is a team effort
Info units are becoming less discrete
Like physical architecture, ID must balance form and function
I “get” the purpose of the midterm project!
How much new technology will we need to keep up with? Also, how to deal with skill turnover in MLS/MSIS?
How to balance info needs with entertainment with ads? (will annoying banner ads be replaced with slick video commercials)? Too much like TV? (replace? Merge?)
Is it too late to get into ‘this’ field?
How do X (e.g., medical professionals) take advantage of new media/methods/tools?
What are the top 3 skills a SILS grad who wants to be a webmaster have? (Level 1 answer: skill to learn/manage change, skill to express ideas clearly in multiple media, skill to solve info mgmt problems creatively; Level 2 answer: code at different levels of abstraction, DBMS backend, identify and evaluate user needs)
In a world where ‘flow’ takes precedence over other properties of info, will the role of info organization increase or decrease?
2. Tibbo on thur (Marchionini)
Roloff (Social exchange: key concepts) Yukiko Sakai
4. The one-minute paper concept
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?