180 Notes
Day 28
4/20/99
Notes on project:  presentations 10 minutes, informal discussion, what you did, what you learned, what you would do if more time.  Hand in on 29th
1. One-minute papers
Big Points
Web sites vary by audience, sponsor, and
Need to consider structure and content in evaluating web sites
Principles of cataloging (descriptive and subject analysis) apply to web sites as well as books
People are becoming more alone, even as we become more connected.
Structural analysis of docs begins to tell us something about meaning.

 Questions
What if we could describe sites by how much info they have that we personally do not yet know?
What are the privacy issues with user profiles?
Can we create a web site genre system that could be added to cataloging and help searching?
Which would a site prefer: millions of hits a day or people staying longer?
What are the quality attributes that can be added to web site catalogs?
Will XML help in web site cataloging?

2. 3. Information Architecture
Powerpoint on G drive
 
Week of April 19: info design, ubiquitous comm (Tiffany proj on thur)
Week of April 26: Project Presentations

3.The one-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?