1. Fumika

    ds106…?

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    October 11, 2011
    I am totally lost so far but trying to figure out what I have to do.I kinda made a design and I have no idea if it works for the assignment or not.Here is my design;It shows playing Mario; game controller represents video game obviously, the mushroom i...
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  4. Takeru Terajima

    For mid-term exam

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    October 11, 2011
    you can see or copy this instead of seeing the presentation every time.


    1. What was Napster and when was it launched?
    2. Where did he come up with the name Project Xanadu?
    3. The first real network to run on packet switching technology wasa. Arpanet b. WWW c. Usenet d. TU PortalWhat was the very first webpage about?
    4. What is the first webmail service launched in 1996
    5. In which year was essay titled As We May Think released in The Atlantic Monthly?A:1943 B:1945 C:1947 D:1950
    6. What is the popular file format to share songs and album via internet?a) .doc b) .aac c) .mp3 d) .wmv
    7. When was wikipedia launched?a) 1993 b) 2000 c) 2008 d) 2001
    8. Facebook was launched in the year 2004. What was its original name, and who was it’s original target?
    9. What is the Twitter Fail Whale?
    10. What is the meaning of DERP?
    11. What does “www” stand for?
    12. Besides the mouse, what other devices did Engelbert consider for interfacing with computers?
    13. Tim-Berners Lee created the WWW. True or false?
    14. Does flickr allow you to upload photos from your mobile phone?
    15. Name three things Engelbart invented.
    16. Who coined terms such as “hypertext” and “hypermedia”?
    17. When was the first computer mouse prototype released?
    18. Mentally compare and contrast Facebook and Twitter & give one example of a difference.
    19. If the hash tag number is 665, how would you tag this to Twitter?
    20. When was the first year that brought the first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam)?
    21. You can message someone on twitter by putting #/@/RT/DM before username.
    22. Who did create the idea of memex?1. Doug Engelbart 2. Vanever Bush 3.Ted Nelson 4. Scott Lockman
    23. Which is the first modern emoticon in 1982? 1. (^O^) 2. x-) 3. ;-( 4. :-)
    24. In 1971 Ray Tomlinson first developed what?
    25. Google went live in?
    26. Wikipedia launched in which year?
    27. Who had the first video conference?
    28. What does NLS mean?
    29. Who allegedly claimed to have invented the Internet but obviously didn’t?
    30. Who designed the first automatic computing engine?
    31. Which words make up the name ‘memex’? a. memory, text b. memory, index c. memory, flexible d. memory, hypertext
    32. Ted Nelson’s first attempt (Xanadu project) on implementation began and was successfully released to the world in 1960. True or False
    33. Anyone can suggest your idea for daily assignments on dailyshoot. True or False
    34. Q: What was “twitter” originally going to be called? a) twitty b) twittr c) twitter d) twiter
    35. What is the top of the memex? A. transparent platen B. white paper C. black digital screen D. none of the above

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  5. Takeru Terajima

    For mid-term exam

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    October 11, 2011
    you can see or copy this instead of seeing the presentation every time.What was Napster and when was it launched?Where did he come up with the name Project Xanadu?The first real network to run on packet switching technology wasa. Arpanet b. WWW c. Usen...
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  10. mome

    The planet

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    October 10, 2011
    A second take on minimalist travel posters, this time based on The Planet of the Apes, because I occasionally check Apple Trailers and the new entry in the series keeps popping up.Here's the how-to:First, think of a location that would have sufficient ...
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  11. mome

    Welcome

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    October 10, 2011
    My take on ds106's Minimalist travel poster assignment. In response to this guy.The poster references 300, specifically this scene:But actually I kinda had the scene on the brain a little before that, having recently discovered the "This is Sparta!" me...
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  13. mome

    On motion typography

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    October 9, 2011
    This is fairly unrelated to anything else, but I usually use YouTube when working on the computer these days. No, not to watch videos (although there is that), but actually to create, add to and listen to music off my YouTube playlist. You should try i...
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  14. proflockman

    Another Challenge

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    October 9, 2011
    The final tweet from @dailyshoot read as follows:"Thank you all very much for 690 days of the Daily Shoot. We may be done, but inspiration is everywhere! Keep shooting."That's right this project that all of you participated in is now completely finishe...
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  15. proflockman

    My New Role: The TA

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    October 8, 2011
    As those of you attended last Thursday's class will have heard, I have been demoted to the role of Teacher's Assistant (TA) for the duration of the digital story telling section of the course. Out of the blue, a previous instructor of this course, Otto...
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  16. Anna Tarasevskaya

    Fans And Social Media- The Dark Side

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    October 7, 2011
       At the first sight, there doesn't seem to be any connection between fans of popular groups, idols, stars and social media,but been given this topic to our group for presentation, with some research,we have actually found out a lot of ...
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  19. Rimi Morita

    Midterm Practice Post

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    October 6, 2011
    If I'm attaching an image on by blog, I have to do like this...1. Goto Flickr2. Search for a keyword to look for images3. Click "Advanced Search" nearby the searching form4. Click&check on "Search from Creative Commons Only"5. Submit the setti...
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  21. Takeru Terajima

    Weekly Assignment 1

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    October 6, 2011
    Hi, this is my fisrt blog for my CIS class.I'll introduce about Ted Nelson who is one of the greatest innovators of computer science.He was inspired by As We May Think written by Vanever Bush. As he read As We May Think, he started his project which wa...
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  26. Stephanie Hughes

    Pear Soup

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    October 6, 2011
    This has nothing to do with CIS class but, i needed somewhere concrete where I could put up my recipe for Pear Soup! I was just hungry and didn't really have anything to cook so I made this out of the things that I had at home :PAnyway,  I Googled...
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  27. proflockman

    Midterm Study Guide

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    October 6, 2011
    A couple of students asked if there was a way to put a PowerPoint presentation on the Internet. Yes, there is. I just set up an account on SlideShare and uploaded the PowerPoint for the Midterm Study Guide below. I then embedded it on the blog. It is r...
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  28. proflockman

    My Bad

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    October 6, 2011
    When I was in Army, I was assigned to the Signal Corps. The main part of my job was to set up and maintain tactical communications systems that connected air defense artillery batteries. It was a fun and challenging period of my life. But as ...
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