Third web design workshop:
Machines Read, Too (just not well)
11:00 a.m., 30 May 2014 South Hall 1415
PatrickMooney, Co-Lead TA, Department of English Office Hours this spring (for TAs): W 2:30-3:30 & Th 2:00-3:00 (& by appt), in South Hall 2432E. Email:patrickmooney AT umail DOT ucsb DOT edu Voicemail: (805) 272-0069
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 1: Wednesday 2 April, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 1: Thursday 3 April, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 2: Wednesday 9 April, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 2: Thursday 10 April, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 3: Wednesday 16 April, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 3: Thursday 17 April, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 4: Wednesday 23 April, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 4: Thursday 24 April, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 5: Wednesday 30 April, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 5: Thursday 1 May, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 6: Wednesday 7 May, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 6: Thursday 8 May, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 7: Wednesday 14 May, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 7: Thursday 15 May, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 8: Wednesday 21 May, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 8: Thursday 22 May, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 9: Wednesday 28 May, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Co-Lead TA office hours, week 9: Thursday 29 May, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
I recommend that you install the Operator Firefox extensions and set up at least a minimalist Google+ profile, if you haven't already. (You are also welcome to connect to me on G+, if you'd like.) More details can be found here.
Recommended preparation
Homework (which you can adapt in scope to your own schedule): As I said in the first workshop, you won't actually be learning these skills unless you practice them. My recommendation is that you produce a short "about me" HTML document that includes your name, a photo, and several links to you on other web sites (social networks, the English department's profile for you, etc.). I also recommend that your markup be semantic rather than presentational, and we'll talk in even more detail about why I recommend this than we did in the second workshop. (If you need more information about what I mean when I say this, you might want to watch the screencast or view the slideshow from the first workshop.)
Recommended background reading
Feel free to peruse any of the links in the sections outlined below. You may find, if you are pressed for time (and who among us isn't?), that a good set of quick background reading would be skimming one or more articles in the conceptual background section, plus looking at the descriptions of the hCard and/or XFN microformats. (If the technical descriptions seem difficult, don't let that deter you from coming: I'll go over the important bits in layperson's terms.)
Useful links
Available here, and divided into these categories: