Design Studies 201 Links

Design Studies 201

The following links are provided for further information on topics covered in our lectures. You will not be required to know anything specific from these sources for the tests. If you have any questions, or would like to find more information on a specific topic, please let me know.

Tuesday May 19th
Hardware/Software

Wednesday May 20th
Networks and the Internet

Thursday May 21
Macs and PCs

Tuesday May 26th
HTML and the WWW

Wednesday May 27th
Netscape Additions

Thursday May 28
Storage and Transfer

Monday June 1st
Photoshop and Illustrator

Tuesday June 2nd
File Formats

Wednesday June 3rd
Advanced Photoshop

June 4th
Multimedia

Monday June 8th
Pagemaker

Wednesday June 10th
Animation

Thursday June 11th
Video Conferencing

Monday June 15th
Infini-D

Tuesday June 16th
Advanced Infini-D

Wednesday June 17th
Finding Learning Resources

Monday June 22th
3-D Studio Max

Wednesday June 24th
QTVR and Virtual Reality

Thursday June 25th
Visualization

Monday June 29th
AutoCad

Tuesday July 1st
GIS

Thursday July 3rd
Buying a Computer

Tuesday, May 19th, 1998
Hardware/Software Links:

Hardware

Apple Computer

Gateway

Software

Microsoft

Macromedia

Both

Microwarehouse Product Catalog

Wednesday May 20th, 1998
Networks and the Internet Links:

History of the Internet and ARPANET

BBN Timeline

Brief History of the Internet

A Brief History of the Internet and Related Networks

History of ARPANET

WAN

Packet Switched Networks

WAN Resource Index

LAN

Token Ring Info

Terminal Access (Telnet)

Thursday May 21, 1998
Macs and PCs

Apple/Macintosh Links

Mac.org---Mac Shareware Site

MacAddict---THE Magazine for Mac Information

Made on a Mac---site that shows all the different applications of the Macintosh.

MacWindows---Mac and Windows Integration

Macs and the Year 2000 Problem

PC (as in Personal Computer) Information

PC History; a look back

Yahoo Personal Computer Listing---Links to major producers of Personal Computers

Windows Information

Windows NT vs. Windows 95

FREE Windows 95 Companion Software

Window95.com---Freeware and Shareware

Year 2000---Information about Microsoft Products and the Y2K problem

PCWorld Online

Tuesday May 26th, 1998
HTML and the WWW

HTML Resources

Beginner's Guide to HTML

Bare Bones Guide to HTML---Claims to list every official HTML tag in common Usage

Top 15 Mistakes in First Time Web Design

lynda.com---Good source for info, including color!

WebCoder---Advanced Dynamic Html

Inside DHTML---More Advanced HTML

HTML 4.0 Working Draft Release

Great Website Design Tips

The Useless Pages---Examples of bad pages

Worst Web Pages of Congress---Accessibility issues

History of the WWW

A Little History of the WWW---Not quite up to date but relevant

CERN---Where it all started

Tim Berners-Lee---Inventor of the Internet

Wednesday May 27th, 1998
Netscape Additions

CGI Scripts

The Common Gateway Interface

CGI Made Really Easy---If you are already a programmer, this will get you started quick. If not, you probably won't understand it.

CGI Tutorials---Good resource to get started for new users

Infini-D PostForum---an example of CGI use

Java

Java Coffee Break---Great source for getting started

Java URN---User Resource Network

Cup O' Joe Java Shop

Slurrrp.........Java---The first user-friendly tutorial on Java

Real Audio

Beginner's Guide to Real Audio

WINK 108 Homepage---Real Audio Site

Get the Real Audio Player

Shockwave

SS7x7 Sound System---Mix your own music

Macromedia Shockwave

ShockRave---A collection of Shockwave

More Cool Browser Additions

SurfTalk---Voice Recognition Software for surfing the Web

Macromedia Flash

Thursday May 28, 1998
Storage and Transfer

File Transfer Protocal

The Zmodem Protocal

Introduction to Project Vincent (Doc 170)---Iowa State University

Storage

Innovative Network Decisions, Inc.---Some information on tape back-up systems

Gemini Solutions

Iomega

Syquest

Monday June 1st, 1998
Photoshop and Illustrator Lab Intro

Photoshop Links

Roxanne's Grafix Gallery---Photoshop Tutorials

Kris Imada's Photoshop Tutorials---Creating Bullets and Web Graphics

Illustrator Links

Illustrator Tutorials

CoolType.com---Illustrator and Photoshop Tutorials

Tuesday June 2nd, 1998
File Formats

The Graphics File Format Page

JPEG FAQ---Usenet FAQ

Wednesday June 3rd, 1998
Advanced Photoshop

The Magic Pixel---Excellent Site Design and Great Photoshop Tutorials

Photoshop Book List

Photoshop Links---Links to tutorials, plug-ins, books and more!

Infinite Fish Photoshop Tutorials---Very fun Interface!

Photoshop Tutorials

Kai's PowerTips---The original tutorials written by Kai Krause. These are extremely helpful.

June 4th, 1998
Multimedia

mTropolis

mGroup---Virtual Group to save mTropolis

Macromedia

Authorware

Authorware; an Introduction to Multimedia Design---Supplimental Resources

Lingo Users Journal

Monday June 8th, 1998
PageMaker

CoolType.com---Pagemaker tricks

Newspaper Production Using PageMaker

PageMaker Listserv

The PageMaker Scripting Center

Adobe's PageMaker Product Page

Wednesday June 10th, 1998
Animation

Imagine This---Animation and Special Effects Studio

Liquid Reality Works

Media Bytes, Inc.

Mind's Eye Presents---Computer Animation

National Pixel Products

Parallel Universe

Pixar Animation Studios

Spank. Interactive---Amazing Site Design!

Visual Magic Images, Inc.

Translab

Thursday June 11th, 1998
Video Conferencing

VideoGuy Site

Desktop Video Conferencing---Research Project at MU College of Education

Network Applications Buyer's Guide---Information on Video Conferencing Applications

8x8, Inc.---Video Conferencing Chips and Software

To Win Technologies---Video Conferencing solutions

Monday June 15th, 1998
Infini-D

MetaCreations---Look under 3D Software for Infini-D, then under Learning Resources for tutorials.

Mike Nibeck's Tutorials---Very good tutorials!

Infini-D Tutorials---on my site

Tuesday June 16th, 1998
Advanced Infini-D

More Infini-D Links

Wednesday Jun 17th, 1998
Finding Learning Resources (or For More Information...)

Books

PhotoBooks---Complete List of Photoshop Books and Reviews

WebLust Writings---Adobe Illustrator Book

Table of Contents---This page has no other name, but it is the longest list of computer related topics I have ever seen online. This has links to EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about computers and applications!

Cye's Definitive HTML Book List

Internet.com Webreference

Artie Romero's Recommened Reading---Who knows who this guy is, but it's a good list of animation related books.

The 3-D Artist's Bookstore---lots of info and nice graphics!

Says 3-D Studio Max but...actually is a large list of computer graphics related links

Infini-D Revealed

A-Z Technical Bookstore---AutoCad books

Magazines
WebDeveloper.com---Good online magazine for Web Development

Photoshop User

Interactive Digital Intelligence Group, Inc.

Photoshop Web Reference

MacAddict---Print edition has reviews and "how-to"s

MacWorld---Product information (applies to more than the Mac platform), and

Monday June 22nd, 1998
3D StudioMAX

3D Studio MAX Support and Training Site

Wednesday June 24th, 1998
QTVR and Virtual Reality

Apple's QTVR Site

QTVR Object Tutorial---Using Infini-D

Thursday June 25th, 1998
Visualization

Engineering Animation

Thursday July 2nd, 1998
Buying a Computer

Microwarehouse---MacWarehouse and MicroWarehouse

The Apple Store---Online Store

Yahoo Personal Computers---Yahoo listing of personal computers and manufacturers

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