Week 9: Time

How are we feeling?

HTML Brian Fitzgerald/flickr

Today we will

  • Discuss the second part of Galloway's Protocol
  • Go over last week's assignment
  • Learn how to push our code to the server using Git! Finish Git setup!
  • Start the next project, "Timepiece"
  • Continue conferences!

Discussion

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2100102/parsons-cc/images/galloway-protocol.png

HTML assignment

How'd it go? Discuss.

Git demo (let's try that again!)

Fire up those terminals! First, go to your ~/Code folder and open it (should have created last class):

$ cd ~/Code
$ open .

Make sure that git is installed:

$ git --version

Now go to GitHub and login. When you're logged in you should see your class site linked under "Your Repositories". It should look similar to the image below, but be titled "[your username].github.io". Click through to go to the repo for your class site!

Class site repo

Once you're there, in the righthand column you should see a little box that says "HTTPS clone URL". Copy the link from the text box to your clipboard:

Git Clone URL

Now back to the terminal. Let's make sure we're in the right place:

$ cd ~/Code
$ pwd

You should see something like /Users/[your user name]/Code. Now we can check out the Git repository! Make sure to double-check this command before you hit enter:

$ git clone [paste the copied link here] class-site-git

You should see a bunch of stuff happen and when it's done, you've cloned your git repo! You can open your Code folder in the finder to check:

$ open .

Clone class site

On Time

Railroads https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178249693/in/photolist-4ju6Kc-4jz335

Digital Clock https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfuller/79650456/

TV News https://www.flickr.com/photos/robinjp/8706930459/

Computer Clock https://www.flickr.com/photos/bookgrl/601867351/

Examples

Chena Alexander, "Piano Phase" Piano Phase

Joe McKay, "Sunset Solitare" Sunset Solitare

Eric Levin, "Come Down to Us" "Come Down to Us"

Christian Marclay, "The Clock" The Clock

Assignment

Timepiece Part 1

  1. Sketch out 3 different concepts of a composition for the browser that demonstrates the "change over time"
    • 1 of them should be something that you think is reasonably attainable based on what you already know
    • 2 of them should be "blue sky" ideas that you don't necessarily know how to do
    • Each concept should include images and text, but you can document them however you prefer (photos of hand-written notes, mockups in Photoshop, a Pinterest site with annotated images, etc.).
    • Please indicate which concepts are the "blue sky" ones and which is the more attainable one.
  2. Pick one of the "blue sky" ideas and research how you might make it a reality. Document your research with your own notes about how you might make it happen.

Part 1 of this assignment can be submitted via your class Google doc.

Timepiece example 1 http://cc.andydayton.com/timepiece/

For Next Week