* Discussion Topics
** Hacking History in the Himalaya
*** Intro
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Why we should write history, why everyone should do it, and why that means we
need the Web. Hacker cultures, collaborative learning, knowledge sharing,
non-expert culture. And a few words about the world's third-tallest mountain.
*** Background
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** The Language of the Web
*** Intro
:PROPERTIES:
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The Web is written in a language called HTML, with some help from other
lanugages called CSS and Javascript. The nonlinear and interactive properties of
these languages afford new possibilities for storytelling. We explore how the
Internet works, and what that means for historical narrative.
*** Readings
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- Tim Berners-Lee, /Weaving the Web/ [[file:readings/berners-lee-weaving-web.pdf][Ch. 2,4]].
* Labs
** Getting Started
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- HTML and Markdown
- Some Tools: Github, Dropbox, Atom Text Editor
- About Our Partners
** Understanding HTML
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:CUSTOM_ID: lab-understanding-html
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Because the course readings and hte lab are often separate, it can be difficult
and confusing to maintain the course outline in its final form. Id like to be
able, instead, to maintain the labs and readings separately, and /merge/ them to
produce the final document. So I'd start with something like this: