Submit your online reading notes to this forum. Simply go to the URL above and log on to the conference. Then click on the Hackos or Williams conference and mention the chapter or page numbers to which you'll be refering in the "Topic" line of your message. Week one can serve as a model.
These readings are meant to supplement the practical experiences of this class: 1) planning and designing publications and 2) getting to know the job of a publication manager. Each week someone will be assigned the task of presenting a chapter or a section of the two books (Hackos or Williams) to the class on Thursday of that week. You can assume the everyone will have read the material.
When you present a chapter in Hackos to the class, be prepared to indicate which part of the chapter is most important and why you think so. Either write notes in the book (That's what I do.) or if you want to resell the book later, take extensive notes on another piece of paper. We don't have time for you to thumb through the book looking for important points.
When you present a section out of Williams, bring at least one sample publication (or many sample publications) that illustrates the design concept(s) that she talks about in that section. We'll also use your sample to practice audience analysis and talk about the production process.
Each week I would like you to read the assigned chapters critically. Ask hard, useful questions. Find publications or web pages that illustrate excellent or poor uses of the concepts covered in those readings. In addition, you are probably going to have any number of practical questions about the information in the chapters. Come into class on Thursdays ready to discuss the readings for that week.
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