Introduction to Multimedia: The Internet & the Web

Potential In-Class Exercises and Demos

Internet Research

Begin by choosing a name from this list:

Stewart Brand Vinton Cerf J.C.R. Licklider Bob Kahn Ivan Sutherland Alan Kay
Leonard Kleinrock Charles Babbage Alan Turing Seymore Papert Aaron Swartz Paul Allen
Nicholas Negroponte Jonathan Schwartz Howard Rheingold JC Herz Pavel Curtis Esther Dyson
Linus Torvalds Brenda Laurel Jaron Lanier Jon Postel Seymour Cray Mitch Kapor
Kai Krause Steve Wozniak John Perry Barlow Kevin Mitnick Laurie Anderson Kim Polese
Vinod Khosla Scott McNealy Joi Ito Dan Bricklin Jim Barksdale Meg Whitman

Using the various Internet search tools we discussed in class, see if you can find the following information about the person you chose. Post the results of your research to myCourses.

  1. Why do you think they made this list? (What did they do? What makes them noteworthy?)
  2. What are they doing now?
  3. When and where were they were born?
  4. Have they written any articles or books in the past five years? If so, what?
  5. What do they look like? (Find a photo and provide the URL to it.)

Discussion Question: DRM

What is DRM? (In the context of copyright, please.)

Provide two examples of DRM implentations currently in use.

Discussion Question: Internet Metaphors

Do you think of the Internet as a place? As a thing? Why? How far does the metaphor you use reach--at what point, if any, does it start to break down?

The File Transfer Protocol (ftp)

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The Secure Shell (ssh)

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Unix Commands, Directories, and Permissions

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