Technical Assignment 1

Name and Logo for the Publication

Due on the server at 5 P.M. Wednesday, September 13.

Have a look at the description of the publication we will launch in this course. At present it is unnamed. Suggest three names that are catchy and appropriate. I'll make the final decision, but I'm entirely open to ideas at this point. Please do not suggest names that are currently in use. (A Google search will be sufficient for this occasion: see www.google.com.)

Shortly after our first class meeting I will set up your account on Crow. You may send files via FTP to your personal directory. They will then be visible on the Web at:

http://crow.ubalt.edu/users/[yourLastName]/[pageName]

For this first technical assignment, do the following:

1. Create a page called names.htm. List your three suggested names and supply for each a brief discussion of its usefulness and relevance.
   
   
2. Create a page called logo.htm. On this page install a possible logo graphic for one of your chosen names. The graphic may not exceed 400x400 pixels in dimension and 45k in file size. Animations must be GIF (no plug-ins). The graphic may be a composite containing rollover elements.
   
   
3. Send me email when your work is complete. This step is not optional.

Conventional wisdom as explained in Final Seminar favors names of one word, one syllable if possible--though that has something to do with print (the way magazines look in store racks) and may have no bearing here. For some reason I seem stuck on TLAs (three-letter acronyms).

To help you get started, here is a not-so-promising list:

XPD
PD/X (Pub Design/Experimental)
RPD (Reinventing Pub Design, Research in Pub Design, etc.)
PDY (Pub Design Yearbook)
Publication Desires
Postprint (probably in use)
Pubnext (ech)
uPDate (sounds like a newsletter)
PDO (Pub Design Outlook)

"'Bert' will do fine," he said, and stepped into the void.
-- Gravity's Rainbow