Class 01:

Materials:

• Pencils, index cards, sharpie, clip, stickers.
• Handout: how to survive a critique
• Handout: Problem set guide
• Handout: Problem set 1

Intro:

We are here to get to know each other, review the syllabus, talk about our goals for this class, build a good culture, and get setup with the tools we need to participate in this class. I hope to learn your names.

Social guidelines

• Fear & imposter syndrome.
• Grow your peers.
• Your destinies are linked.
• Tone matters. Be critical. Be empathetic.
• Assume good intentions.
• Honor questions.
• We won't know all the answers.
• Review key points in Social rules for learning

Question time: (15m)

• Backgrounds; who is from fine art, design, computation, or other?
• Student goals and expectations for studio 2, and and the Information Design and Visualization program.
• Gauge interest level and existing experience with: Web development, Processing, D3, SVG, design, programming, critique, statistics, JSON, design process.
• Other interests design, research, or technical experience?
• Complete online survey
• Look at survey results

Your coach (10m)

• Fine art Background, and computer interest from early age
  • Mom
  • Punch cards
  • Photography
• MassArt
  • SIM / Video
  • Walls
  • ICA
• Web crazed 90's and $$
• MIT Media Lab / John Maeda
• SNiF
• Current Work life
• Printing
• Memory Issues

Personal data index cards (15m)

• Help me learn your names, interests, talents.
• I am visual learner, show me who you are.
• This should be "functional".
• 12 minutes to work.
• Present one index card.

Discuss Data Cards (15m)

Break (15m)

Work expectations

• We do the dishes.
• We are experimenting, and taking risks.
• The cadence of failure.
• The secret of photography.
• Sketch everything.
• Cheating when possible.
• Stealing with respect.
• Frame one thing.
• Kaizen.
• Free gym membership.
• Super Hero.

How problem sets work.

• Lets review the problem set guide

Lecture: Git, github, assignment submission.

• gauge: shell, editors, git, github, versioning tools.
• git theory
• git practice
  • with github desktop client
    • checkout
    • pull
    • branch
    • commit
    • pull request
  • from the shell
    • checkout
    • pull
    • branch
    • commit
    • pull request

Coach does a simple first pass on PS1

• brackets &etc
• make folder
• hello world example

Students work together to setup

• Windows: mostly follow this guide to installing node
  • chrome
  • Cygwin
  • Github desktop
  • brackets editor
  • options for later
    • atom editor (optional, any editor will do)
    • node & npm
    • npm install -g live-server
• OSX:
  • chrome
  • Github desktop
  • brackets editor
  • options for later
    • atom editor (optional, any editor will do)
    • node & npm
    • npm install -g live-server