Research and Inspiration #16

In this assignment, I have to make a time line with all of the podcasts I have been recently doing... I want to do something fun, one that could be easy to remember.

I like this one a bit because we have to make a timeline and I want it to look like a fun board game. I like how the wording is in the boxes but it looks a little too simple. I want to go all out.

I like the graphics on this one, but not the neutral colors on this. I feel like I need to add some POP or something. This just makes me want to color it in...

 I like this one. Simple, but with pictures and a lot a color that catches my eye. Although the big CARLAND sign throws me off, I think I could do this, maybe put the sign in the beginning, like "PREHISTORIC" or something like that. 

 I love Monopoly, so why not make a project out of it? I don't think the <--- Go square would be good unless I do something like "Now Go Back" or something. I just really like the colors and the names of the places could be the era or who invented what, the money is the date, and the picture has an example of the product or some sort of graphic.

Early Computers | 1930s-1980s

What is an abacus?
Thought to be the first computer although all it did was simple math calculations.

In 1936,  Zuse invented this type of computer?
The first freely programmable computer.

Post a photo of the 1944 Mark Computer.
In 1944, Aiken and Hopper designed the Mark Series of computers to be used for what?

For the US Navy for gunnery and ballistic calculations.

Post a photo of the UNIVAC Computer.
In 1951, Eckert and Mauchly designed the first commercial computer for whom? 
For the Census Bureau/

What does UNIVAC stand for?
UNIVersal Automatic Computer.

In 1953, IBM enters the scene. What does IBM stand for?
International Business Machines.

What is FORTRAN?
The IBM mathematical formula translating system.

Post a photo of the first mouse.
In 1964, how did Engelbart change the way computers worked?
Made them more user friendly,

What is the significance of ARPAnet?
It was the first Internet, developed to protect the flow of information between militaries.

In 1971, Intel introduced this? Post a photo of it.
The first microprocessor, The Intel 4004.

In the same year, IBM introduced this? Post a photo of one.
The floppy disc.

In 1973, Metcalf and Xerox created this?
The first ethernet computer network

During the next several years, the first consumer computers were marketed. Post photos of the Altair, Apple I, Apple II, TRS-80, Commodore PET. Label each.


In 1981, Bill Gates and Microsoft introduced this package?
MS-DOS computer operating system which was packaged with the IBM PC. 

Post a photo of the Lisa computer.
In 1983, who introduced the Lisa computer?
Apple.

What is GUI?
Graphical User Interface.

Post a photo of the computer mentioned below.
In 1984, a more affordable home computer was introduced. Name the computer and the company that marketed it?
The Apple Macintosh computer.

The commercial only ran one time. When?
1984 during the Super Bowl.

In response to the Apple GUI, Gates and Microsoft introduced this?
The Windows operating system.

Two men are known for their development of the Apple I computer. Who are they?Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs.


Where do you think computers will take us in the next 10 years?
Flying cars, close to world peace and Mars.

Apple 1

Apple 2

Altair

Commodore PET

The First Mouse

1944 Mark Computer

UNIVAC Computer

Photography | 1839-1960's

Until the 1880s, how were news stories illustrated?
Engravings or wood cuttings.

What is a camera obscura?
"Dark Chamber". An obtical device that projects and image on its surroundings onto a screen. 


Post an example of a camera obscura.
How did scholars and artists utilize the camera obscure?
A way to observe light, phases of the moon, and eclipses.

From where did the photographic camera develop?
A box that you look through and see cuttings of different places.

Who first used the term "photography"? Where was is derived from?
Light and writing, from Greek. Sir John Hershel named it 1839.

Post an the first photograph.  
Who is credited with making the first successful photograph?
Joseph Niepce.


Post an example of a Daguerreotype image. 
Who invented the Daguerreotype process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Louis Daguerre, he placed a light-sensitive sheet of metal. It was faster than the first one, but took a half an hour. The image also couldn't be duplicated.


Post an example of a Calotype image. 
Who invented the Calotype process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
William Fox Talbot. An unlimited amount of duplicates could be made, although the first one had less quality than the Daguerreotype.


Post an example of a Wet Collodion Process image.
Who invented the Wet Collodion process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Frederick Scott Archer, it costed less and it took up to three seconds to process, although the picture had to processed immediately while the plate was still wet.


Post an example of a Dry Plate Process image.
Who invented the Dry Plate process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Richard Maddox, you didn't have to develop it immediately.

Who is George Eastman? What company did he establish?
He invented roll film, a medium to replace plates with paper. It became cheaper. HE became the owner of Kodak.

Post an example of The Kodak Camera from 1888.



In 1888, he produced a camera that use his flexible roll film. How did he make this camera/photography accessible to the public?
It was easier to take pictures because you didn't have to continuously change the plates and film. It was also very cheap.

What is Edwin Land best known for? What company did he establish?
He is known for patenting polarized light filters in 1934 and his invention of instant photography in 1948. He founded The Polaroid Corporation in 1937.

Post a photo of the first Polaroid camera.




How long did the first Polaroid camera take to produce a photo?
60 seconds to produce a black and white print.

What was Eadweard Muybridge known for?
Using multiple cameras to capture motion.

Post a photo of the Zoopraxiscope.
What is the Zoopraxiscope?
it was used to project a series of images in successive phases of motion.

Post a photo of Muybridge's horse in motion.
How did Muybridge settle the debate and photograph a horse in motion?
He used a series of cameras that would take pictures as the horse passes by to see if all four hooves are off the ground at a certain point.

In 1880s, the development of the motion picture camera allowed what?
It allowed individual images to be captured and stored on a single film reel.

Post a photo of a motion picture projector.





What is a motion picture projector?

It shines a light through the film and magnify the "moving picture" onto a screen for the audience. 

Kodak 1888

Zoopraxiscope

Daguerreotype

Wet Collodion 

Dry Plate

Motion Picture Projector

Calotype Image

The First Photograph

Camera Obscura 

The First Polaroid Camera 

The Linotype Machine | 1886 AD

Who is credited with the invention of the typewriter? 
Christopher Sholes.

What is a "stenographer"?
Someone who writes in shorthand.
Post an example of Shole's typewriter.
Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
Clephane was a stenographer who desperately needed one, who else to test the new machine?

After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
It took too long to typeset and copy the words.

Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
Otto Mergenthalar.

What is meant by "typesetting"?
Arrange type or generate the type for printing.
Post an example of Linotype Machine.
How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?
It produces an entire line at once.

How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
It made operators set type for more pages on a daily business.
Post an example of a Linotype keyboard.
How did the keyboard of the Linotype Machine differ from keyboards that we use today?
You press SHIFT on today's keys, the Linotype had upper and lower case seperate. Also, the letters are arranged differently.
Post an example of a Linotype slug.
What is a slug?
An assembled line of text placed into a mold for typing.
Post an example of a person operating a Linotype Machine.
Why is the Linotype Machine the greatest advanced in printing since movable type?It was mechanically set and it could place one line of metal at once.

Shole's Typewriter

Linotype Machine

Linotype Keyboard

Linotype Slug

Assignment #15 Research and Inspiration

This obviously isn't much but I like the initial caps in here, the colors inside looks kinda cool.

I like the borders, of the page and the initial cap. Its colorful, draws the viewer's eye and adds a little theme to the text.

I like the colors. Not the borders. It just seems a little too much. I want something simple. I feel like I'm getting a headache...

In this assignment, we have to choose a song/poem. I'm thinking something soft, something that can be illustrated by something this pretty.