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Sixth Class: E-conomics

Assignments

• chapters 13 and 20 in the text book
• Online reading below
• Homework to date:
  1. Create a simple Web page
  2. Email me 3 1-paragraph Web site critiques
  3. FTP exercise: add your name to the list at http://members.tripod.com/~mslaybau
  4. Write a more detailed Web site critique and...
  5. ...publish it on your personal Web site
  6. Email me a 1-page Web site proposal
  If you're still behind, don't give up!
  If you're having trouble with some of the assignments let me know!

Notes

• Class Notes
• Relevant Notes from Last Year's Class
  - These are Tom Giebel's notes from last year, when he taught the class. The statistics are all from last year, and some them have changed since then.

Online Reading:

• Slate Goes Free
  - An explanation by the publisher of the online magazine 'Slate' of why they chose to move away from requiring subscription fees. And an interview with Michael Kinsley about the change.
• Ad Rates for 3 big online publications
  - CPM rate cards for USAToday, Slate, and ZDNet News.
• Student Web Sites
  - See what the other students have been doing.
• Stephen King's E-Book
  - The big story this week is Stephen King's 'Riding the Bullet', published exclusively in electronic format. This article includes a quote from NYU's own Robert Baensch.

Optional Reading:

• Legal Dispute over Electronic Distribution
  - Manny found this on findlaw.com, the notes from part of the Tasini case
• Patent Foolishness
  - An opinion piece about the ability to patent software; not directly related to publishing, but related to the ability to profit from online ventures.
• Domain Name Tidbits, Tips and Tricks
  - For those of you interested in more information about domain names...
• The Web Meets TV - It's Tabloid Time
  - A look at the possible future of content as delivered by the Web and TV.
• Who's Afraid of Profiling?
  - An audio debate on the merits of online profiling.