My thesis is

As a comment on this posting, please include either your thesis topic, or questions (likes the ones we shared in class last week) that you will likely be pursuing in your research. For Wednesday, please come prepared with both your thesis (the topic you plan to pursue) and an rough draft of the abstract for your project. Typically, the abstract accompanies your research, and is written after the fact (although it is meant to be read before the research document and frequently contains numerous keywords). For our purposes (and given the time constraints on your project development), you will be writing your abstract alongside your research paper. It will function as both informative and descriptive of your research packet.

HERE is a link to an article from Philip Koopman (from Carnegie-Mellon, 1997), entitled (you guessed it) "How to Write an Abstract". Also,

HERE is a link to similar information from George Mason University (but the blue band in the middle of the online document kinda makes it annoying to read).

Experimental Prototype

Here is a link to the wikipedia page on EPCOT, with a description consistent with our overview in class today. Also, for updates on coursework, please click on the SPRING 2008 Calendar link at right (I've been updating it for the coming weeks)

And the Florida city I was trying to recall is Celebration, with some background (again, special thanks to wikipedia) here

Proposed Land Use Action Tour 2008

I've been compiling images of Alex playing every time we go somewhere, and plan on revising this posting every time we go somewhere new. Alex, if you have scores or audio for any of the music you're playing in these images let me know and I'll try to link some audio/mp3 so people could hear what you're playing

Mid-term conference schedule REVISED

Unless otherwise noted, individual conferences will run approximately 15 minutes. These meetings are designed to be informal conversations-- a chance for us to sit down and discuss you progress and work in the course. If there are specific readings, writings, or discussion topics you would like to focus on, please email me ahead of time, so that I can prepare.
For those of you not in class on Monday, your scheduled conferences are obviously tentative, and need to be confirmed. If you are unable to make your scheduled appointment, please let me know and I'll be happy to sit down with you outside of class. Thanks,

Wednesday, 3/5
4:15 Ryan
4:30 Corey
4:45 Robert
5:00 Graham
5:15 Lindsay TBA
5:30 Nick
5:45 Kati
6:00 Kelly

Friday, 3/7
1:30 Cara
1:45 Julian
2:00 Maia
2:15 Amanda
2:30 Alex
2:45 Jason
3:00 Taylor TBA
3:15 Akasha TBA
3:30 Katherine TBA
3:45 Jake TBA

Urban Archives

Here is a link to the work being done at University of Washington. Special thanks to Gabrielle Dean who located this and passed it along.