PROJECT 1 : MEMEX

DEADLINE: DUE September 14
(you have two weeks!)

Make a website based on the essay "As We May Think" by Vannevar Bush.

Part I
As you read the essay, choose excerpts that stand out to you, take notes and make creative reflections - text or sketches. Using Adobe Illustrator or Word, make a Flow-Chart that maps the information that you intend to present in your site. The site may draw directly from the essay or may be inspired by the concepts presented in the essay. You may imagine your own invention for the world today, just as Vannevar Bush imagined the Memex in 1945, your site may be a concept site for your imagined machine/tool/device...

Part II
The site must contain the following:

  1. A Title
  2. Formatted Text (use various text tags and attributes)
  3. 5 Pages linked to one another. These pages may be composed of excerpts from the essay or ideas inspired by the essay, each page should contain both text and image. One page should include links to sites or information that is related to the essay.
  4. A Table - such as a navigation table.
  5. 5 Images Minimum (be creative - these may be drawings inspired by the text or downloaded images that you manipulated in Photoshop or a combination)
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