YOU SAY: "I know all about the Internet."
The O RLY owl says: "O RLY?"
Take this quiz, then...
1. How do I make my own Web site ?
2. What news source produced the most retweeted tweet in 2010?
3. How much money did YouTube user David Devore Sr. make from his home video upload "David After Dentist"? (100m views)
4. What's a "PUI"?
5. What key Internet technology was invented by a UI undergrad?
6. What modern programming language was designed for 8-year-olds but is used by Computer Scientists?
7. What is the world's priciest Internet address?
8. What's the most popular Web browser in Zimbabwe?
9. The work of what singer was used to calibrate the sound of the mp3?
10. What kind of Web site is most likely to be censored?
11. Why does that one ad keep following me around the Internet?
12. Which two words impelled 78% of people to click them (on one of the Web's first banner ads)?
(scroll down for the answer key. no cheating.)
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INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA
ADV / JOURN / MACS 199 AL1: Lectures MW 3 p.m., Discussion Sections R
11 a.m., R 12 p.m., F 9 a.m., or F 10 a.m.
Intro to Digital Media PDF flyer: http://go.illinois.edu/digital
The O RLY owl: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/o-rly
Answer Key:
1. Take the class. We'll show you how.
2. Stephen Colbert. We'll talk about it.
3. $100,000 (in the first two years). We'll talk about it.
4. Short for "PARC User Interface," it's a slur against the GUI (pronounced "gooey") or "Graphical User Interface," the set of user interface metaphors for almost all modern computers developed originally at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). PUI is pronounced "pooey" because, as computing pioneer Ted Nelson put it, the PUI is like "a poo" compared to the alternatives. We'll talk about the alternatives.
5. The first popular graphical Web browser. We'll talk about it.
6. Scratch. We'll learn it.
7. insure.com, which sold for US$16 million in 2009. We'll talk about domain names and addressing.
8. A GPRS Feature Phone. We'll talk about mobile phones.
9. Suzanne Vega. Ever heard of her? We'll talk multimedia.
10. Web sites that describe how to get around Web site censorship.
We'll explain.
11. You left your cookies lying around. We'll talk about cookies.
12. "you will" (full text: "Have you ever clicked your mouse right here? - you will").