ccr 760: hypertext rhetorics

course resources

Hypertexts

Last year, for the first time, the Electronic Literature Organization offered two $10,000 prizes for the best work in hypertext/multimedia. Their site includes information on joining the organization, as well as the most comprehensive directory of web-accessible hypertexts available. [cgb]

Although most of their offerings are of the variety we're reading for class, there are some web-based hypertexts at the Eastgate Systems site. Check out their Reading Room. Mark Bernstein, the Eastgate tsar, also maintains a hypertext news site called the Hypertext Kitchen, where you can find job announcements, calls for papers, journal releases, etc. [cgb]

About Hypertext

Most of their offerings are less than hypertextual themselves, but there are a number of useful essays about hypertext in the journal Kairos, particularly in their latest issue (6.2), which contains 7-8 papers from last year's Computers and Writing conference on the topic. [cgb]

The Electronic Labyrinth is a hypertext about hypertext, and provides a fairly useful introduction to many of the key figures and concepts relevant to hypertext theory and practice. [cgb]

Design Resources

One of the most comprehensive collections of resources you're likely to find, the Web Developers' Virtual Library contains great authoring tutorials and links to all sorts of other resources, including graphics archives, software applications, design tips, et al. [cgb]

Without a question, my favorite designer is Zeldman. His site offers some free graphics, but more recently, he's devoted his efforts to maintaining A List Apart, a bi-weekly journal about digital design issues, and the Web Standards Project. He's also the author of one of the better web design texts out there, called Taking Your Talent to the Web. [cgb]