Hello all,

Mr. Austin is an internet consultant and has been VERY INTERESTED in the
accessible design of web sites and pages.  He is interested in passing on any
such information in his courses and seminars.  Any assistance and information
you can provide him, will help us ALL.  Thank you for you assistance.

Pete
(Dr Clyde Shideler)

Subject: Four pieces of news from Chaz Austin
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 98 06:50:38 -0700
From: Chaz Austin <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Chaz Austin" <[log in to unmask]>

1.  Faculty, California Writers Club Conference At Asilomar in Monterey,
CA, June 26-28 (http://calwriters.ndti.net/workshop.htm)


2.  Writing a long article for the September issue of InterActivity
Magazine entitled "Web Business Models".  Included are case studies on
GoTo.com, Lexis-Nexis, Apple.com,  Sony's "The Mask Of Zorro" site and
REALTOR.com


3.  Moderating a panel at The Internet Commerce Expo, "Web Sites That Are
Making Money", on Wednesday, Sept. 23rd, from 11:00 to 12:15 at the L.A.
Convention Center.


4.  Teaching a course at UCLA Extension, "Intersection: New Media,
Digital Image Creation and Entertainment: Fundamentals and Opportunities"
from 7 to 10 P.M. on Wednesday evenings for twelve consecutive weeks
starting September 30th.

Following is the course outline, in case you have suggestions for guest
speakers:

* New Media Overview: What is it?  What are the unique characteristics of
interactivity?

* Digital Animation and Special Visual Effects: Adapting new tools to
traditional techniques. How "being digital" is transforming entertainment.

*  New Media Distribution Platforms: The internet, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM,
   Interactive television, Theme-based entertainment.

*  Digital Image Creation: Types and Toolsets: Paint and imaging,
Compositing, 2-D and 3-D animation.

* Computer Modeling and Animation: How It Works:
Understanding 2-D vs. 3-D space.

* Computers 101: Development platforms: PC and Windows NT, Mac, SGI,
UNIX, Image resolution, Compression.

* Effective Web Site Design: Using video and audio, Java, Shockwave,
RealAudio, RealVideo, etc., Virtual communities, Webcasting.

* The Game Industry: Game development and production, On line gaming and
Multi-User Domains.

* Childrens' Media: Animation, Toys and storybooks, Edutainment and
education, Interactive story-telling.

* E-Commerce: Business models: commerce-enabled, promotional,
ad-supported, subscription-supported sites: how they all work, Branding,
      Intranets and Extranets.

* The Business: Who Is Making Money in New Media and Digital Image
Creation?: Success stories, The major players, Developing a business
model for start-up companies, Where to find the money to fund your great
idea.

* Your Career in New Media and Digital Image Creation: Where the jobs are,
Preparation and training, How to leverage your current skills and
experience.


Best wishes,


Chaz Austin
Austin Digital Media Consulting
http://www.ChazAustin.com
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* Expanding market share for companies
   involved in New Media and the Internet
* Representing out-of-area clients
   in the Los Angeles market and Hollywood

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