Project plan - a rough guide

A rough plan for the first part of the text elements for the 2000 words project. I will first produce the raw text in a word processed document and continue to work on visual templates. Once the templates are complete the text can be converted to that format.

Note: a teletext page - with a three block header and two block footer - can fit 80 words of body text in three line separated blocks of text.

Chronologically:

1. Brief intro - a few pages worth = 240-300 words.
2. Pre-teletext [1950-1970]:
   > Video games - Coin op systems, home arcade consoles - 1960s, 1970s
   > ARPANET - Origins of the Internet - 1960s, 1970s
   > Viewdata - A bit about this - 1960s
3. Teletext's Golden Era [1970-1990]:
   > Its impact and relationship with other technologies around this time.
   > Talk about formats and transmission methods. Eg. telephone (Viewdata), television (Teledata)
   > Formats that have died out during this time - popularity levels.
4. Teletext and the Internet [1990-1999]:
   > Moving on to the first HTTP browser in the early 1990s
   > ASCII art - from teletext to net
5. The beginning of the end of teletext [2000]:
   > The internet taking ttx's place as primary source of info.
   > Phasing out of the medium. Transition to Interactive TV.
6. The teletext revival
   > How internet may prove to be teletext's saviour/help to generate interest in its final days.
   

There will inevitably be additions to this as I have not covered all topics in this post. Some important points to remember when writing:

• Keep bringing the project back to teletext, how the point relates to the medium of teletext.
• Relevance to pixel graphics. Make this predominant throughout.
• Critically analyse works, including pixel art, teletext art etc.