Hey guys! First, for this week, I posted a response to the “Minuscule Stories” radio show.  This show was very interesting, and definitely an awesome, unique topic. Radio Show Review My favorite blogs done by fellow students are listed below.  First, I decided to look through some of my radio show group mate’s work, and … Continue reading Week 8 Summary →

Hey guys! This is my final post of web week.  I used Mozilla’s X-Ray Goggles to edit the UMW home page.  I decided to make the story of this page based on someone being stuck inside the webpage.  His name is Dave.  It took a while to edit in all the components of the story, … Continue reading Long Live Dave →

Hey guys! I decided to to the web assignment of building my own dream bedroom using pictures from Pinterest. I used five different kinds of bedroom designs as the premise for searching for pictures, and these are the ideas that I came up with. This bed is amazing. I don’t know what that ring at … Continue reading A Pinteresting Bedroom →

Hey guys! I used X-Ray Goggles by Mozilla to edit twitch.tv, one of my favorite websites where video game streamers have channels where you can view their gameplay! Below is the link to the website I edited Twitch.tv Check it out! The editing was pretty simple, except one time when I was editing it, I … Continue reading A Connor Driven Twitch →

Hey guys! This post is designed to highlight what I feel are some of the best posts from DS106 classmates. First, I found this blog post by Daniel Valdez that is a missing person report of Hank Schrader.  I loved Breaking Bad, so this might be why this is one of my favorite posts, but … Continue reading Best Posts by Classmates →

Hey guys! After listening to the Minuscule Stories radio show, I thought it was a great idea for a radio show!  It’s pretty entertaining, and I love the premise of the a few word stories.  The flow of the radio show seems natural and calm, and I love the music in the background as well.  My … Continue reading Radio Show Review →

During Week 12, it was my top priority to work on the completion of everything I had missed out on during the earlier parts of the semester.  I worked especially hard on audio creation for week 4, and the remixes and mashups of week 11.  I did spend a little time thinking about the final project, and … Continue reading Week 12 Summary →

Hey guys! For the Audio Story, I decided to create a story of a person parking at home, putting some things down on the counter, feeding his dog, and sitting down to relax and watch some TV.  I really like the finished product.  The noises were taken from freesound.org and produced using Audacity. Audio Story … Continue reading Week 4 Summary →

Hey guys! I created this radio bumper using Audacity, and recorded my voice using a Mac in the ITCC.  It was relatively easy to create, since it was only about 30 seconds.  I used the pitch changer to make my voice deeper, and I found sci-fi ambience using freesound.org. I had originally made a radio … Continue reading Radio Bumper →

Hey guys! I completed a few ads for my final project using Audacity! The premise of the ads is to attract students to the Wellness Center to talk about their experience in college, learn how to stay on top of their work, and get help staying motivated to get good grades and do well in … Continue reading Final Project Wellness Center Radio Ads →

Hey guys, Just to put this out there, in weeks 6 and 7 during the radio broadcast, I found my group, and we soon started up a Google Doc and began spitballing ideas.  The idea we ended up settling on had to do with history retold from a historical perspective.  We decided to call it … Continue reading A Radio Show Post →

Hey guys! For week 11, Mashups and Remixes, I combined a few themes that I have discussed previously into mashups. The first theme I continued on was a Joker theme, so for this matchup I compiled a few of my favorite Joker scenes that were combined from different movies.  I included Heath Ledger’s Joker, Jack Nicholson’s … Continue reading Week 11 Summary →

Hey guys! I stumbled upon a kangaroo video on youtube of a man punching a kangaroo in the wild to save his dog.  I thought this video was so funny that I decided to take it, and add more kangaroo human interactions!  I used iMovie to cut the videos up and put them together, and … Continue reading Kangargoodnesss →

Hey guys! I completed an assignment called “Movie Crack”, in which I used iMovie to add music to particular scenes from the movie Dark Knight, which as you know I have done a good amount of work with previously.  I loved choosing music for the scenes I decided to use, and incorporating them into the … Continue reading Redubbed Dark Knight →

Hey guys! Week 9 was the first week I began to officially participate on a regular basis in effort to complete the credit offered by this class. I began with a scene analysis assignment, where I decided to use a scene from the Dark Knight, and discuss the music, tempo, camera angles, and other aspects … Continue reading Week 9 Summary →

Hey all, After reading an article in The Atlantic titled “As We May Think”, I have gained an altered perspective on the internet and its root.  Bush’s account of the internet takes a very transcending perspective, where he views it as a mode of storage to enable the human to complete more tasks without “bogged down… by … Continue reading “As We May Think” Response →

Hey all, In conclusion of the week 3 work on visual production, I am embedding my blog posts here in summary of the work I have done. Firstly, I completed an experience post about my previous experience in photography, and included a couple pictures I have taken in the past. I list some strengths and … Continue reading "Week 3 Summary"

Hey guys! Here is a 20 minute photoblitz! I was really excited to do this blitz in the rain because I thought it would be a good setting to get some reflections and interesting tones. This marks the beginning of the blitz!   And the blitz was completed 20 minutes later…     Hope you … Continue reading "PhotoBlitz"

Hey guys! I decided to design my own maze for the final project of week 5. I was able to do this maze using Adobe Photoshop by first drawing a ton of intertwined squares. Then I used the eraser function to create the paths in between the boxes.  I have added an answer key for the … Continue reading "a-MAZE-ingly Difficult"

Week 5 Summary FeelsBadMan Motivation hopefully this works!   Wild Wild West Comic ReALLY hoping this one works!!   Connor the Pokemon! I hope it worked!

Hey guys! For the first part of Week 4, I have created a story using about 25 different samples I found on line using freesound.org.  All audio was compiled to create this story using Audacity.  The most difficult thing about this project was adjusting the noise removal in order to make sure the audio flowed … Continue reading "Audio Story"

Hello! I completed the work for week 2! The work went relatively quickly, and it was pleasing to be able to choose assignments from any category of media to complete. Here is the introductory post in which I explain what I will be doing for Week 2’s work. Week 2: Working With Choice Media Next … Continue reading "Week 2 Summary"

Hey all! I created an image of a pop-star in an unordinary place.  I found a nice picture of Drake on google images, and used it in Adobe Photoshop along with a photograph of a boat in a tropical paradise.  Drake is doing dance moves next to the boat, and to create this image I … Continue reading "Drake in Paradise"

Hey guys! This is a visual assignment where you bring your dog to school! I decided to bring my mother’s Boxer puppy, because I left her house when she got the pup, so I didn’t get to spend much time with her… This was about a 2-star assignment done using Adobe Photoshop, and it was … Continue reading "Brought My Dog"

Hey guys! This is a visual project that is completed by taking a billboard and adding members of my family instead of the characters on the billboard.  I decided to use a frozen billboard I found online and add each member of my family:  My brother, sister, mom, a dog, and I. I used photoshop to … Continue reading "A Frozen Family"

Hey guys! Today’s post is on my past experience in photography.  I have taken many photographs over the course of my life, and most of the experience I have taking them was in my high school days, although I have taken a few pictures in college. During high school, I used my father’s Nikon camera … Continue reading "Photography Experience"

Hey guys! I completed this visual assignment for week 2 using Adobe Photoshop, I had the idea to use Donald Trump’s “china” face in the eyes of frightened youth.  I found the pictures on Google Image, cropped Trump into this poor girl’s eyes, and added a little opacity to him to give the reflection appearance. … Continue reading "Fear Trumps All"

Hey all! I just finished compiling a mashup in Adobe Photoshop of Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory, and Charlie Kelly from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  I chose these two characters because I thought they are in good contrast with each other, and these two pictures work very well together.  Charlie Kelly is a … Continue reading "A Big Bang in Philadelphia"

Hey guys! For my design assignment in week 2, I created a t-shirt using photoshop.  I decided to make up a Donald Trump meme, because Trump is a hot topic at the moment.  A friend of mine made up this quote and I thought it was really funny, so I stole it for the purpose … Continue reading "A Trump Meme"

Hey guys! I know it’s the last couple weeks of the semester, but what better time to do work from week 2, other than, you know, week 2… Anyways, I will be completing 8 stars of media today from any category of my choice, and my understanding is that it should be from three different … Continue reading "Week 2: Working With Choice Media"