This ” #NoirWeThereYet” is just a tag that we (our radio show group) have been using to keep up with each other on Twitter regarding our radio show.  It is a way for us to stay public so that the professors may get involved if need be and is easier than DM’ing each other; as... Read more »

A few radio bumpers do the ears some good.  As long as the bumpers themselves, are good….. In honor of our upcoming radio show, I wanted to create a radio bumper for the show.  Below are two I’ve created that we intend to use for our show. This first bumper is to be used either... Read more »

It’s a dark, stormy night and you’re home alone.  On any other night the sound of the rain would have you sleeping like a baby, but not tonight.  Something about tonight is different.  The thunder and rain are unusually loud on your old tin roof.  Your dog flinches at merely the sound of it.  Frightening,... Read more »

#NoirWeThereYet is a tag/team name that we gave our group for the radio project.                 NoirWeThereYet first came about on Twitter.  Back on February 5th, Spencer and I had ideas about getting into a group together. This was just the beginning.  During the earlier part of this week,... Read more »

  Consider week 5 to be in the books.  Everyone deserves a high five.  Unfortunately, this was the best I could do. Maybe a thumbs up would be better!   Alright I’m done.   Anyways, week five has been fun.  Design week brought some new challenges that got me working hard and learning a lot... Read more »

If I could have one superpower, honestly I could think of many, but I would love to have the ability to change into any animal I want to and at any given time.  This was my daily create from 2/11/2015 of this week.  The prompt was that simple.  It’s a question we have all either asked ourselves... Read more »

For today’s daily create, the idea was to create jewelry from real food.  I happen to be eating some razzes at the time (which are awesome, and I haven’t had in a long time), so I found my old wedding band and some good ole Gorilla Glue.  At that point, I proceeded to go to... Read more »

For my last design assignment, I wanted to do my part to help make Professor Groom famous.  The assignment I chose for this was called “Professor Groom Poster”.  The idea was to create a poster, as stated, to make Groom more famous than ever.  This poster should surely do that! Cheech and Chong’s “Up In Smoke”... Read more »

  For my next assignment, I chose the create your own DS106 background.  I checked out some other students’ post and watched the tutorial video to get some ideas, as well as some insight in how to better use GIMP to design my background.  The background image was an old rustic wood background that I... Read more »

For one of the design assignments, I decided to go with designing a Noir themed Valentine’s Day card.  I am pretty new to the whole image editing game, so I wanted to choose assignments that would force me to step my game up.  Also, I just finished card shopping (I know its a little late),... Read more »

Copyright Law is a legal right that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to its use and distribution, usually for a limited time, with the intention of enabling the creator to receive compensation for their effort.  It dates way back to the eighteenth century when Noah Webster was trying to protect his revenues from his... Read more »

One of our “to-dos” this week was to watch one of the movies off of the list provided on the Noir106 weekly post.  The Big Lebowski is a movie I have seen before, but I thought I would check it out again after having learned more about Noir.  I wanted to try and pick apart the movie... Read more »

The Vignelli Canon is a significant piece when it comes to the world of Noir.  Massimo Vignelli, the booklet’s author, was an exceptional graphic designer who set the tone for design even before our new age computer design was available. Prior to reading The Vignelli Canon, I’d had little to no experience with design.  In... Read more »

This week in ds106 was exciting, to say the least.  I loved the audio assignments and getting to work with GarageBand.  I am familiar with Audacity in its entirety, so I wanted to play with GarageBand on my Macbook to learn some new software.  The first assignment I did using GarageBand was my Call me a... Read more »

For this a required Audio Assignment this week, we were instructed to tell a story using only audio and sound fx.  I did use some music for added effect, so hopefully I don’t get any points taken off for that! When trying to come up with ideas for this sound Fx story, I browsed around... Read more »

One of our assignments this week was to create a radio bumper for DS106 Radio.  After tweeting along with the audio films the other nights, I was playing with a few ideas about how to develop this bumper.  Long story short, after listening to all the excellent posts from other students, I tried to think a... Read more »

This week, we were directed to brainstorm ideas for our upcoming radio show.  You could imagine my initial thoughts of this having never done anything like it before… Needless to say, I had no issue coming up with ideas.  I read over all who have posted regarding this so far and found that many people... Read more »

One of our Audio Assignments was to create a beat of our own from scratch using an audio program.  Myself and a buddy (who raps) used to sit around and make beats all of the time, but I have never used GarageBand so I figured I would give it a shot on my Macbook pro.  Needless to... Read more »

I was hoping when I saw the title of today’s daily create, that we would get to take a picture of our puppy and upload to Flickr.  Little did I know, that it was going to be this little guy with a caption.  Fortunately, he is pretty adorable himself, and I happen to be an... Read more »

For week 3, we were assigned a wide array of different work to complete.   Watching different facets of film noir was the key piece.  This was my favorite part of the week’s work.  As I have mentioned in previous write up posts, I have been trying to get into different Noir type movies prior... Read more »

Killer’s Kiss was quite interesting.  The film revolves around Davey Gordon (Jamie Smith), a 29 year old welterweight New York boxer in the end of his career, and his relationship with a dancer and her violent employer.  The essence of Noir is presented exceptionally well in this film given the different camera angles and lighting effects.... Read more »

This assignment was pulled from the Assignment Bank and is titled, “Post-it Notes and Grocery Lists!” The idea was to use your character and create post it notes that your character would likely create.  My character, being a mobster, is a hardened man in the streets.  At home, he is a family man.  He loves his... Read more »

If you were to approach Vinny D and ask him, “What’s in Your Bag?“, it might be the last questions you ever ask.  Or you may get an honest answer.  Either way, it should come as no surprise that Vinny keeps things simple.  He doesn’t carry a bag; what kind of man would that make... Read more »

I, myself, am not an everyday photographer.  I do happen to be married to one though, so I am well versed in the patience and persistence it takes to getting the perfect shot.  This can be especially important when trying to portray a certain message or genre, such as Noir. When I am trying to... Read more »

Fifa 15.. Re-imagined is one of our Visual Assignments from the Assignment Bank titled “Honest Game Cover”.  Honest Game Cover tells you to pick a random video game and give it a new or “honest” title of what the game really is.  Here is my interpretation of FIFA-15 for Xbox One: I know, it’s quite funny.... Read more »

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