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Mixed Up Mountain Jam

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, mountains, Syndicated
August 11, 2019

We had a Daily Create today for Mountain Day. The command for the Create is simply “Celebrate Mountain Day,” with no indication or suggestion as to how. I had seen Ted Gould’s tutorial (YT) on the bass line for Prince’s … Continue reading →
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Important ds106 update!

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
April 2, 2019

One of our tasks this week is to brainstorm ideas for what could be our final mission. We have a few early thoughts from our ace operatives: Root out the mole(s). We know the Directorate has tried to woo some … Continue reading →
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Agents on air, part 1

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, secretagent106, Syndicated
March 19, 2019

We’ve had two nights of ds106 radio broadcasts so far this week. Monday’s shows were Rogue Agents, a fun quiz type show, and Girl Power, an interesting discussion of women in the secret agent business. There is more to say about … Continue reading →
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For the birds

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated
March 1, 2019

I love the idea of a Pet Film Poster Mashup, yesterday’s Daily Create. I wasn’t really sure what to do for it though. I don’t have a pet of favorite animal, unless the Guinea worm counts. So I started thinking … Continue reading →
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Design another book

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
February 23, 2019

I’ve been thinking about my own questions – What makes a book cover look like a book cover? etc. – and thought I’d do an analysis of a design here. So here’s a mock book cover design from mock design … Continue reading →
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The perils of adaptation

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
February 15, 2019

For our third and fourth nights of ds106radio live tweeting, we listened to the Lux Radio Theater adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious and a BBC adaptation of Ian Fleming’s You Only Live Twice. The former was from 1948 and the … Continue reading →
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Time periods and talent pools

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
February 13, 2019

For our Wednesday evening live tweeting with ds106radio, we listened to the BBC 2018 radio production of Ian Fleming’s Moonraker. The modern production was a contrast to the previous night’s shows, produced 65 years earlier. The contrast was most apparent … Continue reading →
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The world is enough for Doug

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
February 12, 2019

For our first night of ds106radio tweet-alongs, we listened to two episodes of Douglas of the World, “The Terrorist” and “The Murder Rap.” I had never heard either, and in fact never heard of the show until this past weekend, … Continue reading →
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Creepy anime eye

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2396
February 4, 2019

This morning a saw a new creation from one of my favorite contemporary artists, Cris Shapan. This is in response to advertising for an upcoming film, Alita: Battle Angel, which dares to venture into an uncanny valley. What I really … Continue reading →
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Top Secret!

by paul bond

| characterdossier, ds106, Syndicated
February 4, 2019

Restricted information: Security clearance level 3 The data below was intercepted from ds106 communications: Further details on these individuals has been located. Familiarize yourselves with the information. This message will self-destruct in five se...
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Bagged and tagged

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, visualassignments1556
February 2, 2019

Commencing inspection of Training Officer (TO) BOND's backpack This is based on the What’s in your bag? assignment, which has been a required character-visualization assignment in the past. I applied it to the backpack I use, filtered through the secret … Continue reading →
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The man with the golden camera

by paul bond

| ds106, secretagent106, Syndicated
January 31, 2019

I’ve been playing with James Bond titles in the weekly assignments, so I had the idea to rework a movie poster. I googled for examples and found a site with loads. There’s quite a variety there, so I also did … Continue reading →
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Good guys and bad guys

by paul bond

| ds106, storyanalysis, storyshapes, Syndicated
January 28, 2019

I recently watched Philip Noyce’s 2010 Angelina Jolie vehicle Salt on Netflix. As I recall, it wasn’t well-received when it came out. Some people had issues with its implausibility, as if implausibility isn’t inherent in action-adventure films. In the movie, … Continue reading →
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On the Daily Create

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated
January 17, 2019

A few people have asked about the Daily Create, so I thought I’d write a post. The Daily Create is an ongoing part of ds106. It comes out every day of the year. The idea is that regular exercise of … Continue reading →
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Though it themes

by paul bond

| ds106, secretagent106, Syndicated
January 15, 2019

We’ve been using various themes in ds106 for a few years now. It’s served as a good way to focus the class and provide a basis for collaboration. What I look for in a theme is the potential for fun … Continue reading →
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No place I’d rather be

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
January 10, 2019

This is a test post to see if it’s feeding properly.
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You can’t judge a book…

by paul bond

| ds106, Mashup, Syndicated
November 12, 2018

I’m fascinated by Todd Alcott’s mashup/remix work and wanted to try something similar. I didn’t have an idea of what I wanted to do particularly, so I googled pulp paperback covers looking for inspiration. The Sailor’s Weekend cover caught my … Continue reading →
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Seeing through new eyes

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
November 4, 2018

The video essay projects are another one of my favorite parts of ds106. While we do various analyses throughout the semester – story shapes, design blitz, etc. – people seem to put more into video. That’s probably because it’s a … Continue reading →
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O Video Why Art Thou?

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments439, videoessay
October 29, 2018

It’s been a long long time since I did a video essay, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Here I talk briefly about symbolism in O Brother Where Art Thou. Some of the clips I found on Youtube. … Continue reading →
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The legendary radio shows

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
October 23, 2018

Some people inevitably won’t be able to make it to the ds106 radio tweet-along broadcasts of the class radio projects. So I’m providing links here to the shows and background on the characters. Ideally, people should listen in and interact. … Continue reading →
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The Kidd is alright

by paul bond

| chip kidd, design, ds106, Syndicated
October 3, 2018

I picked up a copy of Chip Kidd’s book at my local library. What the Brain Pickings article says about it, that it “refus[es] to talk down to them or confine their inborn curiosity to narrow adult expectations about what … Continue reading →
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of stories and skulls

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
September 19, 2018

It is interesting to read people’s analyses of stories, both for the variety and the insights. It’s also interesting that no one tried to draw the shape of their stories. It wasn’t a requirement or anything, but it is a … Continue reading →
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The emerald letter

by paul bond

| a study in emerald, ds106, Syndicated
September 16, 2018

I want to muse on how A Study in Emerald fits in with our theme. I think of superheroes as a kind of modern mythology, with the tales of adventure and triumph and good vs. evil all mapping to ancient … Continue reading →
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like a moth to a flame…

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2303
September 11, 2018

One of my favorite Tumblrs was the Godzilla Haiku, which I haven’t seen in a long time. So when I saw this assignment, I had to try it. I decided to use the Mothman, a West Virginia legend and the … Continue reading →
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Old Blue Eyes

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1180
September 5, 2018

I was inspired to do this because Emily did one. I had forgotten all about this assignment. The cat lives up the street. I don’t know his name, so I call him Frank, after Sinatra, who was nicknamed “Old Blue … Continue reading →
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Words of week one

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
August 31, 2018

A lot of great thoughts came through in the first week’s posts. I will muse on some of them here. “so much weird stuff happens on social media that to me it seems more responsible to stay off of it!” … Continue reading →
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The legend of ds106

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
August 24, 2018

I had the idea to base this semester of ds106 around legend, myth and folklore. That’s probably too broad to be called a theme, but whatever. It connects to many previous themes from ds106 – westerns, superheroes, horror, apocalypse. It … Continue reading →
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Week One: Bootcamp

by paul bond

| # weeklyassignments, ds106, Syndicated, weekly assignments
August 23, 2018

8/27/18-8/31/18 All work is due by midnight on Friday, 8/31/18 Welcome to ds106! This first week is dedicated to getting set up: set up your domain and Web hosting; install your WordPress site; and create other social media accounts such … Continue reading →
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Rockwell had the idea…

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated, The Twenty Days of Turin
January 21, 2018

Yesterday’s Daily Create involved using an online application to stylize an image. I had seen something like this before and thought it was pretty cool, so I gave it a shot. I used an image from the Church of San … Continue reading →
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A day in the life of a night prowler

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated, tdc2179
December 27, 2017

Our Daily Create today was End Sounds. For whatever reason, the first thing I thought of was the voice at the end of AC/DC’s Highway to Hell album, saying “Shazbot! Nanu nanu.” Someone actually made a supercut of the endings … Continue reading →
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