1. mis-tery

    A Story Based on Someone Else’s Daily Create Photos

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        ———->  I found these two different picutres from the daily create photos other DS106 students posted. Here is my story…. There was this perfect world, where everyone had the right to eat everything and anything they wanted. Fast food or Healthy food, people bought what they preferred, mostly unhealthy fast foods, and made sure ...
  2. TSEl(l)iot(t)

    The Shapes of Stories

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    Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll has long been deemed one of the most chaotic and whimsical texts in literature. However, Carroll intended Wonderland to possess juxtaposing degrees of both chaos and order. Carroll, true name Charles Dodgson, was actually a celebrated Oxford mathematician and wrote Wonderland as a rejection of the introduction of new radical theories to the Carroll’s strict and calculated world of Victorian mathematics. The story of Alice’s journey through Wonderland seems to be confusing where up is down and down is up. The shape, according to Kurt Vonnegut’s suggestions could be construed as “Which Way is Up?” where “this story has lifeless ambiguity that keeps us...
  3. mis-tery

    Appreciating Past DS106 stories

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     I’m Batman by Thomas Ella After making my first Animation GIF last week, I found this post on Batman, with the GIF animation actually on the rain and not the picture, very impressive. This animation is also special to me because Batman is my favorite DC comic and I appreciated the digital effects added to ...
  4. l-mccoon

    What is Storytelling

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    For me storytelling is exactly what it says on the tin, telling a story. It brings to mind people sitting in a circle, maybe around a campfire, sharing stories with words and gestures. Or it could be one person standing in front of a group doing the same thing. People might use visual aids, or ...
  5. crystalrose0784

    A Rollercoaster of Creation

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    In case you haven’t heard yet, there is this beautiful place on the Interwebs called The Daily Create.  It has quickly become one of my favorite places, and has become a wonderful excuse to take a creative break out of my days.  I’ve found it’s refreshing, and I’ve come to look forward to seeing the ...
  6. mcorrigan

    this Inspires me

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    After reviewing the submissions at the DS106 “Inspire” site: http://inspire.ds106.us/ I chose the animated Chinatown movie poster as my favorite submission. Not only is this a brilliant movie, this is a brilliantly animated poster. The smoke bellowing from Jake Gittes cigarette embodies Continue reading
  7. dlefew

    Weekly Summary 3

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    Storytelling to me: http://dlefew.com/2012/09/16/what-is-storytelling/   My personal idea of story telling has not changed but from reading my classmates different posts I have a broader sense of what other see it as.   Shape of Stories: http://dlefew.com/2012/09/16/the-shape-of-stories/   I used … Continue reading
  8. estotz

    The World Lives for the Weekend

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    Generalities Man, I am feeling feisty today. That is your warning that what you are about to read is thickly laid with sarcasm, and cursing. Anyways, week three is coming to an end already. These days are flying by. It’s nice how quickly I have become comfortable with all of these online gadgets now. Blogging ...
  9. aleach

    Inspire!!

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    After searching through the in[SPIRE] website for a story, I found one that I sort of liked! it was Hugo meets Inception, and I chose this story to write about because of my love for the movie Inception. I had never seen/heard of Hugo, but I couldn’t, absolutely could. not. believe how well the soundtrack from ...
  10. Matt Meyer

    Weekly Summary 9/12/2012

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    PHEW! This was a rough week, I didnt have nearly as much time as I would have liked due to my fiance being ill on top of her starting a new job, while I was honored as the most productive … Continue reading →
  11. Matt Meyer

    Story in Five Frames

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    Here is my story in five frames! I liked this one, took some creative thinking. I used screen captures from my game of the excellent rougelike space sim FTL. I think it shows pretty well what it looks like when … Continue reading →
  12. sgillis

    Weekly Summary#3

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    What is Storytelling? My opinion on Storytelling and its digital counterpart hasn’t really changed throughout the week, I still see digital storytelling as a relying on the same basic principles “plus” visuals and audio (amongst other mediums) to enhance that … Continue reading
  13. aleach

    week 3- daily create 4

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    Originally , I am from New Hampshire and I moved to Virginia in 2009. While I don’t miss the 11 months of cold, I really do miss the fun and beauty of snow! I always made snowmen and snowangels at the first real blizzard and winters in Virginia are nothing compared to real ones from ...

UMW Spring 2024 (Bond & Groom)

Welcome to Paul Bond and Jim Groom’s Spring 2024 ds106

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