This week I listened to The Wire Buyers on the ds106 radio and live tweeted during the show. The show was a lot different from the show my group produced. I liked their idea of looking at the product placements that are on The Wire. Their commercials were well thought out and nicely produced. The […]

Inspired by Maggie For Design week, I really wanted to do the assignment called “How-To”. Before creating my own graphic, I decided to check out some how to’s designed by my fellow DS106ers. I stumbled upon Maggie’s How to Ziggy which I thought was amusing and hilarious! I love that…

http://www.nixmemita.com/ds106/drawing-jim-groom/ Jim Groom just keeps showing up on this site, and I’m not sure how. Anyways, this is a pretty darn good drawing, even if it is not using huge details. It really shines in the fact that the picture looks just like him! This picture inspired me to keep doing simple work because huge […]

Inspired by Jessica Before doing my own Photoblitz assignment, I took a gander at what others’ Photoblitz assignments looked like. I was both impressed and inspired by Jessica’s Photoblitz. The pictures were taken with clarity and thought. I thought the picture of a demolished meal was a great idea for…

http://rambling.wafflestomping.com/ds106/giant-wafflestomping/ This one inspired me to make a picture of my fan for one of the visual assignments. Something about this large boot was just cool to me. Perhaps, the post that the author made, inspired me, I’m not really sure. One thing is certain, this was done very well and I really like how […]

Inspired by Brittany For one of our DS106 audio weeks, I decided to do the assignment Greatest Hits Storytelling that I didn’t even realize was created by Brittany! This assignment required us to create a mash-up of an artists greatest hits to tell a story. Brittany’s mash-up of Brad Paisley’s…

Hello ladies and gentlemen! Earlier this week, I got the opportunity to listen to Science and The Wire (the first radio show up this past week). I have to say, for the first one up, this was an awesome show, and here are some of my thoughts about it. 1. The Discussion Okay, so this […]

This week was short but to the point. I liked it! I enjoyed getting good feedback on the radio show we created. It was good to hear what everyone thought, especially Jim and Paul!! We don’t get much feedback from them on a weekly basis so this was nice. Here are my thoughts on the WireBuyers […]

I enjoyed listening to the WireBuyers radio show. I think the group did a great job producing their segment. It was nice that Jim and Paul set it up so creators were on Twitter as we were live tweeting. I had a lot of questions that were answered almost instantly. did you guys impersonate these […]

For my third inspiration I found Amy Wallace’s post called All Me in Narnia where she read a segment out of the Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Amy did a great job with this. She did a wonderful job reading the passage from the book and it brought back a lot of […]

For my second inspiration, I picked DS106 Radio: Science Edition. I chose Ien’s post as the basis for the inspiration but I the whole show was really my inspiration. I chose this radio show because it was really well put together. I definitely learned a lot! It was really cool to see how the different technologies intermingle […]

For my first inspiration, I saw Nicky Memita’s post: Crazy Boats. This was back during the design week, where she animated a classic painting. I thought this was really cool! She animated The Scream by Edvard Munch. She took a small detail of the painting and she made into her own! She took the boat in […]

Letz Chop It Up’s assignment “You’s A Dime Piece” inspired me to look at the small things. The simple image she uploaded has a huge meaning behind it. The picture of the dime has the message of a simple drop of the dime into a pay phone and you can call the cops. Whether she […]

This week we were encouraged by the Professors to go back and go through some of the DS106 work and to figure out how we can become inspired. Inspire #1 The first inspirational piece of work that I recommended was Imran’s Dedication to His Mom mom.  I can’t emphasize enough on how important it is do …

Today’s daily create was to make art using the ever popular emojis. I found a bunch that were animal related, so I ecided to replicate an African watering hole in the savannah. Using GIMP, I found a nice picture to use as the backdrop, and used the textbox tool to paste in various animal emojis. […]

Earlier this week we were instructed to check out our fellow classmates radio shows and live tweet along with them.  The radio show which I choose was The Wire Buyers radio show which aired on October 22.   This show for starters was pretty good for several reasons. TEAMS & THEMES: The Wire Buyer’s Radio was …

Here are the words to my poem. The Wire Poem by Melinda Albrycht

Week 9 Summary Let me just say this.  I love how Jay Landsman speaks so eloquently, reads porn, and eats like a barbarian. He’s a more honest portrayal of McNulty.  No personal ambitions cloaked in self-righteous lofty goals, no falling off the wagon because he never got on it.  Pure honesty. What you see is […]

In The Wire this week, I am really enjoying the relocation of the drug dealers. I think the way they are going about it, by forcing the midlevel people to order the move, it really smart. I am way more interested in this way of dealing with drug dealers than the ways the show has […]

Today’s Daily Create – Emoji Come Alive! My geeky NASA family has this lovely lego space shuttle set

My last Ds106Inspire creation although impartial would have to go to Ahotcrazymess’s Desa Stone, My Digital Experience.. DS106 For Life’s Melinda Albrycht, and Letz Chop It Up’s Kisha Mahone. Even though I was a part of this creation the fact that us over 30 something’s courage, relentless strength, and mere audacity to execute and accomplish […]

My second selection was in honor of Blooming Mandala’s NixMemita! through possibly nothing but mere research on her part to fulfill the radio show we were instructed to create, she was considerate enough to post a how-to-tutorial on creating a radio effect to your voice found here. This was a nice effect to add when […]

For my first DS106Inspire creations I chose one from when I was but a newbie to this entire technological dynamic! Talky Tina would be my first and my the first to give me a true initiation to this entire game. With trying to place a spotlight upon this character, I indeed chose the right one. […]

One of the nicest surprises of ds106 this Fall has been the Daily Creates. I am consistently blown away by the awesome work people are doing for these creative exercises. The community owes a huge amount of thanks to the … Continue reading →

Radio Show Live Tweet – DSTW 76.5 9pm Tuesday night – Syd and Travis with Groom and Bond I thought there was a nice use of background music choices with spoken dialogue, such as “Lean on Me” when discussing Frank’s trying to keep his family and friends out of trouble and making deals with Greeks […]

Jeremy Hillberry’s hybridized character/animal was really well done and I found it inspiring enough to try it out for one of my assignments as well.  Mine did not turn out as well as his, and I think it’s because he was much better at merging the two images.  He said that Cedric Daniels reminded him […]

David Mercer’s “They Wait Around Like We Didn’t Notice” is a really good use of graphic design to produce a believable card for gaming.  The icons are appropriate, and the chosen quotes paired with the characters summarize what the character is all about in “The Wire”. I avoided this assignment when I first saw it […]

The first exposure I had to visual trolling, and it was even better because it was combined with the epigraphs from the start of “The Wire” episodes. Love the idea of taking a character in a scene and attributing someone else’s quote and then taking that last step and attributing it to another person entirely. […]

If I could change one thing in my past, I would have started my college degree a lot sooner. At the time I graduated high school, I had no idea how much I would end up doing in my military career, and I wish I would have went straight into college right out of high […]

This is an interesting question. I don’t think I would change a thing about my past. While my past is not flawless, I rather like that it has made me who I am today. Most people would kill to have something like this, but I think I’d have to pass. I like how I am […]