Here is a quick screencast showing you how to add text to GIFs in GIMP. And keep in mind, GIFs don’t necessarily need text for the summary assignment. And here’s a GIF

Who knows what the heck it truly is. So here’s what I think it is! https://www.flickr.com/photos/126666317@N05/15141077782/in/photostream/

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Today’s daily create was especially challenging: a map of the internet. When I was a little kid, I used to almost imagine the internet as it’s own universe. Various sites would be represented by galaxies, superclusters, planets, and moons depending on their size and how often I used them. My computer would be my spaceship, […]

Meredith Fierro, Jessica Reingold, Paul Bond and I discussed Episode 11 of Season 1 of The Wire: “The Hunt.” This was special for me because it’s the first time we had UMW students enrolled in ds106 join the discussions about the … Continue reading →

Today’s Daily Create was to draw a map of the internet: I know my drawing is VERY simplified, but I wanted to draw it from the perspective of my main modes of engaging with the internet, which are YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. To me, Twitter is a very urban area. … Continue reading

Here I summarized Episode 7 One Arrest in 6 gif’s! It was a little complicated learning how to create one, but it got so much easier after the first one. I spent a good few hours on them, I have...
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The last few episodes were absolutely crazy and they definitely secured my attention where it may have lacked in the first few episodes. I became fond of certain characters and was very interested to see their stories. Episode 10: I think the discussion video about “The Cost” and the name of this episode really cover […]

I drew a map of how I see the Internet and my place in it today for a daily create. My house is on top of the rolling blog hills because blogging is the one things I really feel comfortable with. I feel like I am in the country of social media, while everything else […]

If She’s the Man were a subway system, this is something like what it would look like. It took me a while to figure out how to do this since there are so many interwoven characters in this movie, but luckily I had seen it enough times that I could figure it out fairly easily. […]

For my GIF assignment I chose Season 1, Episode 2 of The Wire. After many hassles and programs not responding and attempting to download harmful programs to my computer, I finally was able to make five GIFs that I thought were important or showed ongoing themes in The Wire. This was more of a struggle than anything […]

In further setting up my blog (using menus and being organized for a change) I am posting these to my blog.  I had previously only uploaded these to the individual sites required, such as Flickr, SoundCloud, etc.  Here we go! 9/7/14: Tech Confession     9/2/14: My Logo     9/1/14: The Other Side…   […]

Daily create #2!  The Lion King was my absolute favorite movie when I was a kid. I would have my mom replay the same scenes, constantly rewinding the VCR. Here’s my transit map!

The daily create was to make a map depicting a well-known story, and I went with the Star Wars universe from Episode IV: A New Hope.  This is known as “the first one” for folks that remember 1977, the year it was released. Using PowerPoint, I fooled around with the shapes menu and made circles […]

Today’s Daily Create One of m favorite books as a transit map

Well, I’m not an expert artist, but here is my rendition of a map for The LEGO Movie.  

Alright, so for those of you who can’t read my handwriting (which should be all of you), i’ll write it out for you. Stop 1:Mulan’s House Stop 2: Army Comes For Dad Stop 3: Does Goes (which doesn’t have end tracks) Stop 4: Mulan Sneaks Out Stop 5: Goes To Family Temple Stop 6: Mulan […]

Earlier today I found an article by The Telegraph which reported that the Wire will be digitally remastered and replayed on HBO. The episodes will start to replay on September 8, which is perfect timing for all of us in ds106. I fully intend to watch, but to watch with a critical eye as I think […]

Paul Bond and I discuss Episode 10 of Season 1 of The Wire: “The Cost.” And as you may have quessed, this season is all about, well, the costs of it all. Also, Wire 106 internaut Maggie Stough provides and … Continue reading →

For the GIF assignment, I summarized Season 1, Episode 10: The Cost of The Wire. I picked five scenes that had what I felt were either crucial moments, and/or crucial lines. The actual GIF making process was definitely more difficult than I had thought it would be, but that is because I chose to make it more difficult for myself. I was not… Read more →

For today’s daily create I did Sandra Bullock’s journey in the movie Gravity. This movie had a huge amount of hype that it was going to be amazing before it was released. I do not think it was a great movie and I will probably never watch it again. It all starts with Dr. Stone (Sandra Bullock) and […]

Everyone knows the story of Peter Pan! #ds106 #wire106

I am very proud of myself because after a looooot of figuring things out and tweaking and a lot of programs crashing, I have finished my first ever GIF! Sure it may be poor quality but I am proud of it nonetheless. The explanation of all of the issues I had will be coming on […]

  If I were a scientist, I’d have this as my logo. Big enough for everyone to know who I am and small enough for shirts and business cards!

There was some interesting photography in episode 11, and I’m not sure what to make of some of it. The opening scene picks up from the end of the last episode, at the scene of the shooting. The segment is … Continue reading →

I did the Daily Create for September 3, 2014. Despite the fact that I’ve moved away from the church in recent years, I felt compelled to make this Biblical story into a transit map. I know it’s a pretty simplified version of what occurred as there probably could have been … Continue reading

Today I did a daily create where I made a transit map out of the story of the Hobbit. I grew up with Tolkien and studied his works in Bath, England last summer. Needless to say, I’m a bit of a nerd. This map is not perfect, but I hope it does Bilbo’s journey justice! […]

Character Development It was never about Avon Barksdale. It was about me. I’m glad McNulty finally admitted this and then put his heart right back into the investigation. I’ve seen other shows where the characters continue to try and make it about them and it gets very annoying to watch. … Continue reading

I find difficulty in managing multiple social media accounts, but there are some accounts that I use frequently. Although I have a Facebook account, I mainly use its “Newsfeed” feature to see what friends are up to, and what their thoughts are. I’m more of a lurker on Facebook as…