Creating GIFs with Text in GIMP
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
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Wire 106: S01EP11 “The Hunt”
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 → -
Wire 106: S01E10 “The Cost”
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 → -
Wire 106: Week 2 “Building the Community”
OK, week 1 is done, and Paul Bond and I have been extremely impressed with what we have seen thus far. The wire106 crew is going to be a crack team of digital storytellers. Paul apologizes in advance for not … Continue reading → -
Wire 106: S01E09 “Game Day”
This is our discussion about the 9th episode of Season 1 of The Wire: “Game Day.” And that’s nine episodes of The Wire by the first week of class—that’s pretty awesome. And if you have kept up with them so … Continue reading → -
Wire 106: S01E08 “Lessons”
This is our discussion about the 8th episode of Season 1 of The Wire: “Lessons.” As I mentioned in the last discussion post, in the coming weeks we will be live streaming these discussions for anyone to join from the wire106 … Continue reading → -
Wire106: S01E07 “One Arrest”
This is our discussion about the 7th episode of Season 1 of The Wire: “One Arrest.” In the coming weeks we will be live streaming these discussions for anyone to join from the wire106 course and beyond. Also, we will … Continue reading → -
Wire 106: Week 1 –”The Setup”
Week 1 Introduction/Setup 8/25 all work is due midnight August 31, 2014 The first week is dedicated to getting setup for ds106; install your WordPress site and create other social media accounts such as Twitter, Flickr, SoundCloud, YouTube, etc. Complete Introductions via … Continue reading → -
Wire 106: S01E06 “The Wire”
With this discussion of the eponymous episode of season 1, Paul and I wrap-up the pre-season for the Wire 106 class—a themed version of ds106 being taught at UMW, but up for anyone to play along. The class officially gets … Continue reading → -
Wire 106: S01E05 “The Pager”
In our discussion of episode 5, “The Pager,” Paul Bond once again provides a great post that demonstrates how the themes of surveillance and paranoia are reinforced in the set design, shot composition, lighting, and audio elements. He also explores … Continue reading → -
Wire 106: S01E04 “Old Cases”
In this discussion of episode 4, “Old Cases,” Paul Bond provides a clinic on examining this episodes use of color, visual rhyming, the noir aesthetic, and more. His post here provides some excellent notes for this discussion, or even a … Continue reading → -
“The Pager” -Technology, Surveillance, and Paranoia
“Boops Beeper” by Jared Aubel Art was a visual that struck me for episode 5 of The Wire‘s first season: “The Pager.” The dated technology in The Wire is part of its appeal to me. As John Hendel argues in … Continue reading → -
Institutional Noir
A shot Paul Bond captured from episode 4 of The Wire, “Old Cases,” highlights the corporate institutional spaces much of the police work revolves around in this season. In his commentary for episode 1 of the season, David Simon refers … Continue reading → -
Wire 106: S01E03 “The Buys”
Paul Bond and I discussed “The Buys” last Thursday, and above is the video. We range in our discussion and I just did a pretty extensive post on it that I lost in Known (sometimes I am spoiled by WordPress). … Continue reading → -
The Wire Everywhere
While walking around the new building I now work in at UMW—I realized I was seeing The Wire everywhere. Specifically, in the carpet. The carpet is a constant reminder, at least for me, of the iconic image that is associated with … Continue reading → -
Clowny Ass Troll Quotes
While not a distinguished Triple Troll Wire Epigraph, I couldn’t resist doing an old gold Troll Quote assignment—and this quote from D’Angelo‘s treatise on power, capital and reward was hard to get out of my head. Interestingly enough, Rawls very well could … Continue reading → -
Triple Troll Wire Epigraphs
While writing my last post about The Wire, It struck me that the epigraphs for each episode might make for an awesome twist on the Troll Quotes assignment. So, be the badass that I am, I created a new assignment called titled … Continue reading → -
Wire 106: S01E02 “The Detail”
In preparation for this semester’s #wire106, Paul Bond and I started having discussions about the various elements of storytelling in the first 3 episodes of Season 1 of The Wire. Paul has already blogged his reflections on the visual elements … Continue reading → -
Surveillance Society
Images of surveillance from the first episode of season 1 of The Wire, “The Target.” I mentioned the prevalence of surveillance camera shots in the first episode of The Wire in my previous post. Above are six GIFs capturing what I believe is every surveillance … Continue reading → -
Wire106: S01E01 “The Target”
In preparation for this semester’s wire106, Paul and I started having discussions about the various elements of storytelling in the first three episodes of The Wire. Paul has already blogged his reflections on the first episode of season 1, “The … Continue reading → -
Teaching Without WordPress: Exploring the Known World
During our trip to Norman, Oklahoma to visit a bunch of tuned in and turned on Sooners (more on that trip soon) Tim and I were excitedly talking about our time in LA at the Reclaim Your Domain hackathon. One of the … Continue reading → -
#wire106 Comin’ Yo!
@jimgroom re: wire106. To help get in the rhythm i suggest group whistling like this: http://t.co/rFctNxBu0S — George Veletsianos (@veletsianos) August 8, 2014 The video George Velestianos linked to in the above tweet gets at what #wire106 could be far better than my … Continue reading → -
Wire 106: Welcome to Hamsterdam!
This fall I’ll be teaching a section of ds106 at UMW. I haven’t taught it in over a year, but the last time I did we themed the class around what might be the best TV series of all time: The Twilight Zone. … Continue reading → -
Taking Over the Means of Connected Production
The thing that excites me most about the web is the idea of taking back the means of cultural production, even if only for a moment. That’s probably why ds106 still remains the higlight of my time as an edtech. … Continue reading → -
Piranha Attack at Lake Anna
I was talking with Martha Burtis in the office during the week, and she off-handedly mentioned a Pirahna attack in nearby Lake Anna. My imagination ran with the possibility, so today I did some research and found the orginal posting on the … Continue reading → -
Calling Car 106
For a long time I’ve wanted to get a shot of a police car numbered 106. There’s one in the Fredericksburg Police Department fleet that I see from time to time, but given I have no cellphone/smart phone, I don’t … Continue reading → -
Inspired by Olive Garden
Last night my family and I ate at Olive Garden. Not necessarily a fact one needs to share publicly, even if it is a partiular outing for our family. The chain mentality for Italian food is literally anathema to our … Continue reading → -
Nerd Approved
The Nerd Approved blog has featured an old gold animated GIF movie poster I created for the ds106 animated movie posters assignment back in January 2012. It’s fun to see stuff I created for ds106 get featured on other sites. I’m also glad … Continue reading → -
Understanding the Praxinoscope
George Meadows’s comment on my last post reminded me that I did, indeed, have prior knowledge of this early animated GIF machine known as the praxinoscope: Jim, about a year ago I gave you a toy praxinoscope – I bet … Continue reading → -
Getting Schooled in Roots of Animation
Loving Stuart Blackton's "Enchanted Drawing" from 1906. Getting schooled in roots of animation http://t.co/UiIeo4hPzD #ds106 — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) March 22, 2014 Yesterday afternoon I attended Mary Washicon, a miniature convention, complete with panels, cosplay, and Artist Alley. I got to attend Zach … Continue reading →
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