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Week Thirteen It has been a wild ride for Claudia Rose and I, trying to uncover the mystery of this Jack case. Although it was tiring at times and I could barely carry myself to the bathroom, we finally made a resolution after multiple clues and pathways towards our target. At first we had no … Continue reading Weekly Summary – Week Thirteen →

So much has happened over the past week, here are some of my own recent statuses about this Jack case: Jeffery has given us some very valuable information — Sterling James (@TheSterlingJ) April 20, 2015 Hopefully these clues will help me find our guy. Jeffery's brain did seem to be a bit fried #HeAteAJellyfish — … Continue reading Status Update →

Week Twelve This week has started off with a different route than most of the weeks we have had before in this DS106 semester. As mention in the previous weeks, we were to make an agency that was to solve a specific case file. It was intimidating at first, but we dauntingly accepted the mission: … Continue reading Weekly Summary – Week Twelve →

Some of my thoughts on this recent case file… This is going to be an interesting case file… #jackinthegarden — Sterling James (@TheSterlingJ) April 13, 2015 Not sure if this individual is a child or patient, or both #jackinthegarden — Sterling James (@TheSterlingJ) April 13, 2015 We have word that Jack is in the facility … Continue reading Twitter Updates – 4/12/2015 →

These past few hours have been quite exhausting, but our agency has found out a lot of valuable information that will lead us to solving this threatening situation. Thanks to many rumors that ended up being true and leading to more evidence. we discovered some more information about this humanoid named Jack. This information can … Continue reading Status Update →

With our new agency, The Rose Garden, blooming into its place, we have received a case by our DS106 informants to look into. There is a mysterious individual under the name of Jack who has been cold calling the instructors with suspicious messages. From our understanding, Jack is one of our patients here at The … Continue reading The Rose Garden – Case Update →

Week Eleven This week at first seemed a bit intimidating since we were asked to make another website specifically for our “agency”. We had the choice to work solo or in groups so I decided to be smart with this one and chose to work alongside Claudia Rose in a two-person team. We ended up … Continue reading Weekly Summary – Week Eleven →

This video assignment can be found here: Highlight Reels

Starting off the week late.

Here are some of my thoughts around the community:

I am unsure about what is going in the future of the DS106 world, but I have been informed to prepare for what is to come. In said preparation, I, Sterling James, have decided to work in a group rather than going solo for this one as I do not have a clue as to … Continue reading The Mysterious Agency →

I had the privilege to be interviewed by DS106’s finest, Burtis and Groom.

These video assignments can be found here: Create a Music Video (5 Stars) Public Service Announcement (5 Stars)

Fantastic.

This week we were also asked to apply our knowledge of cinematography techniques and analyze a scene from a list of movies, I chose to analyze a scene from Kiss Me Deadly. I was originally going to record a voice over the video scene and talk about each aspect going on throughout the viewing, but … Continue reading Kiss Me Deadly – Cinematic Analysis →

On Thursday night I had the privilege in listening to the radio show Dinner Party at 6, and boy was it an interesting listen. Not only was it very creepy to say the least, but it caught my attention the whole way through, in an entertaining manner. I really enjoyed the mysteriousness of the dinner … Continue reading Dinner Party at 6 – Radio Listen / Live Tweet Along →

This video assignment can be found here:                                              Create Your Own Music Video I decided to complete this video assignment to fulfill the requirement in creating a video that relates to our character in … Continue reading Uptown Funk Parody Cover →

As we near the end of our radio show projects, it is pretty easy to say that it was a small adventure for me, awkward at times yet really entertaining on the other end. I have to say that it was very rewarding to hear our own radio show (despite how weird it is to … Continue reading Final Radio Show Reflection →

This video assignment can be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/have-a-conversation-with-yourself/ I am not a big fan of this video but I needed it to complete the assignment. In this scene, I am basically just talking to myself about fake problems I have about a fake girl and I continually tell myself that I can do better. Process: I … Continue reading Talking to Myself →

Week Eight This week was a pretty steady week, nothing crazy, but I really enjoyed the idea of viewing other people’s works and websites as we were asked to do so. It feels relieving to be done with making radio shows and I can easily say it is easier to just sit back and listen … Continue reading Weekly Summary – Week Eight →

Say hello to my character dossier, Sterling James. Follow him on Twitter: Shoutout to @GoodLookBrian for showing me how to use twitter, he's the man. #FirstTweet — Sterling James (@TheSterlingJ) March 10, 2015  

Imrad Ahmed’s post inspired me not only because it looked cool and hilarious, but his write-up for the blog post just made the image so much more appealing. His use of the gif brought me laughter, and I can honestly say that his personality in his blog alone inspires me. Creating clones is hard enough, … Continue reading Inspired – Imrad Ahmed →

I ended up being a huge creep and visited this Leanna’s post twice, but in my defense this design was very well-done. I work with Adobe Illustrator a lot in my free time, so I truly understand the amount of time needed to created something like this. This post inspired me because it really shows … Continue reading Inspired – Leanna Epps →