Week 2 Summary
Huzzah! I made it to the end of Week 2 in ds106 and compared to where I was at the end of week 1 I’ve come a long long way. If I was to grade myself on last week I … Continue reading →
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Will Talky Tina approve of my dailycreate?
So today’s daily create was to make a photo to represent the friendship we want to have with @iamtalkytina so that’s just what I did – hope she likes it. -
Creative Commons
So this is kind of a working post because there is a lot more I need to learn about Creative Commons than I know right now, but I needed to get what little knowledge I have in my brain down on … Continue reading → -
The Scottlo Show
So, long time listener first time blogger about Scottlo (kidding, he’s only had 14 for the ds106zone and I’ve been kind of bad at keeping up with it.) So anyways, I usually listen to Scottlo while I’m at work which … Continue reading → -
Eminem vs Mr. Henry Bermis
So I needed one more star to finish my audio assignments for the week and it had to be related to The Twilight Zone. I was looking around at the 1 star assignments not really finding any that I could … Continue reading → -
Design Safari
So this week Jim asked us to go on a “Design Safari” to learn more about the concepts of design that DS106 encompasses. Below are my four examples of: form/function, unity, typography, and color. I found my design elements and … Continue reading → -
The Midnight Call
So I based this audio assignment off of The Twilight Zone episode “The Midnight Sun.” The assignment was to create a fake 911 call which I did by myself on garageband. The actors are a skeptical operator and a victim of … Continue reading → -
Personal Spam
So this assignment was called “Taking Back Spam” and it was pretty simple: to find a piece of spam and read it out loud in our own way. I added a little extra sentence at the beginning to convey my … Continue reading → -
Hallelujah there are four of me now!
Well this was kind of an embarrassing/funny assignment to do – I recorded myself singing the same opening verse, from Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” 4 times. I sang pretty much the same all four times (I’m no musical harmonizing sensation) but … Continue reading → -
The Contest You Might Be Able to Win
So this assignment was called “The contest nobody could win” and we had to take 6 audio sound clips less than one second each. So here are six song clips, some are pretty easy to guess but let’s see if … Continue reading → -
Angsty
So for this assignment we were supposed to record a journal entry we wrote as a teenager (I was 19) and really capture the mood of it through effects. I recorded my entry on Garage Band, I’m and audio noob … Continue reading → -
Calling Mrs.Bronson
So in The Twilight Zone episode “The Midnight Sun” Mrs. Bronson goes completely cray because of the sweltering heat. She takes one of Norma’s paintings of a waterfall claiming she can hear it and presses herself on to it. This … Continue reading → -
Time Enough to Autotune
So for this assignment we were supposed to download something that was normally autotuned and autotune it, I decided to choose a clip from The Twilight Zone episode “Time Enough at Last” It was actually really boring autotuned and you … Continue reading → -
Frustrated Freshmen
So today’s dailycreate was to “Post an authentic sounding comment to the Coursera blog as a fictitious, MOOC loving student.” I posted a comment from the voice of a “frustrated freshmen:” “I hate having to go to class! My professors … Continue reading → -
The Seussify of the DS106er
So for this post I decided to focus on the Twilight episode “The Eye of the Beholder.” Which is the first Twilight episode I ever saw…it’s also the creepiest I’ve seen to date. Anyways, for this design assignment we were supposed … Continue reading → -
My Favorite Food
Today’s daily create was to write a story from the point of view of our favorite food, but not say what it is! Here’s mine can you guess what it is? “I hear a waterfall and the bubble of a fish … Continue reading → -
Lord of the What?
So for this assignment we were supposed to take the cover of a well-known book and re-design the cover to give off an entirely different meaning – soooo basically an awesome assignment creatively. After some brainstorming and some giggling to … Continue reading → -
What a Rando
So for this assignment we had to choose a word and express what it meant all in one type face and here’s what I did: Figure it out? Pretty random, huh? Difficulty: 2 stars View the Original Assignment Here -
The Great Womp
Disclaimer: This isn’t animating correctly, but I’m working on it…… So I decided to try out the “animate a movie poster” assignment, which basically, based on the title, is self-explanatory. So, this is titled “The Great Womp” for two reasons … Continue reading → -
It’s the Hottest Day of the Year and You’re Invited!
So, I decided to base another one of my assignments on a Twilight Zone episode. I again based it on, The Midnight Sun, but only because it was really appropriate for the assignment, in my opinion. I promise I’ll vary … Continue reading → -
Midnight Stamp
Since I have the luxury of Netflix at my disposal it’s very easy, and enjoyable, for me to watch all of The Twilight Zone episodes. Today I watched “Time Enough At Last” as well as “The Midnight Sun.” I didn’t watch “The … Continue reading → -
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Invader GIF
Somehow I deleted my invaders gif post and it wasn’t in the trash anymore, so here it is up again! So I finally made my “Twilight Zone” Gif! Based it on the episode “The Invaders.” The gif I chose was when the … Continue reading → -
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Just for Fun
So I watch this show on Showtime, well it used to be on Showtime, it’s over now, called Weeds. The main character, Nancy Botwin, is notorious for chewing on straws so I created this little gif of her chewing on … Continue reading → -
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