The Youtube video that I chose to “hack” for the Youtube it Your Way Web Assignment was a video of two German men performing the “invisible rope prank“.  This prank is popular among children, and is usually harmless fun.  Performing this prank can also be dangerous however, as to perform the prank one has to be... Continue reading →

For this week’s Daily Creates, a new twist was added to the assignments: they had to tell a story.  My Daily Creates tell the story of a family’s preparations for Christmas. Create 1: GIF of the Earth/Earth Emojis.  In this GIF, I combined pictures of my globe with pictures of the globe iPhone emjois.  The GIF... Continue reading →

The Ds106 assignment that I created for the assignment bank is called Clever Candy Wrapper Combinations,  and is under the Design Assignments category.  To complete this assignment, two or more “wrappers” need to be combined in a way that creates a new word or meaning.  I used the word wrapper loosely: any word printed on a... Continue reading →

This week every DS106 student was required to create a tutorial for an assignment in the DS106 Assignment Bank.  The assignment that I decided to create a tutorial for was the Storytelling Within the Web assignment that was required for this week.  I had trouble with this assignment at first, so I created this video tutorial... Continue reading →

I knew from the start that for my Storytelling Within the Web assignment that I wanted to re-purpose an ordinary object into something unusual and completely unrelated.  I searched Amazon.com under the “Today’s Deals” section until I came across an object that I thought I could re-purpose, a sink faucet. When I first chose this item, it was not... Continue reading →

Radio Show Summary and Reflection The DS106 radio show, was the meat of the assignments this week, and proved to be quite the task.  In the beginning, my group members and I were stumped as to what topic our radio show should be.  After a personal brainstorming session, I came up with the idea of... Continue reading →

As my birthday is in February, I was tasked with creating Foley sounds for the actions between 00:30 and 01:00 in Charlie Chaplin’s The Lion’s Cage.  Some of the sounds were tough to create with just my body and the items I found around me,  but overall I feel like I accurately recreated all the... Continue reading →

Week 7 Creates Create 1: DS106 Letterhead Create 2: Evil Guinea Pig Create 3: Words of Wisdom: Eldest Quote Create 4: Interactive Doodle: Electrical Plug! Week 8 Creates Create 5: Cat Video Festival 2014 Create 6: King Furmageddon Create 7: Mari...

Fitting with the theme of our radio show “Where Were You When..?”, I created a commercial for disaster insurance titled “Where Will You Be When..?”.  The premise of our show is about our experiences surrounding various events, and this commercial fits into that theme by offering listeners a way to protect themselves from various events... Continue reading →

For the DS106 radio show, each group member was tasked with creating their own radio bumper.  For my submission, I wanted to try my best to capture the essence of what I intended the show to be: a retelling of important historical events from one’s own perspective.  The first two clips feature my voice saying “DS106 Radio” followed... Continue reading →

For the audio assignment Autotune Something, we were tasked with autotuning something that was not normally autotuned.  I decided that I would autotune a cat’s meow! The inspiration for this idea came from an old Checker’s commercial that a lot of people probably remember which featured a character known as Rap Cat.  I always found this commercial hilarious as a... Continue reading →

I have always loved amusements parks like Disneyland or King’s Dominion since I was little.  With this audio assignment, I really tried to capture the feeling of being fully immersed in the sounds and atmosphere that you would expect to find in one of these parks.  I incorporated various sounds from common theme park rides such... Continue reading →

For our radio show “Where were you when…?”, each group member will be telling their experiences before, during, and after major events (real or fictional) throughout history.  I chose this idea as my favorite after a brainstorming session, and after pitching it to my group members we decided that it would be our theme.  There are... Continue reading →

The design assignments were definitely the most time consuming part of this week.  As a bit of a perfectionist, I spent way more time on the design assignments this week than I probably should have.  However, I feel that extra time I spent elevated the quality of what I produced. Design Safari My Design Safari for this week was... Continue reading →

The Design Safari was my favorite assignment of the week.  I came across many different examples of good and bad design elements, and decided to include my four favorites here. Color Though technically the sky is not something that can be designed per se, I was amazed at how well the vibrant colors of the sunset... Continue reading →

Another week means another four Daily Creates!  I got a little more hands-on with my creates for this week. Create 1: Water and Glass Movement.  Probably the least exciting create of the week.  Just water moving around in a glass, however, one can not deny the beauty and rhythm of the moving water. Create 2:... Continue reading →

For my Barcode Transformation I decided to add barcodes to a manatee silhouette!  Manatees are one of my favorite animals, and I really wanted to see what one would look like as a barcode.  I created the first half of the image using Paint as GIMP was giving me difficulties, but switched over to GIMP... Continue reading →

For my Ultimate Merger, I decided to combine two of America’s most prominent fast food franchises: Subway and Pizza Hut!  SubHut would function similar to Subway now…except they would deliver!  Customers could build their sandwiches online, and have them delivered to their front door in 30 minutes or less.  Pizza lovers should not fear, as... Continue reading →

Here’s my go at One Story/Four Icons.  This will probably be an easy guess for most people, but I chose to do this movie anyways because it is a classic and one of my favorites!   Here are the credits for the pictures.  I did not list the source for the feather as it is... Continue reading →

While browsing the Design Assignment bank I came across the Fast Forward assignment.  Immediately, I knew that I had to do this assignment.  Conveniently enough, back in April I downloaded the AgingBooth app on a whim from the iTunes app store onto my phone. The app allows the user to take a picture of their face,... Continue reading →

This assignment took me way longer to complete than it probably should have, simply because I was not very familiar with GIMP, the image manipulation software that I used to make this poster.  Once I got a grasp of the software however, making the poster became a breeze!  Breaking Bad is one of my favorite... Continue reading →

Whew, what a week!  I was never much of a photographer so having to break out my iPhone camera and take pictures was not something that I was very comfortable doing.  Despite this, I did my best to dive in and explore this new, unexplored territory that is photography. Visual Assignments Probably my favorite part of... Continue reading →

As I was sitting at my desk working on homework, I noticed my can of air freshener and immediately realized what I was going to do for my Apophenia.  How great would it be to have a windmill that dispersed air freshener?  I thought that it would be amazing and decided to “create” one. This was... Continue reading →

For the Daily Creates this week, I tried to incorporate the photography tips in at least one of my creates. Create 1: Uncropped Road Sign. This picture implies that the mother and child in this school crossing sign are fleeing from a large dinosaur!  All three features of the picture are positioned equally apart, creating three... Continue reading →

The tip that I ended up using in this photo was the rule of thirds.  It is difficult to be fully conscious of this rule when taking pictures, however I managed to make it work in this picture!  The UMW campus is crawling with all kinds of furry critters, and when I spotted this rabbit... Continue reading →

Customizing my Flickr page this week was a pretty simple task!  Of the suggestions on the list, I went ahead and changed my Flickr url to match my blog title (The Daniel Adams Experience).  I also linked my UMW Twitter account to my Flickr! For the last part of the assignment, the Best of Set,... Continue reading →

   When I first saw the photoblitz assigment, I was a little baffled as to how I was going to accomplish some of the photo requirements!  After a little brainstorming, I came up with a few ideas and decided to give the 20-minute photoblitz a try!   As I was in my room at the... Continue reading →

I chose this assignment as it seemed fairly simple but also rather unique.  Most people do not think to take pictures of ordinary, everyday objects, so I took the opportunity to do it!  I took of my school lanyard laying on my desk.   As I do not have any photo editing software (like Photoshop!)... Continue reading →

For my first Visual Assignment, I decided to do the Splash of Color assignment!  At first, I was unsure of how to start, but after a quick Google search I came across the Touch Color app. After downloading the app, I opened it up and decided I would color a picture of my Betta fish in... Continue reading →

Well, it looks like yet another week is down!  Coming into this week I was a little apprehensive as I have never really worked with audio in the past and was worried how my assignments were going to turn out.  After diving into my first assignment I realized that it was a lot easier than... Continue reading →