For this design assignment we had to create a simple, but detailed logo. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to create a logo for my website.  I just put my domain name in pristina font with my slogan in Segoe. I added the lightning bolt to make it interesting and to symbolize my slogan. … Continue reading Simple But detailed (3.5 star) →

This week was very interesting in ds106. We had to do a lot of assignments where we recorded ourselves which is something i’m usually not that comfortable with so this was a great way to work on that. I thought the radio shows were very interesting and the audio assignments were a lot of fun! … Continue reading Week 4 Summary →

I have a pretty good idea on what I want to do for a radio show. My idea is to be the media for the media. In this day in age a lot of people get fed up with the mainstream media. People believe they are biased, untrustworthy and try to lead viewers down the … Continue reading Radio Show Brainstorm →

For this audio assignment we had to record a clip from tv where a show used product placement. I went with the family dinner scene from Talladega Nights. In this 27 second Will Ferrel hilariously advertises for KFC, Domino’s, Taco Bell and most importantly of all, Walker Texas Ranger (or T.R. for short). I chose … Continue reading Product Placement 3.5 star →

For this assignment we had to make a song 800% slower in hopes of making sound tranquil. I picked the song Georgia on my Mind by Ray Charles because I thought the song was already peaceful so it would be perfect. It came out well except when I tried to slow down to 800% the … Continue reading Make it 800% slower 4 star →

For this audio assignment we had to change the pitch of a song by a half step. I used audacity for this and changed the pitch on Upside Down by Jack Johnson. To do this I went to the effects and clicked change pitch. I changed the steps from -2.02 to -2.52. I chose this … Continue reading AudioAssignment B-Flat 4.5 star →

For the radio bumper assignment we had to create a radio bumper which is just a generic statement to let the viewer know what station they are listening to. This was a great opportunity for me to try out audacity. I don’t exactly have a radio voice so I tried to use audacity to deepen … Continue reading Radio Bumper →

@ds106dc DS106 radio show makes contact with alien life……https://t.co/4kQzjBVFSB #tdc1718 #ClickBaitSyllabus #ds106 — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 21, 2016 For the daily create on the 21st we had to create a clickbait for the ds106 syllabus. Basically, we had to make something interesting and suspenseful that would make the reader want to click on a … Continue reading The Daily Create 9/21 →

This was easily my favorite podcast that I listened to this week. I thought it was interesting that there was a speech ready just in case the moon landing didn’t go as planned. It makes sense because the successful mission could have easily gone in the wrong direction if the smallest detail was neglected. One … Continue reading Moon Graffiti →

@ds106dc Only an eagle can find this one….. #artdropday #tdc1719 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/4ef2sOXlXQ — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 23, 2016 For the daily create on 9/22 we had to create a piece of art and hide it somewhere. I don’t want to spoil the fun and give the whereabouts of my art, but like I said … Continue reading The Daily Create 9/22 →

If there is a doorway to Narnia I think we've found it….or maybe just an old house. @ds106dc #tdc1720 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/d1NxIAFJP0 — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 23, 2016 For today’s daily create we had to respond to a picture of an interesting door knob (from a previous daily create) and tell a story of what … Continue reading The Daily create 9/23 →

I tuned into the ds106 radio on Wednesday to listen to the Limetown podcast and I REALLY enjoyed it. I thought it was cool in the it reminded me of an old school radio show , but the content was very futuristic. The story followed Lia who is a reporter covering the conspiracy surrounding a … Continue reading Limetown! (audioreflection) →

I thought this was an interesting topic with storytelling. A lot of people think of radio shows as an old, out dated form of storytelling. It can be one of the most powerful ways to tell a story.I thought Ira Glass really outlined how powerful audio can be. Audio storytelling is structured much differently than … Continue reading Thinking about audio storytelling (audio reflection) →

This has been my favorite week in ds106 so far! I think photography is fun and I loved doing all the assignments. One of my favorites is the daily creates which is what I tackled first this week. @ds106dc Today's daily create is this big pile of 12 books. #tdc1709 pic.twitter.com/7RSpxcYD2O — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) … Continue reading Week Three Summary →

I started my photoblitz at 9:36. My first task was to take a picture of an interesting body of water. I didn’t really have a body of water in the vicinity that I could reach in twenty minutes so I took an up close picture of my faucey running into my sink. I tried to … Continue reading Photoblitz →

Selection-  When I was looking for different points of view I went on flickr and 911 was the first trending topic I saw. I thought this was a very powerful image because it shows a small, up-close picture of NYC while the World Trade Center was still standing. In the horizon you can see NYC … Continue reading Different Points of View →

I have always been more of a photography fan than a photographer. I have little to know experience in serious photography. The best camera I’ve ever owned is the one in my current smartphone. While I do have over 200 photos on my camera roll I still wouldn’t consider myself much of a photographer. Most … Continue reading Visuals of Storytelling →

  For this visual assignment we had to create a sports poster for any athlete. I immediately wanted to do this one because I am a huge sports fan. I chose to make a poster for my favorite NBA player, Kawhi Leonard. At only 25 years old he has list of accolades that many veterans … Continue reading Sports Poster (2.5 stars) →

For this daily create we had to crop an image of our pet at our school so it would be like they were here with us. I have a few pets, but I decided to go with my cat bubbles. Shes my favorite, but I don’t think she would enjoy the college life.

I chose to do the three star visual assignment “Can you see what I see?” We were supposed to make our image transparent over a picture of an eye, but I only have Microsoft paint so I had to get creative. Can you guess what it is? hint: it’s something every college student should have.

@ds106dc Happy dot day! #tdc1712 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/M0SvVcOLTz — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 15, 2016 In celebration of International Dot Day today’s daily create was to creating an interesting picture of a dot. I used Microsoft paint to create my dot. I wasn’t sure where to begin so I filled in a red background an staring … Continue reading The Daily Create September 15th, 2016 →

@ds106dc Today's daily create. The ocean at the end of your backyard is my creek. https://t.co/CmGyE19uxP #TDC1710 pic.twitter.com/XC8PrmNmnu — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 13, 2016 The Daily create for September 13th was to write a story about an ocean at the end of your backyard. This was a very loose objective, but it was easy … Continue reading The daily create September 13th, 2016 →

@ds106dc Today's daily create is this big pile of 12 books. #tdc1709 pic.twitter.com/7RSpxcYD2O — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 12, 2016 The daily create on September 12th was to take a picture of a dozen of anything (besides eggs). For my picture I decided to go with a dozen textbooks. Partially because I was in the … Continue reading The daily create September 12th, 2016 →

Growing up the ocean in my backyard was as big as my imagination wanted it to be. I could stay there all day swimming and playing with my friends. When it rained the ocean grew deeper and in the winter it froze over. It was my own private ocean that only I could see. Just … Continue reading The Ocean at the End of my Backyard →

@ds106dc Today's daily create is this big pile of 12 books. #tdc1709 pic.twitter.com/7RSpxcYD2O — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 12, 2016 For today’s daily create we had to take a picture of a dozen of anything. The one thing I had was A LOT of was textbooks in the Physics Department at UMW.

In the second week of ds106 our work became much more involved. It was also a lot more fun. I particularly liked the assignment bank. It was cool that we could pick our assignment and choose which one you wanted to do. My favorite was the design assignment for your favorite movie quote. I, of … Continue reading Weekly Summary 2 →

This article provides a very good illustration of storytelling on the internet versus storytelling in real life. The first point I annotated was towards the beginning of the reading where the author discussed how a blog is the personae of the author. A blog can becomes one’s own “internet identity” that readers can use to … Continue reading Web 2.0 Storytelling →

I’ve read through a lot of interesting blogs this week, but the one found to be the most interesting was 30,000 miles in three weeks from kristinoconnell.com. http://ds106.kristinloconnell.com/blog/uncategorized/30000-miles-in-3-weeks/ I thought the story of her travels were very interesting, especially using google maps to map out the entire trip. It was really cool to see the ups … Continue reading Respond to a blog →

Dear Future Matt, I hope that you’ve accomplished all the dreams that I have in mind today.  I’m sure by now you’ve finished grad school and have gotten your Ph.D. It was always a life goal of ours to do that. You should have the jobs of our dreams researching new and exciting things that … Continue reading Your Hopes, Dreams and Fears. (3 star writing assignment) →

I tried  to find a serious and meaningful quote, but then realized that those weren’t the movie quotes that stuck with me. I loved this quote because anchorman is one of my favorite movies and this quote perfectly emphasized Ron Burgundy’s over-inflated ego that made the movie so funny.