(photo)blitzkrieg bop.

(photo)blitzkrieg bop.

by kaileyck

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September 28, 2014

The photoblitz project–while fun–was challenging. I’m a perfectionist, and I tend to over think assignments. These traits translate to walking around campus longer than 20 minutes trying to find a perfect setting or subject, which, as any artist knows, is... Continue Reading →
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Practice makes (photographs) perfect!

by kaileyck

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September 28, 2014

I must admit–I’ve always felt a bit intimidated by trained or professional photographers. I’ve dabbled in the art, sure–both analog and digital forms in high school, which I enjoyed immensely once I learned to stop being afraid of the dark... Continue Reading →
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Happy Almost Autumn (or, Week 4)!

by kaileyck

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September 21, 2014

This week’s summary is coming to you from a prewritten word processing document! WordPress seems to be having some tech troubles, and while the wonderful, computer-oriented crew of ds106 takes a peek into the inner workings of the app, I... Continue Reading →
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“Not enough is said about the importance of abandoning crap.”

by kaileyck

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September 19, 2014

The title quote of this post–and the linked-to-moment in the embedded YouTube video–made me both laugh out loud and feel a rush of relief. As a perfectionist, to hear a professional artist who obviously has the same worth ethic and... Continue Reading →
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Week 3 and Pumpkin Pie.

by kaileyck

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September 14, 2014

Hello all! This week’s assignments were actually quite fun despite my sickness. Yup, as you can see from my third Daily Create assignment, I have been unwell. Here’s the short story: Wednesday of this past week, I began to feel... Continue Reading →
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in[SPIRE] and appreciate “big damn heroes.”

by kaileyck

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September 14, 2014

Much like the person who suggested this piece be added to the in[SPIRE] site, I was first attracted to the use of warm colors, bold text, and minimalist graphics–a favorite aesthetic of mine in digital art and what I would... Continue Reading →
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Storytelling, Digital Storytelling, and Everything In-Between!

by kaileyck

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September 14, 2014

Since I have an inclination toward folklore (see: my Dracula post) and am a communication major, I define storytelling as sharing and teaching cultural values, norms, and beliefs in a creative fashion. I picture generations of tribes or villages gathered... Continue Reading →
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Graphing Dracula!

by kaileyck

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September 14, 2014

I love Kurt Vonnegut, so after watching the YouTube video on Professor Polack’s site (and laughing a ridiculous amount at the man’s wit and humor), I was excited to get started on this project. Initially, I thought that I’d... Continue Reading →
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pearls & redwoods.

by kaileyck

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September 13, 2014

She’s memorized the feeling of the pearls between her fingers: smooth, soft, and as close to perfect as anything on Earth can be. Outside, the air is blue. The sun hasn’t risen, and no one’s awoken her phone with text... Continue Reading →
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AWW YEAH, WEEK TWO!

by kaileyck

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September 7, 2014

Hello to all! As many of my fellow students have said, this week seemed to have a lot more work involved in the assignments. My guess is the tasks seemed harder because there was a bit of a learning curve–especially... Continue Reading →
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Knowledge vs. “Knowledge-able”

by kaileyck

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September 7, 2014

I start this post with the above comic for one reason: I admittedly am the monkey. To elaborate, I function well in a traditional, lecture-based, fact-fueled education system. I’ve been a strong student throughout my academic career and rarely... Continue Reading →
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#kaileysgifadventure OR My first Digital Story!

by kaileyck

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September 7, 2014

So, I think Tumblr has some great content. The blogs are funny, and amazing artists can showcase their work for free. A frequent sight on sites–ha ha–such as Tumblr is the famous .gif. Aside from the everlasting pronunciation war (GRAPHICS.... Continue Reading →
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Gardner Campbell’s “post-Gutenberg age”

by kaileyck

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September 7, 2014

If I had read this article a couple of years earlier, I would have come away very discouraged. I would have felt like I was lagging behind younger generations and computer science majors or that I wasn’t as capable or... Continue Reading →
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In the #ds106zone.

by kaileyck

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September 7, 2014

Hello to you all! Hope you’re enjoy the weekend despite the killer heat. ): While I normally am not the type of person who listens to podcasts or talk radio (which is the total opposite of my grandparents who enjoy... Continue Reading →
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Twitter and Flickr and SoundCloud–oh my!

by kaileyck

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August 28, 2014

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a good first week. I know I did; I really enjoy all my professors and classes this semester. Throughout the week, this was such a fun class to start to explore! I actually... Continue Reading →
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Testing, testing…1, 2, 3.

by kaileyck

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August 15, 2014

Hello world and all who inhabit it–or at least the ones who read this blog. My name’s Kailey, and I’ll be working with this page for a Computer Science class at the University of Mary Washington–and maybe after completing said... Continue Reading →
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