So I thought for Daily Shoot I would push myself to write a short story around each photo that I take — I can’t promise they’ll all be that fascinating, but they will help me to think about the daily … Continue reading →

I have to admit that while I really can’t wait to try and find time to contribute something to ds106 radio, I am still obsessed with animated gif technique. Thanks to Tom, I think I’m starting to understand how a … Continue readin...

So last week I mentioned that after figuring out how to display comment counts on syndicated posts, the next hurdle was to figure out how to display the most recent comments across a whole collection of syndicated blogs/posts. The dilemma … C...

_cpzh4: Take a single photograph. Chop it up comic book style to create tension and narrative. Checkout this <a href="http://ffffound.com/image/41773f67656c44cfc1064821e59acec5de7aeb29">image</a> for an example*. *It may, or may not, be one image- the concept is still sound., _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://ffffound.com/image/41773f67656c44cfc1064821e59acec5de7aeb29, _d5fpr: Tom, _clrrx: 42, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments42</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 215

_cpzh4: Film your day, or even better yet, follow someone else around and film them for a day. After collecting all the footage, edit the footage to create a short narrative. , _cre1l: Video, _d5fpr: Brad Kozlek, _clrrx: 41, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VideoAssignments41</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VideoAssignments</a>, _d180g: 210

_cpzh4: Reduce a movie, story, or event into it's basic elements, then take those visuals and reduce them further to simple icons., _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://www.kyletezak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/lebowski-v1.png, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 40, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments40</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 205

_cpzh4: Create a Pokemon card for yourself, what are your powers?, _cre1l: Design, _d415a: http://liriopeandmythology.com/?p=35, _d5fpr: Jim Groom, _clrrx: 39, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments39</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments</a>, _d180g: 200

_cpzh4: Come up with an hour-long, themed show for #ds106 Radio that you both conceptualize and produce, then deliver on-the-air live over. It can be an ongoing show, or a one-time affair., _cre1l: Audio, _d5fpr: Jim Groom, _clrrx: 38, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>AudioAssignments38</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>AudioAssignments</a>, _d180g: 195

_cpzh4: Using radio commercials as a your model, produce a :30 second radio commercial (or less--cannot be more) for #ds106 Radio. Make it fun, and try an sell what you are selling. Check otu audio comedy for some fun examples: http://www.audiocomedy.net/fakeads/index.shtml, _cre1l: Audio, _d415a: http://www.audiocomedy.net/fakeads/index.shtml, _d5fpr: Jim Groom, _clrrx: 37, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>AudioAssignments37</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>AudioAssignments</a>, _d180g: 190

_cpzh4: Let's celebrate our 106ness- create a graphic, find a a photo, manipulate an exiting image to somehow represent the number 106. It could be literal (like a sign that has 106 on it, example below), to say, something using CVI (roman digits), maybe something with 106 items in it...., _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/5270160097/, _d5fpr: CogDog, _clrrx: 35, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments35</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 180

So here’s something neat that I figured out how to do on Jim’s DS106 class (soon to be available on my own course site). As you may know, both sites are syndicating in feeds from students’ blogs using the amazing … Continue ...

_cpzh4: What will life be like when apps such as Layar or Google Goggles are no longer applications in a handheld device, but hardwired into our brains? Shoot some normal everyday event from your own point of view. Layer some 'augmented' reality style effects on top of the video in an attempt to show what life will be like once we are cybernetically linked to technologies such as Layar or Google Goggles. It could be like the view that the Terminator sees through his robotic eyes, or something more down to earth like a price comparison app that appears as you do your shopping. Make it funny, make it serious or speculate about how this technology might be used for good or bad., _cre1l: Video, _d415a: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MeaaCwBW28, _d5fpr: Colin Maxwell, _clrrx: 32, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VideoAssignments32</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VideoAssignments</a>, _d180g: 165

My re-reading/re-viewing of Gardner Campbell‘s “Personal Cyberinfrastructure” and “No More Digital Facelifts” is juxtaposed against another activity on my calendar this week: attending a series of vendor demonstrations...

Took another stab at an animated gif tonight. This one is from my favorite movie, and it’s of the moment before, what I think, is one of the most romantic few seconds in a movie. Just watching it reminds me … Continue reading →

_cpzh4: Take a portrait of a total stranger each day for 7 days. Try to capture their image in a way that gives the viewer a deeper understanding of the person. Write a little about how you approached the person and what you learned about them. This assignment is part photography challenge but the harder part, in my opinion, is forcing yourself to interact with strangers in a fairly personal way. , _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://www.dannyst.com/shooting-portraits-of-strangers/, _d5fpr: Tom, _clrrx: 29, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments29</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 150

_cpzh4: Create your own Kuleshev effect demonstration by putting together 4 clips a la what AH describes here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNVf1N34-io&feature=youtu.be 4 clips should be: 1) a medium or close-up shot of a person looking at the camera with no or subtle emotion x2 2) object of emotional response 1 (woman and baby in AH clip) 3) object of emotional response 2 (woman in bikini in AH clip), _cre1l: Video, _d415a: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDg9noHlDe0&feature=related, _d5fpr: Mikhail Gershovich, _clrrx: 28, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VideoAssignments28</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VideoAssignments</a>, _d180g: 145

_cpzh4: Trying to include our voice in the interaction of the narrator , _cre1l: Audio, _d415a: https://sites.google.com/site/ramoshelenamaria/home, _d5fpr: helena Ramos, _clrrx: 23, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>AudioAssignments23</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>AudioAssignments</a>, _d180g: 120

_cpzh4: Find an image of a well known figure, add to it a famous quote by someone related in some way to the figure in the image and then attribute the quote to a third, related figure. From the official site: How It Works 1) Get a picture of someone people idolize. Obi Wan Kenobi, Barack Obama, Captain Kirk — any beloved public figure will do. 2) Slap on a famous quotation from a similar character from a different book or movie. Pick something close enough that a non-fan might legitimately confuse them. If you’re using Captain Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation, for example, you’ll probably want to grab a quote from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5 or Battlestar Galactica. 3) Attribute the quotation to a third character, from yet a third universe. This way, nothing about your image is correct, and you’re trolling fans of all three characters at once. , _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://www.trollquotes.com/, _d5fpr: Mikhail Gershovich, _clrrx: 25, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments25</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 130

_cpzh4: A little joke with some pictures of Jim, ussing Comic Life and Flickr images from Serenae’s photostream., _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://jcarlos.design2001.com/?p=316, _d5fpr: Jose Carlos, _clrrx: 20, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments20</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 105

People who follow me elsewhere on the Web know that a few months ago, our family acquired a new member. We call her Moby (Which doesn’t make any sense because, obviously, she’s a girl. But it fits.) Erik grew up rebuilding VW buses, and...

Jim’s already done a pretty good job of summarizing the approach I took to building a tool for his online DS106 class which allows visitors to submit assignments. But I figured I’d go ahead and detail the process a bit more fully. To be...

It isn’t nearly as impressive as some of the other animated gif contributions we’ve seen to ds106, but it’s all mine. It’s also a classic scene from one of my favorite movies. And doing this taught me how to use … Cont...

_cpzh4: Write and illustrate (photograph, sketch, video sample, etc) a two panel story that describes a change of emotion. For example. Panel 1: A man receives some suprising news about a loved one. Panel 2: He is deeply saddened. Panels can contain simple captions or annotation. Extra points if the emotional change is a 'mixed emotion'., _cre1l: Visual, _d5fpr: rowan_peter, _clrrx: 19, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments19</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 100

_cpzh4: Small animation with Adobe Flash, ussing the technique, frame by frame., _cre1l: Design, _d415a: http://jcarlos.design2001.com/?p=322, _d5fpr: Jose Carlos, _clrrx: 21, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments21</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments</a>, _d180g: 110

_cpzh4: Dig through Google Maps Street View to find an interesting setting for your story. Let your imagination go wild and tell the story of what occurred in that space. Bonus points for using Google Earth to create a virtual tour with multiple settings for your story and narrating it yourself., _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2hyi1pApL1qzun8oo1_500.jpg, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 18, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments18</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 95

_cpzh4: Adapt a famous artist's work to change or reinforce its possible message., _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/finishing-the-smoke, _d5fpr: Lisa M Lane, _clrrx: 17, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments17</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 90

_cpzh4: Take any 2 (or more) creations from any category of assignment that another student has posted and mash them up into something new an original. Hopefully most of what we're creating here is CC-licensed for remixing but check first before spending hours on your masterpiece., _cre1l: Mashup, _d415a: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/titanic.jpg, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 15, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>MashupAssignments15</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>MashupAssignments</a>, _d180g: 80

_cpzh4: Enact a story in realtime using social networks and websites. Get creative by combining multiple sites like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare. Document it in some audiovisual form., _cre1l: Fanfic, _d415a: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sghwe4TYY18, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 16, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>FanficAssignments16</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>FanficAssignments</a>, _d180g: 85

_cpzh4: Animate still photos w camera motion. , _cre1l: Video, _d415a: http://vimeo.com/18500186, _d5fpr: Tom Woodward, _clrrx: 4, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VideoAssignments4</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VideoAssignments</a>, _d180g: 25

_cpzh4: Each scene in a movie can be considered the middle point of a bigger story. Each character in a scene has been doing something prior to the scene, and will do something after the scene has finished. Pick a minor character from a scene in a movie or TV show and write a short account of what they were doing before they entered the scene or after the scene ended. Watch the scene and see if you can identify clues as to what the character was doing or what they are about to do. For example, in the famous cantina scene in Star Wars a character named Ponda Baba (Walrus Man) picks a fight with Luke Skywalker, and Obi Wan Kenobi slices off his arm with a lightsaber. What made Ponda Baba so angry that day that he picked a fight in a bar? How did he deal with his wounds afterwards?, _cre1l: Fanfic, _d5fpr: Colin Maxwell, _clrrx: 14, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>FanficAssignments14</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>FanficAssignments</a>, _d180g: 75