via GifTournament Hype Gifs This is a start to a hopeful series of posts on how I Grok GIFs in which I make GIFs for and explain a particular GIF type, culture, or phenomena. Last week I made it through the first round of GifTournament Battle #4! I’m a contender. I can make rad GIFs! But what’s GifTournament? Why blog […] Continue reading →

On goes the quest to better Grok the GIF. Yesterday I discovered the subreddit Behind the GIFs. Which is basically MS Paint comics with an animated GIF ending. The posts originally explained the backstory of popular GIFs from infomercials. This post is labeled the inspiration, so possibly it is the first one (not sure). And here’s […] Continue reading →

flickr photo shared by caffeina under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC-ND ) license I hope that you are getting excited for the end of the semester – It’s finally WARM!!! As your final obligation for this course you will need … Continue reading →

For today we will be exploring the use of audio to tell story, by creating sound effects synchronized with a motion picture – better known as foley.  In class we’re going to do a foley artist project ‘blitz,’ working together to … Continue reading →

Last week you were asked to consider responding to advice from CT 399 students about your work in this class. One of the prompts to consider under the “constructive procrastination” list was to think about bookmarking, tagging, and archiving as a … Continue reading →

Last week I had the pleasure of being a visiting artist at the University of Mary Washington, hosted by Jim Groom and Zach Walen for their Console Living Room exhibit on campus. Their installation revisits the hub of family entertainment as you might have found it in a household of the early 1980s. The wood paneling […] Continue reading →

Is there work you’ve made or a friend has made that you feel you shouldn’t put online because you’re afraid it will be stolen? Copied without your permission? Are you afraid to post online certain work out of fear it will … Continue reading →

What is copyright? Why is there copyright? How much should users of the web think about copyright as you and others share, re-share, and remix content on the web? What is fair use? Think about these questions and watch Larry Lessig’s … Continue reading →

Why would a student like to have a “domain of one’s own?” Why do you think other people have their own domain name for professional/personal use? Listen to the interview on Tech Therapy with Jim Groom the educational technologist who … Continue reading →

It’s time to choose a domain name that can represent your digital self. You can’t (and shouldn’t) pick just anything. It has to be unique and available. It should be relevant – it could be based on your real name, a … Continue reading →

So first off let’s do another poll! This time it’s a course progress check-in. Tweet Share on Tumblr

A couple of weeks ago I was able to attend the opening of Concrete to Data, an exhibition currently open at the Steinberg Museum of Art. The show is a culmination of a two year effort by Ryan Seslow to bring together graffiti writers, street artists, photographers, and digital artists to reflect on past and current practices. Over […] Continue reading →

  Just getting started for this week’s post. First we have a new poll to complete on readings for the class. Second check the syllabus for this semester, you’ll see that we’ve added our first official requirement based on last … Continue reading →

In the first class you spent time contributing to the CT 101 Syllabus Work in Progress Google document. There you and your peers responded to the three prompts about the learning objectives for this class. You also became an author to … Continue reading →

creative commons licensed ( BY-NC-SA ) flickr photo shared by Brian Metcalfe You will have the opportunity to create many, many different pieces of media throughout the semester. Inspiration for these projects can come from a number of places. Two … Continue reading →

creative commons licensed ( BY-NC-ND ) flickr photo shared by Koisny It was great to guest lecture for Ryan’s Tuesday class. We learned to use Imgur.com’s Youtube Video to GIF tool, which is really easy to use and creates pretty good … Continue reading →

creative commons licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Ludovico Sinz [Cane Rosso (busy!)] The genre geek that I am, I used to frequent Star Trek and Comic Con conventions in the early 1990s. I love the fandom that exists in cosplay or the stockpiling of toys/action cards – but by far my favorite […] Continue reading →

creative commons licensed ( BY-NC-ND ) flickr photo shared by Hypercoregz Recently the Communications Technology program has been growing quite a bit, so much so that I’ve been able to offer and teach our portfolio course, CT 399, for upper level majors every fall and spring semester. The course is a single credit two hour […] Continue reading →

Did you sign-up for Reclaim Hosting this past week and get your domain? Did you install WordPress and get your first post edited? Did you start and get stuck? Did you stop? Did you ask for help? Did you work through … Continue reading →

How the heck do I do that? The short answer is that there are lots, and lots, and lots of ways. There are actually lots of online automated GIF-makers, but in order to be able to progress and do more … Continue reading →

This is an animated GIF I made during the CUNYFirst outage last week. I posted in Tumblr and on Twitter mentioning #CUNYFail.