Good Evening, I am here to tell you about a story that is all too common for a college kid. Once Upon a Time, Chris Millan, a broke sophomore in college worked during his winter and summer breaks at a local Italian restaurant to save money for school. His only goal was to save enough money to buy […]

The assignment is as simple as its title. You are supposed to take a picture of something interesting. Then you are supposed to write up a short blog post. The purpose of the blog post is to explain why it interesting and how you took the picture. The ...

Remove the chicken and put it on a plate. Pour sauce over your chicken piccata dinner. Check your amazing concoction for seasoning. Place the chicken back into the pan and let it cook for 5 minutes. Add fresh lemon juice, white wine and capers. Bring the dish to a boil. Also add some chicken stock to your […]

  I was having fun with a paper ball! Please enjoy.

Today’s Daily Create assignment is: Show your mood today by taking a picture of stairs. I am in a part of my life in which I believe I have the majority of it figured out. However, I am starting graduate school at UMW in the fall, this is the part of my life I am figuring out. I chose to take […]

We are in a time in which Gaza and Israel are at war with each other. Yes, I could take a silly picture and change its filter. I could also add a caption. But it imperative, that we as students learn more about what is going on in the Middle East. Though it isn’t happening in […]

This week has been mixed to say the least. I was excited that we got to participate in the video part of the course. Given that I had few problems with iMovie, I wasn’t to worried. This week work began to slow down so I had some time to work on these assignment. I was a little […]

    This assignment was challenging to say the least. I began downloading the video from YouTube by using ClipConverter.cc Once I did that, I uploaded the video onto iMovie: Then I added the Music from incompetech.com, run amok as the background music. Before I did that, I had to mute the original pieceThat was […]

The assignment can be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/favorite-scenes-from-despicable-me/ I am a sucker for the Despicable Me movies. So I am going to keep this assignment simple and fun. Pick most favorite scene from either the first or second movie and explain why you enjoy that scene so much! You can thank me later on how fun […]

I recorded this video using iMoive and uploaded to my blog. 

The friendly cow all red and white, One that loves his country She wanders lowing here and there, Looking for the american flag And blown by all the winds that pass, As she loves this country.  

This week has been long and unforgiving. I am usually upbeat, but I lately just have been tired. I am pushing through though. This is a picture of a flower that I saw earlier today. It is not as pretty as it was in real life, but still serves the same purpose. It was interesting […]

What Makes you Laugh: Whenever I am having a bad day, this is the first clip I turn to. Napoleon Dynamite was a movie about two high school outcast who preserved throughout high school their friendship and loyalty. Even though at times the popular kids were mean and insensitive, Pedro and Napoleon made it the happily […]

The following video is a compilation of the videos I feel best have changed my life. Please enjoy! Rocky Balboa I grew up watching all of Rocky’s movies. He has served as both a role model and a source of inspiration throughout all of my childhood.  The message of the clip is beautiful. We all have […]

Look, Listen, & Analyze –  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehZjjwb7-I Camera Work The following clip is only 3 minutes and 3 seconds long.  The clip starts of with of the shot of the Joker casually walking in. Then quickly, the camera pans over all the mobsters of Gotham. In that 20 second exchanged, we are introduced to the dark […]

Roger Ebert establishes guidelines on how to dissect a movie in his article “How to Read a Movie.” These are helpful tips a non-savvy moviegoer can utilize to better their overall experience. Ebert  introduces the following concepts in his article: Visual compositions have intrinsic weighting: certain areas of the available visual space have the tendencies to stir emotional […]

Final Summary For Week Three:  This week has been mixed to say the least. I was excited that we got to participate in the sound part of the course. Given that I had few problems with sound-cloud, I wasn’t to worried. This week I also began to ramp up work at my job. It will […]

This assignment was a challenge. We were asked to create a sound that would follow along with Charlie Chaplin’s movie. This is the original clip I was to recreate. That was the original clip. This is my recreation. Enjoy: In this clip, there were four distinct sounds that I had to recreate. 1. Charlie Shaking […]

Today’s daily create was challenging. I didn’t quite understand the requirements, so you can say I winged it. The assignment stated that we draw Amy a style message. I didn’t know what a style message was, plus the World Cup final game was one. So, you could say my attention was diverted into two separate […]

This one is a stretch, so please bear with me. The concept seem much funnier in my head. But there are a couple of contextual cues in my piece, see if you can pick them up. This assignment was fun, but it was a challenge!! If you don’t figure out, you can find out the answer […]

The world’s most pickiest eater. This was for a to-go order at Mike’s Italian Food. It was done in a middle eastern accent. Servers will truly understand how annoying this order is. Please enjoy. It was for a Chicken Parmigiana with side sauce and angle hair past. Then it was for a side house salad, with […]

Today’s daily create is to take a photo of something modern and make it look old. We were advised to not use a black or white filter or a sepia one. Then the question was, how do you make a modern image look old? Naturally, I was inclined to use an app on my phone that […]

This is a test to check if SoundCloud works and links to my blog. Please let me know if it connects

After a long day of work, I came home to begin on my ds106 assignment. To be honest with you, I had no idea what I would do or write about. So, as any typical college student, I began to procrastinate. I found myself on pinterest and landed on the food and drink section. This was a […]

This is a picture of a watermelon eating an orange. As you can tell, I am a natural artist. I must admit that it was hard to draw this picture, as I wanted it to be perfect. It took me a while, to say the least. Please enjoy.  

  As of Monday, July, 7 2014, my life revolves around constant planning. It is a love hate relationship! Currently, I am planning how to complete the assignments for ds106 and manage my work schedule. The anxiety is the worst at the beginning of the week, but it gets better as the week pans out. […]

Reflection on Tedx Phoenix Talk: http://www.oaminzay.com/uncategorized/tedx-phoenix-talk-reflection-post/ Design Safari:  http://www.oaminzay.com/uncategorized/design-safari/ Design Assignments (I did four accidentally) 1# http://www.oaminzay.com/uncategorized/one-story-four-icons/ 2# http://www.oaminzay.com/uncategorized/the-big-caption-design-assignment-2/ 3# http://www.oaminzay.com/uncategorized/read-poster-design-assignment-3/ 4#http://www.oaminzay.com/uncategorized/cartoon-the-head-design-assignment-4/ Giving and Getting Comment Feedback: This week I made comments on both Sarah French and Anna Cotuna’s page.  On Anna Cotuna’s page I noted that I really like the use of her pictures for her design safari. […]

Today’s daily create was to write a joke about what a cow might say about humans? How many humans does it take to make a civilization?  7.174 billion, as they are still going strong!

This has been a challenge to say the least. I believe that sometimes we get so busy with our daily lives, we forget to appreciate the little things in life. So this week, I took an extra special attempt to pay attention to the aspects of my life which I neglect. My results are interesting! Please […]

Cartoon The Head I am going to take you through my journey for this design assignment, I started by looking for pictures of cartoons. I didn’t know what I was looking for exactly, naturally I began to procrastinate and look at pictures of cars. It is amazing how the human brain works. I was in my […]