Week 6: A Fistful of Design

Week 6: A Fistful of Design

by paul bond

| # weeklyassignments, Spring 2016 UMW DS106West Assignments, Syndicated
February 12, 2016

Well howdy, everyone! Welcome to #western106 week number six, which is all about design. No video this week, but here are a few quick thoughts. When we talk about design, most people take it to mean graphic design, which is part of it, and certainly a ...
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Go west, young man

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 11, 2016

For our fourth round of ds106radio live tweeting, we had another two-fer: “Retribution” from Sears Radio Theater and “Gun Shy” from Gunsmoke. I liked the way people picked up on the sound details: I can hear the horses making noises … Continue reading →
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The Holliday and Hickock Hour

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 10, 2016

Our Wednesday Western106 tweet-along featured two tales – the Gunsmoke episode “Doc Holliday” and “Aces and Eights” from the Frontier Gentleman series. Unlike our two previous shows, these featured narration as well as dialogue. The listeners had mixed feelings about … Continue reading →
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Letter from Lago

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 10, 2016

Today’s TDC was Create a Pony Express Postmark. We were supposed to “Design a postmark stamp for the Pony Express of the Modern Age,” but I didn’t read that part until just now. I had the idea to play around … Continue reading →
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High Noon at night

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 9, 2016

Our Tuesday night tweet-along featured High Noon. Monday’s show was a radio adaptation (Shane) whereas this one was the soundtrack of a film. It made an interesting comparison. The radio program actually had less sound production – a lot less … Continue reading →
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“Come back, Shane!”

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 8, 2016

We had a good, if sparsely attended, first tweet-along. We listened to a radio production of Shane, featuring Alan Ladd and Van Heflin, two of the stars of the movie. Radio was once a big enough thing that major motion … Continue reading →
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The Good, the Bad, and the Oblivion

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 8, 2016

I found this thing yesterday: http://ensalada-de-lengua-de-pajaritos.tumblr.com/post/138891094972/seven-surprising-things-that-are-bad-for-your and when I saw today’s Daily Create I knew I had a use for it. I applied what I had learned before about lining up images with animated GIFs. After that trick, I cut … Continue reading →
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a video of audio

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 5, 2016

So I thought I’d write a little about the short video I made this week. I’ve done this kind of thing before, so I’m starting to get the hang of it. The class is starting into Audacity this week, and … Continue reading →
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Week 5: The Wild West of Audio

by paul bond

| Spring 2016 UMW DS106West Assignments, Syndicated
February 5, 2016

by Alfredo Alcala, from Weird Western Tales #32
You can see sound layering in action. Music: Longing for Tumbleweeds by Admiral Bob. Coyote howls from Soundboard. And a touch of Tombstone.

Thanks go out to the Audio Group for their input this week.

2/5/16 – 2/12/16

All work is due by midnight on 2/12/16

This week we will dig … Read the rest
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Dang’d spot

by paul bond

| Syndicated
February 2, 2016

For today’s Daily Create, we had to do cowboy Shakespeare: #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1486 Y’all bein’ or y’all not being’, that’s my ask https://t.co/9HzMpCIDXf pic.twitter.com/JF4D3GTE2v — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) February 2, 2016 My better half suggested using Lady Macbeth’s famous … Continue reading →
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Week 4: Photography – Shoot ‘em up

by paul bond

| # weeklyassignments, Spring 2016 UMW DS106West Assignments, Syndicated
January 29, 2016

Thanks to the Photography group for their input this week. Video features images from Mason and Carlee. By Neal Adams, from Weird Western Tales #15 1/29-2/5 All work is due by midnight on Friday, 2/5 This week we will be exploring visual elements of s...
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Beware of Dancing Cowboys

by paul bond

| Syndicated
January 23, 2016

A Metafilter post on a history of GIFs made me think of those animated ads from LowerMyBills.com that were floating around the web ten years ago or so. So when I saw today’s Daily Create, I knew what had to … Continue reading →
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Week Three: Writing the rodeo

by paul bond

| Spring 2016 UMW DS106West Assignments, Syndicated
January 22, 2016
by Al Williamson & Angelo Torres, from Wild Bill Hickock #68
No video this week due to temporal difficulties. Thanks go out to the Writing Group for their input this week.

1/22-1/29

All work is due by midnight on Friday, 1/29

Below is a detailed list of what’s to be completed this week.

Read Some Westerns: To get you
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Rule 106

by paul bond

| Syndicated
January 22, 2016

I was about to write this as a comment, but then I thought it would be better to blog it for everyone to see. Our Storytelling Outlaw wrote about her experience working with the Assignment Bank: While I had fun, … Continue reading →
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A Wild West assignment idea

by paul bond

| Syndicated
January 17, 2016

I don’t like to give too many examples because I’m afraid people will follow them like template. But since I threw everyone in the deep end and had you create assignments in the second week, here’s an assignment idea I … Continue reading →
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Week Two: Ride the rodeo

by paul bond

| Spring 2016 UMW DS106West Assignments, Syndicated
January 15, 2016
by Kathy Onarheim
1/15-1/22

All work is due by midnight on Friday, 1/22

Below is a detailed list of what’s to be completed this week.

Help plot the course: This is your class as well as mine, so I want you to put your own stamp on it. You will be giving input on the course activities, readings and
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Maybe there’s more to it than cowboys

by paul bond

| Syndicated
January 13, 2016

When I think of Westerns, the first thing I think is “Old.” The heyday of the western was before even I was born. The settings are from before my grandparents were born. We watched The Lone Ranger on Saturday mornings, … Continue reading →
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A family of reds

by paul bond

| Syndicated
January 10, 2016

The red in the chevron, and the coat it’s on, came from my father when he was in the Marines. The pin on the lapel is from his sister/my aunt, a souvenir of her trip to the Soviet Union back … Continue reading →
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Week One: Bootcamp

by paul bond

| Spring 2016 UMW DS106West Assignments, Syndicated
January 7, 2016

by Al Williamson, from Six Gun Western #2 1/11/16-1/15/16 All work is due by midnight on Friday, 1/15/2016 Welcome to ds106! This first week is dedicated to getting set up: set up your domain and Web hosting; install your WordPress site; and create ot...
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Howdy to UMW Western DS106ers!

by paul bond

| Syndicated
January 6, 2016

This is just a stake in the territory, a marker for posts in Paul Bond’s Spring 2016 DS106 class at the University of Mary Washington. There might be room, there might be…
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Face West

by paul bond

| Syndicated
December 23, 2015

Now stand in the place where you work Now face west Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven’t before R.E.M. Stand Today’s Daily Create said to “Look West, young man!” #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1445 Get out your … Continue reading →
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That’s so ravens

by paul bond

| Syndicated
October 30, 2015

Since I couldn’t sleep, I decided to make something. I thought about playing with the Madden Giferator again, and making it do a Poe poem. I didn’t actually set out to do the obvious, but there was a Baltimore Ravens … Continue reading →
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The Curse of El Capitan

by paul bond

| Syndicated
October 19, 2015

My plan for the first night of ds106tales ds106radio broadcasts was to get set up early, try out all the different inputs, and be ready to go well before 9. But sometimes things don’t work out. Apparently Soundflower doesn’t play … Continue reading →
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A showcase of my own

by paul bond

| Syndicated
October 11, 2015

I thought I’d try a showcase of my own, mostly because no one else seems to want to go visual with them. So I slapped this thing together in Photoshop with a couple shots of Your Humble Host and some … Continue reading →
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Soundcloud and downloads

by paul bond

| Syndicated
October 9, 2015

When you upload files to Soundcloud, they are not downloadable by default. You have to go in and change a setting to make that work. You may want the other members of your radio group to be able to download … Continue reading →
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V for Vignelli

by paul bond

| Syndicated
September 30, 2015

I’m glad that people appreciate The Vignelli Canon. It was written for people with a design background, but it works for those who claim to have little: the little booklet offered great insight to graphic design, with me someone who … Continue reading →
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Recover the classics

by paul bond

| Syndicated
September 29, 2015

The Creative Action Network is running a campaign for Recovering the Classics. I thought it would make a good assignment, so now it is. Supposedly you get a kickback if your cover sells. So I made this thing: I probably … Continue reading →
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Hearing the Last Laugh

by paul bond

| Syndicated
September 27, 2015

Jim wrote about this story before. When I read it, I thought about all the possibilities for sounds effects, and how those and the dialogue could carry the whole tale. I don’t know if I’ll have the time, but it … Continue reading →
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A ripping good time: ds106radio tweet-along part 4

by paul bond

| Syndicated
September 24, 2015

We had another good group for our fourth ds106radio listening and tweeting session. After some spooky sounds and a bumper we had the Mystery Playhouse rendition of “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” which was originally written by horror master Robert … Continue reading →
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Les choses sont contre nous – ds106radio

by paul bond

| Syndicated
September 23, 2015

For our third night of ds106radio listening, we had two tales – “Who Goes There” originally a John Campbell short story (PDF) and later a few different movies and even a couple of comic books, and “Nightmare” which was originally … Continue reading →
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