The Notorious W.O.L.

The Notorious W.O.L.

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2810, walk of life
October 13, 2022

Yesterday a conversation popped up in my Twitter stream You’ve undoubtedly come across this, but just in case https://t.co/oJfgdLiUqh — Martin Weller (@mweller) October 12, 2022 which introduced me to the Walk of Life Project. The hypothesis stated on the … Continue reading ?
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Casting shadows

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, shadow, Syndicated
September 9, 2022

Today’s TDC asked us to make shadow art. Naturally my first thought was of The Shadow, but I didn’t want to just find an illustration on the web. Then it occurred to me to make audio art, of sorts. I … Continue reading ?
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“Trapped In a World He Never Made”

by paul bond

| Daily Create, ds106, duck, Syndicated
August 9, 2022

@ds106dc #tdc3862 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is This is how Howard would do it. pic.twitter.com/xkKTJgpIuS — paul bond (@phb256) August 9, 2022 I only vaguely remember Peter and the Wolf, the subject of today’s Daily Create, from … Continue reading ?
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Videogriping

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, videogrep
July 11, 2022

Back in the day, friend of ds106 John Johnston made some awesome supercuts using Videogrep: I always wanted to try it, but I could never get it to work. I have a hard time finding appropriate directions for doing any … Continue reading ?
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11-7@7-11

by paul bond

| 7-11, Daily Create, ds106, Syndicated, tdc3833
July 11, 2022

The oddest thing I found in a 7-11 store was a job. I worked the 11-7 shift in the summer when I was in college. What was odd, to me, was the way I got the job. A friend came … Continue reading ?
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brought to you by the Groom of the Stool

by paul bond

| Daily Create, ds106, Syndicated
July 3, 2022

Today’s Daily Create asks us to make an antipodal tale – a story about side of the world. The opposite end of the planet from me is more or less Augusta, Western Australia. Its namesake is Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke … Continue reading ?
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GIFvasion of the Body Snatchers

by paul bond

| AnimatedGIF, ds106, invasion of the body snatchers, Syndicated
May 15, 2022

The 33 1/3 book on Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables referenced a Rebecca Solnit essay, Rattlesnake in Mailbox: Cults, Creeps, California in the 1970s, which declared Invasion of the Body Snatchers to be “1978’s definitive film.” This meant I needed … Continue reading ?
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Info Lit 106

by paul bond

| ds106, information literacy, Syndicated
May 12, 2022

Last week I saw a call for chapter proposals for a book in the Innovations in Information Literacy series on digital storytelling. I’ve been interested in the outside-the-box connections among information literacy and digital storytelling since I first became involved … Continue reading ?
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Do the facemash

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
April 4, 2022

Our new old radio friend Scott Lo came up with this triple troll in response to a ds106radio discussion of Bono and Bono: Triple troll quote #ds106 #VisualAssignments24 #ds106radio pic.twitter.com/Q4Ihs1AGxq — Radio Eugene (@RadioEUG) April 3, 2022 I wondered if … Continue reading ?
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Video smackdown

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
March 20, 2022

All I wanted to do was a quick analysis of one little scene. And it got blocked. Immediately. Maybe I should experiment a bit to see what adjustments I need to make to get it through. But it wouldn’t surprise … Continue reading ?
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The Anti-Bob

by paul bond

| ds106, painting, Syndicated
February 28, 2022

I thought I would give filming my painting process a try again. I was trying something different, as in working on a much smaller scale than usual. I was also working with absolutely no plan, which probably shows in the … Continue reading ?
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Is this design?

by paul bond

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2694, ds106, Syndicated
February 13, 2022

I saw The Color of Words assignment elsewhere, so I thought I’d take a look at it. I used joy as my keyword, in true Bob fashion, and the above image is what I got. One of the images in … Continue reading ?
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Storytelling through design

by paul bond

| design, ds106, Syndicated
February 13, 2022

I spotted this in a show on Tubi TV It’s one of those interrogation scenes. The thing to notice here is how the actor’s shirt matches the color of the wall. It is a subtle message to the viewer that … Continue reading ?
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One book over the line

by paul bond

| designassignments, DesignAssignments1089, ds106, Syndicated
February 11, 2022

A few days ago, a new alleged reading promotion poster from the Chicago Public Library came to my attention. I shared it with some colleagues, and one responded with this graphic. Weeding is librarian talk for the process of removing … Continue reading ?
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Tuesday’s happy trees

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
February 8, 2022

From Tree to Shining Tree For our second night of #ds106radio listening, we heard the Radiolab episode From Tree to Shining Tree. Instead of drama, this was more pop science. But it made the topic fascinating and kept the story … Continue reading ?
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A night of adventurous listening

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
February 7, 2022

Episode One: Three Skeleton Key For our first live listening session, we listened to Three Skeleton Key, the opening episode from ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene by Jacob Smith. This is a fascinating series that uses an old-time radio … Continue reading ?
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Out of their heads

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments339
January 31, 2022

I decided to try a random visual assignment and got The Boone Gorges Parent-Child Headswap. I didn’t have a child handy, but I did have The Tick. This was actually given to me by a child. A friend’s daughter, toddler … Continue reading ?
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I’m versed in metal

by paul bond

| Daily Create, ds106, Metal, Syndicated
January 28, 2022

The 11th anniversary of ds106radio has me waxing nostalgic, I guess. There was some discussion of playing songs we listened to when we were 11. This idea was abandoned as potentially too embarrassing, but I may still have to go … Continue reading ?
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Not the bees!

by paul bond

| Daily Create, ds106, Syndicated
January 25, 2022

The first thing I thought of when I saw today’s prompt was the Wicker Man, because it is meant to be burnt, with appropriate occupants. So then I had to think of buy and steal. I think if I was … Continue reading ?
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“the PBS version of Nickelback”

by paul bond

| bob ross, Daily Create, ds106, Syndicated
January 19, 2022

For today’s Daily Create, we had to illustrate the story of a @MagicRealismBot tweet. I scrolled through the list and found this one: A cobra says to Gertrude Stein: "I love Milwaukee." — Magic Realism Bot (@MagicRealismBot) January 15, 2022 … Continue reading ?
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Bear with me

by paul bond

| bob ross, ds106, Syndicated
January 19, 2022

I think @jaythechou might need to be made an honorary ds106er for dedication to remixing. I thought these two were especially relevant: I Photoshop Paddington into another movie or TV show until I forget: Day 277 pic.twitter.com/vypRzTnIxI — Jaythechou (@jaythechou) … Continue reading ?
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Theming theme little themes

by paul bond

| bob ross, ds106, Syndicated
January 19, 2022

The question has come a few times in ds106: What is our theme? We are using The Joy of Painting as theme this semester. What that means as a theme depends on how we decide to interpret it. We may … Continue reading ?
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What about Bob?

by paul bond

| bob ross, ds106, Syndicated
January 16, 2022

I enjoyed reading people’s reactions to The Joy of Painting. I thought I’d share my thoughts on people’s thoughts here. “I fell asleep within five minutes.” I remember reading a newspaper article about Bob’s popularity back in the day when … Continue reading ?
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Going off script

by paul bond

| Daily Create, ds106, Syndicated
January 15, 2022

For today’s Daily Create, I pretty much immediately decided I wanted to make a word cloud of the Joy of Painting. So I went to a random episode and opened up the transcript on Youtube and copied it. The TDC … Continue reading ?
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“I’d Love to Change the World”

by paul bond

| 10years, ds106, Syndicated
January 9, 2022

We’ve had 10 years of Daily Creates. We’ve had 10.6 years of ds106radio #ds106 #ds106radio I just put together a makeshift Google Doc with brief overview of the 106th Anniversary Radio Marathong and a wide open schedule for folks to … Continue reading ?
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test post

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
January 7, 2022

Is this thing working?
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All the details matter, part 867

by paul bond

| design, ds106, Syndicated, Typography
January 2, 2022

Lettering is communication as a base level– knowing what is being said, who is saying it, and being able to read it in the correct order. Do that and the comic is "readable". Pushing beyond (I think) is reaching for … Continue reading ?
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test post

by paul bond

| Syndicated
December 20, 2021

test post
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Fab Freddie

by paul bond

| ds106, Mashup, remix, Syndicated
November 1, 2021

I found another artist working in a remix/mashup vein, going by the handle Stuff_by_Mark: Killer Queen. A stupid drawing by a stupid man. pic.twitter.com/Og3mkYeAUm — Stuff_By_Mark (@The_Ren1981) October 29, 2021 He may have thought this Freddy/Freddie mashup was stupid, but … Continue reading ?
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The GIF by the Window

by paul bond

| AnimatedGIF, ds106, Syndicated
October 12, 2021

The Girl by the Window gets an SOS #EdvardMunch #GIFITUP2021 #GIFtober #ds106 pic.twitter.com/or1o8uX7h5 — paul bond (@phb256) October 12, 2021 Several weeks ago I was out for a walk and the proprietor of the neighborhood vintage clothing boutique called out … Continue reading ?
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