Good guys and bad guys

Good guys and bad guys

by paul bond

| ds106, storyanalysis, storyshapes, Syndicated
January 28, 2019

I recently watched Philip Noyce’s 2010 Angelina Jolie vehicle Salt on Netflix. As I recall, it wasn’t well-received when it came out. Some people had issues with its implausibility, as if implausibility isn’t inherent in action-adventure films. In the movie, … Continue reading →
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On the Daily Create

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated
January 17, 2019

A few people have asked about the Daily Create, so I thought I’d write a post. The Daily Create is an ongoing part of ds106. It comes out every day of the year. The idea is that regular exercise of … Continue reading →
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Though it themes

by paul bond

| ds106, secretagent106, Syndicated
January 15, 2019

We’ve been using various themes in ds106 for a few years now. It’s served as a good way to focus the class and provide a basis for collaboration. What I look for in a theme is the potential for fun … Continue reading →
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No place I’d rather be

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
January 10, 2019

This is a test post to see if it’s feeding properly.
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You can’t judge a book…

by paul bond

| ds106, Mashup, Syndicated
November 12, 2018

I’m fascinated by Todd Alcott’s mashup/remix work and wanted to try something similar. I didn’t have an idea of what I wanted to do particularly, so I googled pulp paperback covers looking for inspiration. The Sailor’s Weekend cover caught my … Continue reading →
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Seeing through new eyes

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
November 4, 2018

The video essay projects are another one of my favorite parts of ds106. While we do various analyses throughout the semester – story shapes, design blitz, etc. – people seem to put more into video. That’s probably because it’s a … Continue reading →
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O Video Why Art Thou?

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments439, videoessay
October 29, 2018

It’s been a long long time since I did a video essay, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Here I talk briefly about symbolism in O Brother Where Art Thou. Some of the clips I found on Youtube. … Continue reading →
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The legendary radio shows

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
October 23, 2018

Some people inevitably won’t be able to make it to the ds106 radio tweet-along broadcasts of the class radio projects. So I’m providing links here to the shows and background on the characters. Ideally, people should listen in and interact. … Continue reading →
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The Kidd is alright

by paul bond

| chip kidd, design, ds106, Syndicated
October 3, 2018

I picked up a copy of Chip Kidd’s book at my local library. What the Brain Pickings article says about it, that it “refus[es] to talk down to them or confine their inborn curiosity to narrow adult expectations about what … Continue reading →
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How to get a head in the world

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated
September 29, 2018

“There’s two kinds of people in this world, my friend: Those who work for a living, and those who own things for a living.” is the way I usually paraphrase Tuco. But today’s Daily Create challenge was to make something, … Continue reading →
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“One Step Ahead of the Spider”

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
September 27, 2018

A few people referenced audiobooks with regards to the Anansi Boys dramatization. Some of us found this interesting since there are very distinct differences between audiobooks and radio plays, or audio dramatizations. An audiobook has a narrator reading the text … Continue reading →
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The art of listening to art

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
September 26, 2018

We’ve had some great turnouts for our #ds106radio tweet-alongs this week, and some great insights as well. I feel like I’m missing the video… such realistic audio but I keep zoning out or losing track of who’s speaking! I’ve never … Continue reading →
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Happy little screams

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
September 23, 2018

As a long time fan of Bob Ross, I was naturally drawn to Kim Beom’s Yellow Scream: Kim Beom “Yellow Scream” from Варвара Воробьев on Vimeo. I’m very impressed with his ability to keep a straight face. But I wondered … Continue reading →
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of stories and skulls

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
September 19, 2018

It is interesting to read people’s analyses of stories, both for the variety and the insights. It’s also interesting that no one tried to draw the shape of their stories. It wasn’t a requirement or anything, but it is a … Continue reading →
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The new sound, the now sound

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
September 17, 2018

A post on one of my go-to sites led me to 10 Brilliant Retellings of Classical Myths by Female Writers. A convenient coincidence. Henstra’s introductory paragraph makes a couple of great points – one about how myths are multilayered, revealing … Continue reading →
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The emerald letter

by paul bond

| a study in emerald, ds106, Syndicated
September 16, 2018

I want to muse on how A Study in Emerald fits in with our theme. I think of superheroes as a kind of modern mythology, with the tales of adventure and triumph and good vs. evil all mapping to ancient … Continue reading →
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like a moth to a flame…

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2303
September 11, 2018

One of my favorite Tumblrs was the Godzilla Haiku, which I haven’t seen in a long time. So when I saw this assignment, I had to try it. I decided to use the Mothman, a West Virginia legend and the … Continue reading →
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Old Blue Eyes

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1180
September 5, 2018

I was inspired to do this because Emily did one. I had forgotten all about this assignment. The cat lives up the street. I don’t know his name, so I call him Frank, after Sinatra, who was nicknamed “Old Blue … Continue reading →
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Sledgehammers at ten paces

by paul bond

| ds106, streets of fire, Syndicated
September 4, 2018

Since we’re looking at the idea of myth and legend this time around in ds106, I watched Walter Hill’s 1984 commercial flop Streets of Fire. The subtitle, “A Rock n Roll Fable,” is what caught my attention. It’s your typical … Continue reading →
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Words of week one

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
August 31, 2018

A lot of great thoughts came through in the first week’s posts. I will muse on some of them here. “so much weird stuff happens on social media that to me it seems more responsible to stay off of it!” … Continue reading →
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The legend of ds106

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
August 24, 2018

I had the idea to base this semester of ds106 around legend, myth and folklore. That’s probably too broad to be called a theme, but whatever. It connects to many previous themes from ds106 – westerns, superheroes, horror, apocalypse. It … Continue reading →
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Week One: Bootcamp

by paul bond

| # weeklyassignments, ds106, Syndicated, weekly assignments
August 23, 2018

8/27/18-8/31/18 All work is due by midnight on Friday, 8/31/18 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 other social media accounts such … Continue reading →
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Across 106 Street

by paul bond

| across 110th street, ds106, Syndicated
April 22, 2018

It started with a simple Rogers-esque tweet from Kin Beautiful day in the hood! pic.twitter.com/oQ1GYrgNr4 — Kin Lane (@kinlane) April 21, 2018 And as I looked through the photos, I noticed some were at the intersection of Amsterdam and a … Continue reading →
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Rock Pockets

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, geode, Syndicated
February 7, 2018

“It’s Hot Pockets Day on the Daily Create!” “Didn’t we already talk about this?” “I’m making Rock Pockets.” “What – you’re going to put Aerosmith inside a Hot Pocket?” That wouldn’t be a bad idea, and could be a whole … Continue reading →
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Rockwell had the idea…

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated, The Twenty Days of Turin
January 21, 2018

Yesterday’s Daily Create involved using an online application to stylize an image. I had seen something like this before and thought it was pretty cool, so I gave it a shot. I used an image from the Church of San … Continue reading →
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A day in the life of a night prowler

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated, tdc2179
December 27, 2017

Our Daily Create today was End Sounds. For whatever reason, the first thing I thought of was the voice at the end of AC/DC’s Highway to Hell album, saying “Shazbot! Nanu nanu.” Someone actually made a supercut of the endings … Continue reading →
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Stanky Bean

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, mississippi fred mcdowell, Syndicated, tdc2175
December 23, 2017

Today’s Daily Create says to “Colorize a Photo with a Silly Color.” Sounds like fun. First I needed a silly color. If I were creatively inclined, I’d probably make one up, but since I’m lazy, I googled “invent a color” … Continue reading →
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“It’s the end of the world.”

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated, the end
November 13, 2017

I have been seeing information on Twitter that someone is plotting the end of the world, as well as the end of ds106. It occurred to me that this is just the type of thing that requires superhero involvement. Even … Continue reading →
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Reflections

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2017

I’ve been pretty consistently blown away by the reflections on the readings in this season of ds106. This week brings us design thoughts, something that’s usually a bit of a struggle. Too often people confuse decoration or templates with design, … Continue reading →
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From screen to page

by paul bond

| ds106, Syndicated
September 26, 2017

So I had this idea to use design to turn movie scenes into comic book pages. Not exactly reverse engineering storyboards, but rather using the language of sequential art, panels and layout, as part of the storytelling. This is challenging … Continue reading →
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