Weekly Summary#6

Weekly Summary#6

by sgillis

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October 7, 2012

Here is my Design Safari post, it was a great exploration of the design elements. TDC267:”Today is World Vegetarian Day- make a photo that celebrates this holiday.” I happened to be preparing dinner and thought this was perfect. Broccoli is … Continue reading →
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My Design Safari

by sgillis

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October 7, 2012

When reviewing the list of design elements I tried my best to conceptualize them through examples in my house, and that’s primarily what I ended up taking pictures of to serve as examples. The 4 representations of concepts I liked … Continue reading →
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Carpal Diem

by sgillis

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October 7, 2012

For the DS106 Post Secrets assignment I made a confession partially related to some of my procrastination habits. I do think I’ve got some bum wrists, but its not ALL ds106′s fault, I think its my smartphone addiction to be … Continue reading →
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MOAR CATZ

by sgillis

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October 7, 2012

For my Computer Books for Kids assignment I took a book I loved as a kid If I Ran the Zoo and re-wrote the title as a computer/internet book. It was a pretty simple process to replace the word “zoo” … Continue reading →
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The First Rule about Kevin James…

by sgillis

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October 7, 2012

…Is don’t talk about Kevin James. For my Truthful Movie Poster I decided to look into the future a week and critique this Kevin James masterpiece. Look at that mug, how can you not want to see this movie? It … Continue reading →
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That’s no Millennium Falcon, That’s my Wife!

by sgillis

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October 7, 2012

For my ds106 Bumper Sticker, I took inspiration from a favorite of mine, “My other car is a Millennium Falcon.” I used a this font generator to get the star wars font, and lifted the silhouette of the Millennium Falcon … Continue reading →
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A Powerful Sneeze

by sgillis

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October 4, 2012

For The Big Caption, I scrolled through a couple pictures here, and found this gem: I just added a quick caption, which takes a photo that has a authoritarian feel and gives it a twist of humor. I tried a … Continue reading →
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Who Watches the…

by sgillis

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October 4, 2012

For the One Story / Four Icons assignment, I really wanted to do a story I’m very fond of, both in its written and film forms (that’s the only hint you’ll get). I used some pretty iconic images from the … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary#5

by sgillis

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September 30, 2012

First, here is my blog post on the photoblitzing assignment. It was a doozy, and I was trying to look as nonchalant as possible as I was trying to get the perfect angle on the lamp post. Here is my … Continue reading →
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Photoblitzing

by sgillis

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September 30, 2012

I chose to attempt this on campus this afternoon, and in my excitement I kind of rushed through it, taking closer to 13 minutes than the allotted 20. I did it on campus because I figured it was a pretty … Continue reading →
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Fun With Flickr

by sgillis

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September 29, 2012

I fiddled for a bit before going ahead and googling it. I picked an eclectic mix of photo’s, I just did 5 or so, some of which I think are “fun” and others which I think are quite beautiful. I … Continue reading →
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An Attempt to Darken the Mood

by sgillis

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September 29, 2012

Switch up the Mood Although we read left-to-right, suspend reality for a second. The picture on the right is the original, and I used GIMP to darken things up a bit, using mostly the Brightness-Contrast and Hue-Saturation tools. Here is … Continue reading →
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Godzilla versus Yam

by sgillis

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September 29, 2012

Yam Yarn This is Godzilla, a hero of mine, vanquishing his foe, the diabolical Yam. Why does a Yam have arms you ask? Foolishness! How else would a Yam climb to the top of a municipal building? As far as … Continue reading →
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Microappoogle

by sgillis

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September 29, 2012

Troll Quotes Picture of Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, quote from Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and attributed to Larry Page, CEO of Google. The quote definitely sounds off for Jobs, and I think his fans would be thoroughly enraged … Continue reading →
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Dakota Wilderness

by sgillis

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September 27, 2012

Pick A Bad Photo, Apply A Vintage Effect And Write Something In Helvetica I went on a trip to North Dakota to go hunting with my grandfather and took this picture. Didn’t really like the picture, but I do think … Continue reading →
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Some Sort of Musical Fusion

by sgillis

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September 27, 2012

An Album Cover I don’t know if I’d necessarily buy this album… Mehndi TV is a Canadian Hindi television station and Michele Shea’s quote “Creativity is…seeing something that doesn’t exist already. You need to find out how you can bring … Continue reading →
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Pretzel Time

by sgillis

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September 25, 2012

Splash the Color I really enjoyed this assignment, I’m still getting accustomed to GIMP and how to bend it to my will but I didn’t curse too much in the process. This is a shot of me eating a pretzel … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary#4

by sgillis

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September 23, 2012

Watching Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad discuss audio storytelling got me thinking about the craft a lot. I would say it boils down mostly to what Jad said, which is, in my own words, that radio is about a relationship … Continue reading →
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Coffee Shop Sound Effects

by sgillis

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September 23, 2012

This was an interesting assignment! While trying to find some tunes for my bumper, I tried a couple keywords related to “coffee,” I was looking for some smooth jazz or acoustic performance, but I realized that there was a wealth … Continue reading →
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Bumper Time

by sgillis

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September 23, 2012

I hope this is up to snuff, I enjoyed being able to break out the ol’ microphone, my buddy and I had delusions of grandeur and bought a set over the some to start podcasting, haven’t quite found the time … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary#3

by sgillis

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September 16, 2012

What is Storytelling? My opinion on Storytelling and its digital counterpart hasn’t really changed throughout the week, I still see digital storytelling as a relying on the same basic principles “plus” visuals and audio (amongst other mediums) to enhance that … Continue reading →
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A Story in 5 Photo’s

by sgillis

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September 16, 2012

Here is my discussion post on flickr with the whole story and here they are below:
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Stories from sections past…

by sgillis

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September 16, 2012

I am a big fan of the Watchmen series and this immediately stuck out to me upon visiting the Inspire page.The tear is a great touch and it feel’s very professionally done. It also adds to the story itself, foreshadowing … Continue reading →
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The Shape of Stories

by sgillis

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September 16, 2012

Cool Hand Luke, as you may know by now, is my favorite film and I think it presents a shape of story neither Vonnegut nor Eilam mentioned, and that is tragedy. Here is my attempt to show the shape of … Continue reading →
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Storytelling

by sgillis

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September 12, 2012

I bet that when most people imagine storytelling they picture it the same way I do, at least initially. The first exposure I had to storytelling was having a book read to me. I think of books, intimate settings and … Continue reading →
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Weeky Summary#2

by sgillis

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September 9, 2012

This week felt less unnatural than the last and I’m feeling more at home here on my blog. TDC#239: “Take a photo showing the wide open space, the great outdoors.” I interpreted the instructions liberally, these are as wide open … Continue reading →
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Creative Commons

by sgillis

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September 9, 2012

For any topic, step one for me is to search it on wikipedia: Creative Commons I am of the belief that copyright law is a balance between progress and incentives. We want to reward individuals for their creations, but not … Continue reading →
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50 Eggs: A GIF story

by sgillis

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September 8, 2012

I chose to extract my GIF from “Cool Hand Luke” starring Paul Newman. I highly recommend the movie, and without ruining it, the above GIF is from a scene where Luke, Paul Newman’s character, is eating 50 hard-boiled eggs as … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary#1

by sgillis

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September 2, 2012

First things first: twitter, flickr, youtube, soundcloud. My first Daily Create is featured in my previous blogpost and below is my second: The Daily Creates are a good way to keep me grounded in the class, much the same way … Continue reading →
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TDC#1 & Intro

by sgillis

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August 28, 2012

Good Evening! My name is Shawn Gillis, I am starting my Senior year of college and I intend to grow up (in ~9 months) to be an accountant (exciting, I know). UMW has been swell but I look forward to … Continue reading →
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