Radio show progress was pretty good this week. We knew that we’d spend a lot of time on it during the tail end of the week just with how the snow day and getting back into the grove from spring break worked out. Our group met together on wednesday and decided on a final plan …

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This week finale post came a little bit early because I am leaving for a study abroad trip over spring break. This week definitely felt very rushed. So many assignments due at the end of the week needed to be finished by mid week, it was torture. But here I am and I made it. …

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The radio show is going well at a good pace. The most important and probably the hardest part is just getting into groups. A couple members reached out to me and asked if I wanted to join and the rest is history. Currently we have a few ideas floating around of what we want to …

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This is an ad for my group’s radio show. Instantly you can see that this ad is very simple. This ad follows a theme of minimalism. My group’s radio show will be on the topic of surveillance, which is why there is a large camera directed towards the audience. The sky blue background makes it …

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For this assignment I was to make a fictional radio ad for a fake company or imaginary business. My ad is for the company “Real Fake Doors” that sells real fake doors, doors that won’t open. This is not my original idea, but my ad is a take of the original one from Rick and …

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For this assignment I had to choose a song that made me feel nostalgic and explain why. I chose the song It All Feels Right by Washed Out.  This is the perfect summer song that really brings me back to just a summer of no worries and responsibilities. Listen to my post to hear more …

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For this assignment I was to remove the lyrics from one of my favorite songs and upload it to soundcloud so other DS106 students may guess the song. Only the first 30 seconds of the song were to be used.  Warning! Song spoiler at end of post. This isn’t necessarily my all time favorite song, …

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This week has gone by quick. Nothing too crazy to complain about this week. The Vignelli read was interesting, and the assignments helped me learn about a few more tools, and figure out a couple tips and tricks.  Still need to get my time management down.   Here are this week’s Twitter Daily Creates. @ds106dc #tdc1874 …

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  Not a lot of people understand or know the details of design, but everyone’s a critic of design. Constantly we judge objects on their style, fashion, lines, curves, colors, texture, and abilities. One product that everyone is guilty of judging is a car. At one point in your life, you had to have said a …

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If you are on the road with a legally obtained driver’s license there was a time in your life when you had to have taken a Driver’s Ed class. That class was either only in class instruction, a road test, or both. At some point during that time the use of blinkers must have been …

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This assignment was to create our own contradiction creation. The directions were to have a background and a quote that differ in meaning. Here is my creation. Today everyone lives off of their phone and mobile devices. These people treat their devices like life support, withering away into non existence when the plug is pulled. …

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Silicon Valley is a popular TV show that airs on HBO after Game of Thrones. The show is in its third series which is airing in April. The show follows a group of young engineers in Silicon Valley that are trying to make it big with their start up, Pied Piper, a data compression company. …

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This destination postcard assignment was pretty fun to do. The hardest part is always deciding where the postcard should show. This postcard is for a cafe in London, UK. This is not just any ordinary cafe either, as there are cats that free roam the cafe. The cafe is two stories tall, and offers all …

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This week’s Design Blitz forced me to take a deeper look into pictures and art that is around me and that I see every day. All of these photos were taken of art that I walk by on a daily basis. 1. The first photo is of a piece of ivory artifact that is in …

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I can’t believe it’s already week five. Time flies when you’re having fun right? This week’s of activities were pretty fun. I got to explore a topic which I have been removed from for a while now that I enjoyed the first time I did and I’m glad I still do. The assignments were pretty …

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Have you ever tried to wear glasses upside down? It’s possible, but not practical. Just trust me on this one. @ds106dc #tdc1865 Can't wear glasses like this pic.twitter.com/jfbDhdR0aZ — Daniel Z (@UMWdan) February 15, 2017

Jim Jones had a special relationship with all his followers. @ds106dc #tdc1864 Religious tolerance is always needed in a relationship pic.twitter.com/Ry7tuO8Fbv — Daniel Z (@UMWdan) February 14, 2017

No one cared who I was until I put on the mask @ds106dc #tdc1863 Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me? pic.twitter.com/Km8A6wrNiC — Daniel Z (@UMWdan) February 14, 2017 Quote is from Stanley Kubrick’s – Full Metal Jacket

Twenty to thirty minutes seems like such a long time. The key I believe is that if we have a topic(s) that we truly enjoy then we will have no trouble hitting that time. Some ideas that I came up with are: Which Bond was best Bond? Spy gadgets, those that worked and then those …

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The broad definition of a mixtape is a collection of songs. The directions for this assignment weren’t really clear on what was needed to do so I chose some songs that were important to me. The songs I chose for this mixtape are from artists that I saw live and really enjoyed their shows. Those …

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This assignment was to create a voicemail for a movie or tv show character. My first thought was Archer’s famous prank voicemails that he has recorded but I just can’t impersonate his voice. I needed to include my spy character for one of the assignments and decided that if Archer could do it, so could …

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I did the Reverse Audio Quiz and now your job as the reader is to try and guess the song by listening to it reversed and also with the help of three hints. My three hints are: This song is from the genre Vaporwave, so as a result it samples old 80’s music and slows it down …

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At sometime in their life someone has been told a fishing story that sounds too crazy to be true. My story here is just a little bit more tame. I used 6 sounds to create my story of someone going out fishing and catching a fish. The story consists of someone walking to their favorite …

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This assignment was to get a basic feeling for how audacity works and just get a general idea of what tools it has to offer. I already have experience with audacity from using it in other classes so it wasn’t that hard to get back into. I have also experimented with other music production software …

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I decided to tune in to DS106 Radio on Tuesday and hear what all the fuss is about. Initially I had problems connecting to the radio station using Google Chrome. This tweet was my call for help while I experienced desperation. @phb256 All I get is "Network Error" — Daniel Z (@UMWdan) February 15, 2017 …

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Sound is one of the most important aspects in telling a story. Sound drives the feelings, emotion, and help create a connection between the audience and the scene itself.  In a movie you can both see and hear what is going on where as in “Moon Graffiti” you can only hear. Here the sound plays …

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This week wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. In the beginning of every week when I see the assignments it always looks like so much, however they go by faster and faster, like a roll of toilet paper when you start to reach the center. It forced me to think a little …

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  Nicole! That’s how it all started. A simple message was all it took for them to meetup one weekday in early February. By this point they have only messaged each other, both anxious to meet for the first time and no idea how their first date will go down. “Hey”, they both said when …

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Some of these photo blitz were not taken today, but I have felt that those pictures chosen are the best fit for this assignment. The list of photos I had to take were as so: Take a picture of anger, or something that makes you angry. No ocean, surely you can find some water around …

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This assignment called for creating my own Game of Thrones banner. That includes family name, symbol, and a house quote. Creating a house name was quite simple as my spy’s name is Robert’s. I chose the quote to be “House of the rising sun” for two reasons. One being that it matches the symbol I …

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