For the final week of DS106, I collaborated with Cole (“The Accountant”) to determine whether an agent, such as Agent Fawn, was working with The Directorate to gather intelligence on our agents behind our backs… as well as any possible ties The Directorate or Professor Bond had to Russia. I found the collaborative effort highly … Continue reading "Final Project: Final Weekly Mission Summary"

I have seemingly disjointed pieces of advice that was nonetheless useful to me during my Spring 2017 semester: plan and outline your assignment ideas early on each week, and try to only allocate reasonable amounts of time to complete each of your weekly tasks before giving yourself an initial ‘cut-off’ (Unless you really get into … Continue reading "Advice for Future DS106ers"

As shown in the Google Doc for my group of two, which includes myself and Cole Hodges, we’re planning on using 2-3 of the item ideas for our project. This week, we heavily annotated the Items Agenda provided to the class within the doc, and I additionally made an initial “Wanted” poster for the Secret … Continue reading "Final Project Check-In: Week 1"

In addition to commenting and classmate interactions on Twitter, I competed the two daily creates shown below. Both were quick and easy to complete. @ds106dc #ds106 Exploring ideas, concepts, and perspectives and discovering new insights, from any sources, recharges me like a happy place! #tdc1920 pic.twitter.com/seeiJqazUI — William (@wbschd) April 11, 2017 @ds106dc #ds106 Nature's … Continue reading "Week 12: Mission Check-in"

Using the design software Paint, commonly found on the Windows OS, I’ll show one how to complete the Photo Mashup assignment. First, select two photos you want to mash together. Second, open the photos in two separate Paint programs. Use the zoom feature at the bottom of the screen to zoom in and erase around … Continue reading "Paint Tutorial: Photo Mashup"

For this remix assignment, I had to inject a military bootcamp spirit into a visual assignment which required I pair a cat photo with a Shakespeare quote. I chose a military-cat themed photo, and selected a quote referencing ambition from Shakespeare’s Richard play. I found the remix easy to complete, once I generated a feasible … Continue reading "Military Shakespeare Cat Remix"

For this 4 point mashup assignment, I needed to take a dramatic closeup photo and place it in an unrelated background that changes the story drastically! I took a tragic character moment from Les Miserables, and placed the scene within an upscale salon – shifting the story to possibly be a salon mishap instead of … Continue reading "Emotional Closeup Mashup"

For this 4.5 point mashup assignment, I was supposed to mash together two actor photos in a believable image. I used Paint to remove excessive pixels from a scene of The Great Gatsby, taking my edited image of Jay Gatsby and placing him with Vesper in a scene from the Bond film Casino Royal! I … Continue reading "Actors Photo Mashup"

For this 3.5 point mashup assignment, I needed to take 4 songs and remix them over a 10 second time frame. Below is my result! I took the lyrics from the songs “Obsessions”, “One Week”, “Work That”, and “Froot” to create a love song snippet of a couple who haven’t spoken but are trying to … Continue reading "10-Second Song Mashup"

This remix assignment asked me to remix a visual assignment which originally wanted me to note the use of rainbow-colors in some media form, with a theme of darkness and black colors. Since this idea was broad, I decided to take the short animated film “Paperman”, and create a black color gradient using frames emphasized … Continue reading "Go Emo Rainbow Remix"

This week, I provided student feedback on blogs and Twitter, in addition to the following two daily creates (Which were completed simply using Paint, easily). @ds106dc Crown them as the real fools (Hunchback of Notre Dame reference)! #tdc1903 pic.twitter.com/iOWpUnfq76 — William (@wbschd) March 26, 2017 @ds106dc My expressions have a peak similar to this when … Continue reading "Mission Check-In: Week 10"

I had to answer a seven-question 003 character interview, splicing together my character answers with the interviewer clips. I chose to mimic a Skype call, and had to use some iPhone recording, re-uploading, and splicing tricks after failing to download the interview into an effective MP4 file instead of a internet-attached link. See my interview … Continue reading "003 Character Interview"

For this five point video assignment, I was instructed to record a video using morse code to communicate a word to onlookers. I’d view this assignment as easy, with some helpful sites able to both create the audio required for the morse code and translate the word into written morse code for students. Check out … Continue reading "Morse Code Challenge"

For this 3.5 point video assignment, I was instructed to create a Vine video which helped onlookers to guess the book I was referring to. Since Vine has closed down, I created a Youtube video using short video clips of three separate Paint images I created for a famous book trilogy which mimicked the Vine … Continue reading "Name That Book Vine Challenge"

For this 4.5 point video assignment, I was instructed to make a video using sign language to communicate a word or short series of words. I chose to sign out my spy agent character’s name, Wren Wilder. I viewed this assignment as easy to complete, though it took me about ten minutes of practice before … Continue reading "Signing Words Challenge"

This week, I had fun live-tweeting and reflecting on our class’s radio programs, in addition to creating a narrative around three of our weekly daily creates. Additionally, I completed 8 stars worth of assignments which included a vision board of my dream room, a comparison of Youtube site changes over the years, a Google drawing … Continue reading "Mission Check-In: Week 9"

For this assignment, I used X-Ray Goggles to manipulate a search result for ‘butterfly’, injecting some humor about they think they’re the best thing since sliced bread, and discussing how their etymology is derivative from a foreign language verb meaning “spawn of Satan”. I had fun with this assignment, finding the process not excruciatingly difficult … Continue reading "Butterfly Storytelling Within the Web"

For this two-point web assignment, I choose to look through a years-long archive of Youtube site records to compare the changes which took place during that time. Shown below, I narrowed the range to between 2012 and 2017, emphasizing a major design revamp on the site in 2013 which is still a prevalent design choice … Continue reading "Way Back Youtube Time Machine"

I found this 2-star assignment easy and fun to complete! I got Google to understand four of my six drawings, but I doubt I could have gotten it to guess Cow and Zebra even if I had double the time (Since I wouldn’t have sketched a figure close to either of the references Google showed … Continue reading "Google Draw Something"

For this 4 star assignment, I was instructed to create a Pinterest board of items I’d desire for my ‘dream room’. The board is provided below, followed by some of my wish-list selections. I’d personally love to have a studio apartment with a wall-length mirror perfect for dancing in my free time, in addition to … Continue reading "Dream Room"

Based on the events of the opera “Tosca”, Tosca races to her precious Cavaradossi after he pretends to die from a feigned firing-squad style execution when a murder has actually been committed by Tosca herself. She lowers her hand to give him a participation badge for his impressive acting, pausing as no movement follows. @ds106dc … Continue reading "Connected Daily Creates"

My top three favorite creations came to mind nearly instantaneously, and are shown below from third to first place in terms of assignment execution in my opinion. Inside of me & Someone like you This audio mashup struck me immediately upon first listening weeks ago, as the choice of songs shockingly created a uniquely individual … Continue reading "DS106 Showcase"

This week, I tuned in for Monday evening’s showing of spy radio shows, with my commentary shown below. #ds106 #ds106radio Excited to re-experience Miami Spy Convention! It had a fun theme + audio effects, reminiscent of Minions' 'Villain Con'. — William (@wbschd) March 21, 2017 #ds106 #ds106radio What spy doesn't enjoy some skiing on the … Continue reading "Miami Spy Convention Reflection"

This week, I created two daily creates through my Twitter account, each of which took a short ten minutes using Paint to make. I actually ended up creating a clock design I would potentially be interest in purchasing if a similar product is ever actually created. My creations are shown below. @ds106dc A modern zen … Continue reading "Mission Check-In: Week 8"

Completing my 5-person group radio show centering around the theme of sexspionage-style espionage was an interesting process which was highly satisfying upon viewing our finished radio show. I was quite shocked at how cohesive the segments we orchestrated seemed to fit together, even as some members chose storyline-based radio segments for their individual recordings which … Continue reading "Sexspionage Radio Show Completion"

This week’s mission focus on our group radio show was intriguing! My group decided on Sexspionage as our topic, with my corresponding weekly progress and design challenge posts below. http://ds106.wbschd.com/uncategorized/sexspionage-radio-show-progress/ http://ds106.wbschd.com/uncategorized/radio-show-design-project/ Next, I completed three weekly daily creates (Shown below). @ds106dc A mustache and a beret are all it takes to be a master of … Continue reading "Mission Check-In: Week 7"

For this 3.5 point audio assignment, I was instructed to create a commercial, preferably for my group’s DS106 Radio show on Sexspionage. Since my own secret agent character, Wren Wilder/003, is a fan of technological security, I decided it would be fitting for our station to promote malware and ransomware protection through security software such … Continue reading "“Malicious StopGate” Malware Commercial"

For this two-point design assignment, I was instructed to create a poster bumper for my group’s DS106 Radio show on Spy Sexspionage. I decided to create a visual based on online advertising, which often makes use of emoji icons (As was the case for the successful media campaign revolving around the “Deadpool” movie). I took … Continue reading "Sexspionage Online Poster Advertisement"

This week, my DS106 Sexspionage Radio show group was formed. After early group communications through our Google Doc, we limited our options for a show topic to something that included historic spy content (Such as sexspionage), involvement of our own secret agent characters somehow, and discussing technological gadgetry involved in these forms of spying. After … Continue reading "Sexspionage Radio Show Progress"

My group’s Sexspionage Radio show for DS106 radio required me to create some bumper visual and audio tasks, displayed below. I found the process interesting and engaging, helping me to actually brainstorm ideas used in our group meeting at the end of the week. My poster was inspired by the emoji campaign from “Deadpool” and … Continue reading "Radio Show Design Project"