For this week’s mission itinerary, I decided to complete the Visual Assignment “Pop Star Out of Place” (http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/pop-star-out-of-place/). In creating my concept, I attempted to juxtapose a pop star with a spy-themed setting to match our semester’s missions, and I thought a James Bond backdrop was a natural fit for this goal. However, I had … Continue reading "Agent Swift, Cyber-Security Analyst"

The first week of Digital Studies was relatively smooth, though I had surprisingly significant issues not with setting up my own domain and Word press, but in figuring out how to actually make posts and publish posts with the accurate time-stamp (as the UTC provided automatically resulted in an inaccurate time-stamp). With generous help from … Continue reading "Week 1 Summary"

Upon hearing that “spy” would be our class theme this semester, I must admit that I was both intrigued and intimidated by the possibilities. While not being a fan of the genre itself, I’ve enjoyed some dated spy films while noting spy films within the last decades which have taken the opportunity to go against … Continue reading "Mission 106 Thoughts"

Upon reading Austin Kleon’s “10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered”, I found the second principle’s notion of valuing the process of creation over a finished creative product to be most insightful. An unfinished work didn’t immediately seem valuable to me when reflecting on this concept, but his discussion on the third principle’s … Continue reading "Show Your Work Reflection"

Hello, DS106 people, and welcome to my UMW Digital Studies blog! My name’s William, and I wish you peace and good will on this semester’s journey through digital media usage. Greetings, DS106! I'm hoping to learn some more about content generation using social media this semester. #ds106 — William Schd (@wbschd) January 20, 2017 I’m … Continue reading "My Multimodal Introduction"

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