How long did it take you to learn how to create a movie. I feel like Thomas the Train. All I wanted to do is learn something about creating a movie. I finally figured it out. The only issue was that my video wasn’t really that great but I …
This is the story of a recent college graduate who had a most unfortunate experience when she tried to take cyber security in her own hands, causing her to nearly miss out on an opportunity of a lifetime.
Lizzie is a 22-year-old female who recently graduated from Hamburger University (HU), …
This assignment was to create a kids computer book from a well known kids book. I chose Are you my mother? by Dr Seuss.
A new children’s book.
was by far the best assignment because I enjoy reading children books and want to know all about computers.
In the Washington DC metropolitan area there are several forms of public transportation including bus, rail, metro (train) and even a bike share program Each of the surrounding communities have their own form of transportation as well. Northern Virginia has a system called VRE (Virginia Railway express). While of …
Wow, just think about it. Do you think that parents could really be blown away by the taste of a drink and forget about what their child may have done. As a parent. I don’t think so. This commercial for a new type of Pepsi called Pepsi Next was very …
My moto machine
Light can impact a picture. The angel of the light can cause shadows which can result in distortion of the object.
Can you guess the what object makes this shadow?
Click here for the answer Surprisingly up until the start of this class I was able to …
No one ever took pictures of me as a baby. Growing up, as the fifth of the six children in my family, I was the only one who did not have a baby picture. In fact the first picture of me was when I was 3 years old. Everyone else …
I have been trying to figure out this assignment for some time now. It finally connected when I read the course materials in the daylight. My problem was resolved when I took several days vacation off from work and used natural daylight to read instead of indoor light at night …
For this visual assignment, I took a a picture in the study hall and changed the color of the table to sepia to give a modern table an old fashioned look. I also cropped separated the table and cropped it from the original image. In the process I learned how …
Providing thoughts on sounds was very cool. The story, Falling reminded me of the back in the day before television, how radio was one of the entertainments of choice. I chose Falling a very traumatic, shocking story that used sounds like narration, sound effects and music to provide me with …
After working on the final project it seems like I am finally getting it. This was my first sound post that was in draft. I couldn’t figure out how to get it posted. After working on the project I remembered that I wasn’t using the application correctly. I think I …
Finally, I have begun trying to work on the final project. I feel like Thomas the train as “I think I can, I think I can”. Yes I think I can do this after all.
I believe a great primary care physician becomes great because it is in their heart …
I had to figure out what was a good story to tell for the combining sounds assignment. This was not only difficult for me the novice this semester, but because I seemed to be having difficulty in doing every assignment this semester it was down right hard. Although I was …
Last week while trying to complete my assignment I downloaded malicious code to my work laptop. I have always been very apprehensive in using my employer provided laptop for assignments which required me to download applications but for some strange reason I decided to take the chance. I think the …
Another hectic week with no time time to relax. I clearly remember the days when I was able to fit work, family, me-time and sleep into a typical day. That was before I had a laptop and the convenience of internet access at home. This week I spent time …
You would have to be thankful to a higher power if your child was kidnapped and was later released because he irritated the kidnapper.
Yesterday morning I was on my way to work and got stuck in a huge DC traffic jam. I started flipping radio stations and I came …
Perhaps you have wondered what has gone wrong
It seems that in this class I have not been strong
But after reading the blog about bloggers block
I realize it is because during the day I am on the clock
Yes indeed what some my say is way to long…
This week I had one goal on my mind and that was to be successful at creating a blog. My determination to get a handle on this was because, for the first few weeks of class I felt clumsy and did not really understand what this was all about. Although …
This is a gallery of photos taken with an iPhone from the perspective of light which I felt made an interesting assignment. I had significant difficulty at first getting started with using the iPhone because it is my employer provided iPhone and I had only used it for accessing my …
The picturesque intersection under the horizon on the East coast in what appears to be a cold winter day. The trees in the distance have no foliage. Look a little closer and you can see just to the left of the column there are blades of green grass. Could …
I would love to be able to understand what I need to be doing in this class. My weekly schedule is such that my days begin at 4 am and I don’t get home until 7 PM. I wish I had access to the internet during the day so that …
Storytelling is a series of events which have actionable items that play on a persons emotions. Stories can be audio, video, or written. They are created by someone who desires to share information or an experience which could be fiction or non-fiction.
On last weeks episode of Surviver, Cliff a tall former basketball player on the Braun team thought that he had a strong alliance with certain tribal team members. Cliff’s team the Braun had successfully won many challenges. After the three teams were combined into two teams Cliff quickly found out …
