God Save the Screen

God Save the Screen

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, sex pistols, Syndicated
April 6, 2020

This showed up this morning: I, for one, would like to thank the Queen for making her royal address and providing the nation with something it sorely needs right now… The perfect Photoshop bait… pic.twitter.com/dU0CIATWs1 — Peter Chiykowski respects the … Continue reading →
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The music and the damage done

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
April 4, 2020

Since it’s remix/mashup week, I thought I’d take another shot at putting words to music. I guess I got the idea from the OER20 conference. I listened to some of it with ds106radio playing in the background, and once I … Continue reading →
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Raiders of the lost loo roll

by paul bond

| Daily Create, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
March 29, 2020

At this point I’m pretty sick of toilet paper jokes. I much prefer Jim Luke’s explanation of the issue, as it makes me feel like I learned something. Today’s Daily Create was a simple challenge, so simple that the real … Continue reading →
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No action

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
March 27, 2020

@ds106dc #tdc2997 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is: https://t.co/SGTy2i7r1LJohnnybag the Superglue Jake la BotzSpider Web, Pt. 1 The Budos BandOpen Up Your Heart Chuck ProphetCall That Gone North Mississippi AllstarsTrampled Rose Carolina Chocolate Drops — paul bond (@phb256) … Continue reading →
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“Newest latest”

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated, videoessay
March 24, 2020

I thought I’d do my own video analysis, using a scene from Spike Lee’s 80s classic, Do the Right Thing. I guess I’m looking at it more as an artist than a film scholar, but that’s my background. An interesting … Continue reading →
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Looking ahead

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
March 22, 2020

We have a lot of great thoughts looking forward to final projects. I recommend that everyone look over each other’s thoughts. Maybe you’ll find ideas you can use. Maybe you’ll have ideas to share. Several people are on similar wavelengths. … Continue reading →
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Booger panic

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
March 18, 2020

So I left work Friday because I wasn’t feeling well. It ended up just being a common cold, but I played it safe and put myself under quarantine. It’s complicated by allergies, so I still get an occasional sneezing fit. … Continue reading →
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Show and tell with Nyarlathotep

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

There is a storytelling principle of “show, don’t tell.” So one might say: On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air instead of “I was driving through the desert … Continue reading →
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How not to choose a design assignment

by paul bond

| designassignments, DesignAssignments1, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 18, 2020

So I told myself: I’ll do a design assignment. I’ll click the random button and do whichever on it gives me. So what do I get? The Spreadsheet Invasion. What the heck should I do with that? And how the … Continue reading →
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Sounding off on the radio

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 18, 2020

We came up with many great radio show ideas this past week. You can see them all at the link, at least the ones that were tagged properly. A number of people mentioned fashion as a topic. This poses a … Continue reading →
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Inverted synesthesia

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 16, 2020

For today’s Daily Create, I did a most obvious thing and typed ds106 in the synesthesia generator. Being most oblivious, I failed to notice that @NomadWarMachine did that in the assignment prompt. I didn’t like the color combination though, so … Continue reading →
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The Sounds of Science

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, ds106things, Syndicated
February 12, 2020

We’ve had three great evenings of live tweeting ds106radio. The point of this was to analyze, together, how sounds can paint pictures and drive stories. My favorite thing about this exercise is that the idea for it came from a … Continue reading →
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Red Dawn Reimagined

by paul bond

| #AudioAssignments, #AudioAssignments70, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 10, 2020

I found Red Dawn on Netflix the other week. I had actually never seen it before, so, given our theme, I thought I’d check it out. The idea of Soviet proxy forces attacking a high school in the middle of nowhere, … Continue reading →
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“We’ve got fun and games…”

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 3, 2020

Some musings on this past week in ds106: I’m glad someone did the timeline assignment. There are many more assignments than I can keep track of. If I knew about this one ahead of time, I might have made it … Continue reading →
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Your fly is down

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated, the fly
January 31, 2020

I thought I’d look at the 1986 version of The Fly and try a story shape analysis. Something that occurred to me when watching Vonnegut talk about the shapes of stories is that he’s talking about one character’s story. Cinderella’s … Continue reading →
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Looking back at Week Two

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 27, 2020

What I learned this week: Many things are not what they seem. I can be a hero. It is easy to forget about what is ‘invisible’. And like the aliens in They Live, digital images and arts are all around … Continue reading →
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on Black Flags and bar codes

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 27, 2020

Today’s Daily Create asked us to “Compose a cutup poem from the words that debuted in your birth year.” This was inspired by a tweet from Amy Burvall which I liked so much that I made it a ds106 assignment, … Continue reading →
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Thoughts on thoughts

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 20, 2020

I enjoyed reading through everyone’s thoughts on the 80s theme. Some people are enthusiastic about it, others don’t know what to make of it but seem up to trying. Most of us only know it vicariously, through parents, re-runs and … Continue reading →
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80s recommendations

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 19, 2020

Below are the class’ recommendations for examples of good storytelling related to the 80s theme. They’re predominantly video, which is not surprising since that’s probably the dominant form of storytelling for the times, then and now. I’ve included the titles, … Continue reading →
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Elmer to the rescue

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 19, 2020

It’s not necessary to do write-ups for Daily Creates, but I do them sometimes just because. Yesterday’s Daily Create asked us to add a rescue vehicle to a piece of art. I liked the inspiration for the challenge, but I … Continue reading →
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The sound of ds

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 14, 2020

Digital storytelling is a short form of digital media production that allows everyday people to share aspects of their story. Wikipedia Digital storytelling at its most basic core is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories.” University of … Continue reading →
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test post

by paul bond

| ds106things, Syndicated
January 3, 2020

testing… 1, 2
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Pondering project ideas

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
October 29, 2019

There will be more details on the final project forthcoming, but basically it is a major project, on par with the radio show, which has to have something to do with our theme, and has to incorporate multiple different media, … Continue reading →
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“And you may look the other way”

by paul bond

| #MashupAssignments, ds106, ds106things, MashupAssignments2040, Syndicated
October 20, 2019

I saw this GIF on Twitter and just had to do it. Sorry. This idea is entirely lifted from @Pandamoanimum. I used Twitter Video Downloader to grab the GIF and the YouTube Video and Audio Downloader in Firefox to get … Continue reading →
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“Can you fly, Bobby?”

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, robocop, Syndicated
October 2, 2019

I recently watched Paul Verhoeven’s 80s tech noir classic Robocop and thought it might be interesting to do a little design analysis on the Omni Consumer Products logo. The first thing I notice is that OCP is an inversion of … Continue reading →
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Chuck on the Clash

by paul bond

| audio, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
September 25, 2019

I listened to the Stay Free podcast a few months ago. It’s Chuck D of Public Enemy narrating the story of The Clash. It bleeds off the edges of our ds106 80s theme, as The Clash was late 70s-early 80s … Continue reading →
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“Good to go on your radio”

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106radio, ds106things, Syndicated
September 23, 2019

Title borrowed from LL Cool J’s 1985 hit “I Can’t Live Without My Radio” We’re into Audio Week, so I put together a three-hour show, the ds106 Hour, for ds106 radio. What it does is take a random sampling of … Continue reading →
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Roll Your Own

by paul bond

| Assignment Bank, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
September 22, 2019

Something you can do at any point in ds106 is add a new assignment. Maybe you don’t like any of the options. Maybe you have an idea and there isn’t anything in the Assignment Bank to go with it. Maybe … Continue reading →
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Jammin’ with Dave

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
September 20, 2019

For this week’s video, I wanted to show Audacity in action, to give people an idea of audio layering and combining tracks. I’ve also wanted to play with David Lee Roth’s isolated vocals from Van Halen’s Running with the Devil … Continue reading →
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“Reality of My Surroundings”

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, photoreflection, Syndicated
September 17, 2019

After looking at the photo reflections people have written, I thought I’d do a quick one of my own. I feel like photography isn’t really my medium, even though I have an extensive background in art and design, and did … Continue reading →
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God Save the Screen

God Save the Screen

The music and the damage done

Raiders of the lost loo roll

No action

“Newest latest”

Looking ahead

Booger panic

Show and tell with Nyarlathotep

How not to choose a design assignment

Sounding off on the radio

Inverted synesthesia

The Sounds of Science

Red Dawn Reimagined

“We’ve got fun and games…”

Your fly is down

Looking back at Week Two

on Black Flags and bar codes

Thoughts on thoughts

80s recommendations

Elmer to the rescue

The sound of ds

test post

Pondering project ideas

“And you may look the other way”

“Can you fly, Bobby?”

Chuck on the Clash

“Good to go on your radio”

Roll Your Own

Jammin’ with Dave

“Reality of My Surroundings”

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