Michael Branson Smith kicked off the Fall 2011 #ds106 with High School Is Everyone’s Forever Ago. It’s his beautiful self-introduction, well thought out, great story, and includes a photo of him from the 80s, and a portion of a passed … Continue reading →

Originally, I had wanted to write a brief blurb to accompany the presentation I gave at Learning 2.011, but time and crazy preparations have made that difficult. For now, I have included the slides and the brief write up I asked each participant to write, below in this post. I hope to write more about […]

Most of the students within our Study Abroad program are in Paris right now. Two students, my mother being one of them, chose not to go to Paris, and it was my duty to stay behind and lead them on … Continue reading →

@DailyShoot – #ds592 – What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word “deadline”? #ds106 This is actually the second thing I thought of, July first, my imminent departure for the United Kingdom, and all the things … Continue reading →

These design principles are found in Molly Bang’s book, Picture This. This book not only gives design principles and examples, but also presents them so you can visually understand what is communicated to the viewer through pictures. I recommend this … Continue reading →

This is an exquisite corpse made up of different images representing important parts of my life over the last several years. It represents my development over about the last four years. Among other things, I started growing my own food, … Continue reading →

Here’s my take on the #ds106 “I Can Read Movies” design assignment. I tried to riff off of the work and aesthetic of spacesick as instructed in the assignment, and to me that meant bring in a simple pattern and … Continue reading →

@DailyShoot – #ds589 – Make a photo around the number three today. So what are the three? Well in my mind, they are the Devil’s Claw (an Arizona plant I’ve always loved), the dried gourd, and the eye of the … Continue reading →

I know we are past the visual assignments week in #ds106, but since I submitted the Reimagined Road Signs visual assignment, I should provide some how to. I am also using this post to submit my fourth visual assignment, which … Continue reading →

@DailyShoot – #ds588 – Make a monochromatic photo. My mother-in-law’s embroidered rendition of basil.

@DailyShoot – #ds587 – Make a photograph today that illustrates attraction. My big fluffy cat is attracted to the lap of anyone wearing black.

I have fallen in love with Tim Owens’ Averaging Concepts using Flickr visual assignment. I liked it so much I did it before #ds106 Summer of Oblivion even started. Then today came Lou McGill’s post Layers, which took the idea … Continue reading →

This image is a derivative work based on Chinese New Year by Brian Yap, available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. Here is what the original looked like. My random wiki page gave me “Tellef Wagle” as the band … Continue reading →

@DailyShoot – #ds586 – “Make a photograph of two complementary objects arranged to show their relationship to each other.” My daily shoot today isn’t all that visually. I admit to being tired, cranky and possessed of a terrible headache. But … Continue reading →

Please download and print this flyer (PDF) and post. The #ds106 course must go on. Update (June 23, 2011 8pm MST): I noticed earlier that Teddy Broosevelt appropriated the image I made for this poster design in his design assignment. … Continue reading →

Description: Create a minimalistic poster for a  film, TV series, etc. Look at these awesome examples using the various locations in the original Star Wars trilogy. McMurphy: Which one of you nuts has got any guts? McMurphy: I can’t take it no more. I gotta get outta here. Chief Bromden: I can’t. I just can’t. […]