This article made some really good points. The internet has given us a new means of telling stories. Most people use social media and blogs to write about their lives but isn’t telling a story? To us, writing about our own lives might not seem like telling a story but think about the people who … Continue reading "Web 2.0"

This article provides a very good illustration of storytelling on the internet versus storytelling in real life. The first point I annotated was towards the beginning of the reading where the author discussed how a blog is the personae of the author. A blog can becomes one’s own “internet identity” that readers can use to … Continue reading Web 2.0 Storytelling →

A Logic Named Joe by Murry Leinster has a surprisingly accurate prediction for a future we live in now. The short story was written back in the 1946 and yet it predicted life as we know it in 2016. The way Leinster describes his “logic machines” is  eerily similar to how computers are set up and … Continue reading "A Logic Named Joe"

I read the article on “A logic named Joe“. I believe that Leinster’s vision of having a “logic”, or an apparatus that serves as  a reference source as well as a entertainment box, most accurately aligns to modern day where you see almost every human having an access point to the internet (whether it be VIA Cell phone, … Continue reading "Internet46"

One of my favorite shows of all time is Gilmore Girls… I was obsessed with this show from the first episode and have re-watched the whole series about 3 times now…. if you can’t tell I’m obsessed. For those of you who don’t know what Gilmore Girls is… we can’t be friends… but this mother … Continue reading Fan Fiction Picture…. Gilmore Girls Style

I love dogs. Like, a LOT. So when I came across this assignment, I was thrilled. It just so happens that my mom just bought me Photoshop Elements, and, using my computer graphics experience, I photoshoped my dog onto campus! I took the background picture when I first came to UMW, and it just so […]

This article most defiantly got me thinking. Traditionally, when you hear the word “storytelling” you imagine verbal communication between between several different actors. I was specifically interested in the elaboration of each social media giant’s contribution to the online story telling frenzy. In one of my annotations I relayed my thoughts on Twitter and Facebook aligning … Continue reading "Web20Story"

I’ve read through a lot of interesting blogs this week, but the one found to be the most interesting was 30,000 miles in three weeks from kristinoconnell.com. http://ds106.kristinloconnell.com/blog/uncategorized/30000-miles-in-3-weeks/ I thought the story of her travels were very interesting, especially using google maps to map out the entire trip. It was really cool to see the ups … Continue reading Respond to a blog →

Today’s Daily Create had us find an interesting door knob @ds106dc This Lego door knob is by far my favorite #tdc1706 pic.twitter.com/pzSK7orXBS — Maureen (@gingerchic21) September 9, 2016

http://giphy.com/gifs/hqPga90TiQrio You know when there’s that one boy that just won’t quick trying to make you go out with him…. yeah… well this is what Ashley felt everyday of highschool… Ashely is a senior at James Monroe Highschool in a small town right outside Dallas, Tx. Ever since the freshmen year this one boy named … Continue reading AS IF!!!

Dear Future Matt, I hope that you’ve accomplished all the dreams that I have in mind today.  I’m sure by now you’ve finished grad school and have gotten your Ph.D. It was always a life goal of ours to do that. You should have the jobs of our dreams researching new and exciting things that … Continue reading Your Hopes, Dreams and Fears. (3 star writing assignment) →

I tried  to find a serious and meaningful quote, but then realized that those weren’t the movie quotes that stuck with me. I loved this quote because anchorman is one of my favorite movies and this quote perfectly emphasized Ron Burgundy’s over-inflated ego that made the movie so funny.

When my best friend got married! The assignment was to create a family-friendly billboard with a picture of friends or family. The picture I chose was of the day my best friend Brandon got married. We took a lot of pictures, but this is my favorite one because it was only informal, non-cliche wedding picture … Continue reading Visual Assignment 3 stars (Family Friendly Billboard) →

This week was a lot easier than last. I have learned so much more about the internet then I knew last week. Do you know how to make a GIF? That was probably the coolest assignment EVER! For the most part this week, I followed a common theme on twitter: COFFEE! @ds106dc Domain of my ...

Dear mom, Words cannot express how big of an impact you’ve had on my life and as I sit here writing this letter to you, I cannot help but get teary eyed thinking back to all our memories, good or bad. You have endured more things in your life and managed to end up stronger ...

Back story: Summer Sails has been teaching Preschool classes at her local daycare for about 3 years now. Before landing this job she bounced back and forth between several retail jobs. She has a knack for being around people and is great at customer service! She was top of her class and had her CDA upon ...

“A Logic Named Joe: The 1946 sci-fi short that nailed modern tech” was an interesting read to say the least. Murray Leinster created something called “logic” which I relate with the internet today. The machine “Joe” was created to help people in their homes with their everyday lives and provide entertainment at the same time. It ...

If you haven’t gathered it by now, I love my dog. Her name is Bailey and she’s the worlds greatest snow bunny. So for the assignment “Animals Doing Funny Things” I figured what a better opportunity than making a GIF of Bay playing in the snow. It’ll warm your heart and make you chilled from ...

I found Bryan Alexander’s “Web 2.0 Storytelling” to be very interesting to read. There are points made in this article that you don’t really think about and it opens your eyes. One of my favorite parts of the article was seeing bloggers referred to as the story’s characters. When you’re writing a blog, you’re telling your ...

★★½ Since the last two assignments were more time-consuming and involved (especially that tutorial. Thing took forever), I decided to try to find a more relaxing assignment for my last assignment of the week. I found the Shiny Like Silk assignment, and decided to check out the link in the description....

Wow, that was a long one. This article (chapter?) is a good overview of some of the ways artists have adapted the storytelling process to the internet. While these new mediums—blogs and Twitter, for example—storytelling has been able to be community-driven in a way that was never really possible before...

Man oh man has it been a busy week! This week I read a lot and I learned a lot. For starters, both the articles we were assigned to read were very interesting and gave me a new perspective on how I view technology and story telling. Web 2.0 Reflection As We May Think Second, … Continue reading Weekly Summary

This week was very hands on, detailed trying to push ourselves to be better blogger and storytellers. I need work on getting on a  habit of working on these once a day. I need to get in rhythm of checking … Continue reading →

This article was very long but full of very good information. I’m not going to lie, it took me a while to get through it. One interesting point the author made was how Twitter was considered storytelling. Most of the time, my tweets are about something “terrible” that happened to me that day or something … Continue reading Web 2.0 Reflection

“A Logic Named Joe” Murray Leinster getting down the modern internet back in 1946 what’s crazy about this how accurate it guesses the problems  that happen when people find out to much information on the web out about personal information … Continue reading →

For my first assignment, I chose to be courageous and try to take selfies with my roommate’s cat. Here is the link to the assignment, a 3 star visual assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/selfie-with-your-pet/ It started out great, with a classic mirror pic. However, when I tried to get an actual selfie, things turned ugly quick. Let it be … Continue reading Look at me meow

This was a very interesting article. The first time I read through the article, I was totally confused. But the second time I read through it, it began to make a lot of sense. I think that the vision the author had, is pretty much exactly how the internet influences us today. The author predicted … Continue reading As We May Think

What do you make of the relationship between the vision the author had and the reality of the modern Internet? The relationship between the vision the author had and the reality of the modern internet is that Leinster had made a machine that would likely be smarter than humans, but the reality today is that … Continue reading Read and Response (Week 2)

I thought this article was very interesting. It was very surprising to see how well somebody could predict the technology of the future. The “logic devices” that the author spoke of were very reminiscent of the internet. The were a source of reference, which can be represented by a search engine or any webpage, and … Continue reading A Logic Named Joe →

Digital story telling is changing the way we express ourselves but also kinda of a getaway for the things we dream of or always wish we can do. Social media helps us express ourselves but also connect with others. Digital … Continue reading →