After reading “Web 2.0 Storytelling,” I have several thoughts. I think that there are valid arguments on either side of the the question that was posed when reading. And to be quite honest I am torn on what I think. From the perspective of a new means of story telling, there is greater access and … Continue reading "Web 2.0"

I really enjoyed reading this article written by Shaun Nichols. It’s so crazy to think about how a silly short story has turned into a reality 70 years later. Nichols points out that Logic Joe is so complex and ahead of his time, that he almost comes off as evil. He is just a “solution … Continue reading "Forever Referring to Computers as Logics"

This reading proved to be a very interesting for someone that hasn’t done much of any type of blogging. It is a whole new world for me and am already learning new things with the few assignments that we have had. The most interesting piece that I took away from this reading is that everyone … Continue reading "The New Way to Keep a Diary"

★★☆☆☆ For my first assignment from the Assignment Bank for DS106, I’ve decided to do the Wayback Machine Assignment. I’m supposed to use the Wayback Machine to look at versions of a website in the past, and compare it with later versions. Instead, I’ll be looking at a website that doesn’t have...

September 6th: Choose one situation you’ve been exposed to today and share your possible “greater-self reaction” or possible “lesser-self reaction”. @ds106dc Fixing a slow MacBook:Lesser…

Definitely #ds106 already pushing me outside my comfort zone with technology. I had no knowledge of making a website or blogging. Major struggle to get this started but as days go on I’m getting the hang of it. At first … Continue reading →

1. How To Break Open The Internet After reading the article crazy to know how the internet is ran by companies. I was aware of the government to sensor what we can put out there. Companies running the internet is such … Continue reading →

While reading this post I was doing mostly reflections of myself and life. The articles talks about if we want something lets make it known. Go after for what you want but you can’t be timid. We have to speak … Continue reading →

Whats up everyone! I’m Elvin Arbaiza a Senior at University of Mary Washington Also a Business Major.  So this is my first time blogging so bare with me. Some facts about me I play for Mary Wash Men’s soccer team … Continue reading →

I choose to read A Domain of One’s Own in a Post-Ownership Society by Andreas Walters. In the article she spoke of wanting to own your domain and claiming what is yours through the internet. I found this a bit interesting considering I never thought that anything on the internet belonged to me but was a communal … Continue reading "The Internet"

I found Hypothesis to be extremely useful. I really hadn’t seen a plugin like that before and am excited to be able to use it for even other classes. At first it took some time to figure out exactly what to do but after watching a couple of tutorials online I got the hang of it. … Continue reading "Show Your Work"

Can’t Get It Out Of My Head – Assignment I stumbled upon this audio assignment and I knew exactly what song I would record myself whistling. This particular song is from an animated movie that came out it 1994. This song is extremely catchy, so once I hear it I can never really stop humming, […]

What A Crappy Font Will Do – Assignment When I saw the picture of the eBay logo that accompanied this assignment, I knew I had to give it a try. Even though I instantly recognized that eBay was being represented, I couldn’t help but notice that something about the logo was strange and off-putting. It’s […]

What do I listen to while I’m trying to get work done? Usually, I create  a playlist, in order to have a constant stream that I don’t have to continually tend. YouTube and Pandora used to be my go-tos, but the sudden, often loud ads often jar me out of focus. I’ll admit, Soundcloud has been … Continue reading Inspiration: Sounds →

This particular assignment caught my eye immediately because I am a HUGE sports fan! The assignment is to make a GIF of the best sports play, in my opinion, from the past year. I instantly thought of the NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. As you can see in […]

Shaun Nichols’ post about Murray Leinster’s short story A Logic Named Joe was extremely eye-opening. I cannot fathom how accurate Leinster’s 70 year old predictions were about computers and their functions in society as they are today. Nichol’s article highlights that the Logic Joe is not evil, but extremely complex and to a certain extent he is […]

This reading got me thinking. The concept of new may not actually exist! The storytelling chapter made me realize that the internet, or anything else digital, is just a new way of saying the same old thing. I don’t say this to downplay the importance of anything digital, but just to explain my newly? found […]

I’ve really enjoyed the first week of class with bootcamp because I had no idea how much went into the process of a successful blog! I think I would have to say that I am having the most trouble with finding my way around the UMW blog site but slowly am coming around to it! … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

This week wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. I started by creating a domain and getting my site set up. If that sounds hard to you, it wasn’t. Luckily I had some good instructions to read. Then finding out that I had to use wordpress instead of the original domain just stumped ...

“A Domain of One’s Own in a Post-Ownership Society” was interesting to read. You never really think about not owing something you put so much time and effort into. When you post something online you feel like because they are your words and your thoughts that they are yours. But little do we all know, ...

Hypothesis was an interesting program to work with. I never knew that something existed where you highlight and write thoughts to be shared on a social media platform almost instantly in the way that hypothesis did. I found it very interesting seeing what others chose as I read and was able to see their outlook ...

This week has been interesting first week of class as there were many things that needed to be accomplished on the web and I had no idea how to do them. First, I did not have a single account that I needed other than a gmail. Signing up for the accounts was not all that … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

Hey guys my name is Ben Sorensen. Im a senior accounting major here at Mary Wash. My new social media accounts for DS 106 are: Twitter: bsorense Soundcloud: bensorensen1 Flickr: bsorensen1 google/youtube: [email protected] This is my girlfriend and I last summer at Niagara falls on the Maid of the mist. We went on a road … Continue reading "My Social Media Accounts"

First week of ds106 is done! I didn’t get to do too much creative stuff for the class this week, since it’s the first week. I look forward to doing stuff like the Daily Creates starting next week. As for the things I actually did this week: Intro Post First...

First week in ds106 done! I am proud that I got it all done, and it was fun figuring out how to set all the social media up. I had a problem with Gravatar though; my profile picture shows up everywhere except when you click on one of my posts from the class feed. Using […]

I chose to read the article “How To Break Open the Web” by Dan Gillmor and Kevin Marks. The article was about how the internet has been too censored and controlled by governments and companies. The web is supposed to be for everyone to do whatever they want, so people are trying to make a plan […]

#ds106 I had to make another account because it wasnt posting to my blog. Hello Everyone again:) lol — Mark Madison (@kipdoe) September 3, 2016