whew, what a week! I signed up for about twice as many social media accounts as I had before… and resurrected a couple that had been lost to the depths of the interwebs. It turns out this whole social thing is more complicated than it looks, which is partly why I had never bothered before. … Continue reading Weekly Summary →

I’ve definitely learned a lot from the first week of ds106. I spent a lot of time troubleshooting while trying to get all of my accounts working for the various sites. One of the big issues I had was syndicating my blog to the ds106 blog. While registering my blog I used the URL therealmattfroelich.com. … Continue reading Weekly Summary →

1) Response to “How To Break Open The Web” This article brings forward two possibilities for the internet: A more centralised web, controlled and dominated by governments and corporations (the direction the internet currently appears to be heading) A more decentralised web, similar to the original conception of the internet, built...

I’ve never taken a course like this before, so I’m really excited to see what kind of material we will cover and how my creativity can be put to work. Setting everything up for the course went fairly smoothly, I had a few minor issues but nothing crazy. I’m hoping to learn how to use … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

This week has been a stressful one. I started out with some computer complications. So once the week progressed and I finally got my computer fixed and trying to get everything done and it took me a while to figure out how to do somethings. But once I got started and was able to figure […]

How To Break Open The Internet- I really enjoyed this article. I’v e always been interested different topics pertaining to internet freedoms and regulation. Nowadays we see much of the web ran by companies like google and facebook. Every webpage you view is somehow linked to facebook via sharing and anybody who uses a smart … Continue reading The Internet →

After reading “A Domain of One’s Own in a Post-Ownership Society” it made realize how we truly don’t own anything digital. From Microsoft Word to my Spotify subscription, pretty much anything digital that I pay for is not really mine, I’m simply paying to have access to it. I also realized the importance of having … Continue reading "The Internet"

How do you think the internet will change in the future? How will it continue to impact society? Do you think the internet will ever become obsolete, or will it evolve and expand into a new form? Some people hypothesize that we will eventually become one with the internet, leaving our physical bodies by uploading … Continue reading The Internet- a few questions →

Well that meme is exactly how I feel about this whole week. Not just for this class but all of them.. Talk about busy and stressful!! As far as digital storytelling goes, it was surprisingly a challenge. Other than Facebook, imgur, Pinterest, and Instagram, I don’t use a lot of social media or different sites. … Continue reading Weekly Summary →

To me, the internet and the web mean community. They mean a coming together. If I had to differentiate between the two terms, I’d say that “internet” is the more modern term;  “web” just sounds so… 90s or early 2000s. Nobody really says “web” anymore unless they’re joking around or it’s part of a larger … Continue reading Internet and Web: Personal Meaning →

My first problem with this article can be summarized in a single question: how on earth are we in a post-ownership society? None of the reasons given in the article are particularly convincing. No, you don’t own any of the music or shows you stream- you rent them, like people have been renting things for … Continue reading A Domain of One’s Own in a Post-Ownership Society: Critique →

I think the article did a fantastic job bringing up the issues we have with the internet. The internet we have today is completely centralized from the government and corporations. I find myself only going on the same sites over and over again and being wrapped up in our biased media. Even when doing a … Continue reading The Internet →

I really enjoyed reading this post. A lot of the time I feel like I can be reserved about voicing my opinion or talking myself up to people, so this really made me feel comfortable about valuing my own “work”. This will definitely be important with this course. I really liked the part “Tell Good … Continue reading Show Your Work! →

I really like Kelon’s message in Show Your Work. It made me think that since I really want to try and try to get all my creative work and ideas out there. I hadn’t actually tried to get any of my work out there before because I was scared but now I’m thinking I should try […]

As someone who’s had plenty of trouble expressing themselves, I found this experience helpful in making me stop and think about what was being said and relating it to my life. For example when Kleon says “The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others”. After reading this section I realized that I had already … Continue reading "Show your work"

10 Ways To Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered was a very fun and interesting read. I am a very outgoing person so I’m used to sharing. However, I share jokes and am goofy; putting out something I have put a lot of time and effort into is terrifying. What if people don’t like it … Continue reading ShowYourWork →

This was the first week of the class and the first time i’ve had an online class. I believe this will be one of the hardest weeks of the class. Let me make this clear, this week was not difficult academic wise but was difficult because I am still getting into the swing of things … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

Audrey Watters brings up the excellent question in her article, do we own our own domains or are we just customizing space on the internet that doesn’t actually belong to us. I believe having your own domain or space on social media sites is like renting an apartment. You pay to be there, you can … Continue reading "Response to A Domain of One’s Own in a Post-Ownership Society"

I enjoyed this experience which amounted to self reflection for me. While its easy to say many of the things that the author points out in this article, it is much harder to achieve. I think there are many valid points for an artist, but once could easily paint broader brushstrokes that many of these points … Continue reading "Creativity: Show your work"

I describe the internet as a software you can explore and discover information that comes to your mind that you would like to have knowledge about.  You have the ability to search for things you want to learn about. You have the right to make things private or public or not  personalize any work you choose … Continue reading Read and Respond

1. You don’t have to be a genius. I like this idea because its a good listen to learn. People love to hear what you have to say even if you aren’t an expert in the subject. As long as you can put ideas into your own words, there will be someone who will listen. The … Continue reading "Show Your Work"

I was very lucky in that I already had my domain set-up, which made preparing a site for ds106 much easier.  I will say I wasn’t entirely sure whether to consider my digital studies blog a fully devoted ds106 blog or not, but was able to successfully link to the ds106 course feed (which is … Continue reading Week 1 Summary

This article was quite interesting to me primarily because I have never put serious thought and consideration into the fact that we could have more of an open sourced, decentralized web. We (I would think more than just me) are so accustomed to opening out computer and utilizing the web through the big companies like … Continue reading "The Internet: How to Break the Open Web"

Kleon’s ten points he mentions in, “10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered: Lessons from my book ‘Show Your Work!”, can relate to life’s inspirations and can be beneficial in the journey of learning more about digital storytelling. “Think process, not product”, is my favorite point that represent me and speaks to me the most. Much of … Continue reading Kleon’s Book Reactions

Reading Response The idea of the Internet being a way to harness our collective IQ is incredible, and has been discussed in varying ways for a long period of time.  I’ve often heard a similar principle described as the ability to harness the collective knowledge of humanity on an iphone.  But the author argues that … Continue reading The Internet

This is my first online course. So far i think this class is very cool! Although I only joined the class Wednesday, I managed to break up the weeks worth of work involved in the DS106 bootcamp into 3 days of work. The detailed to-do list was very helpful in aiding me through steps 1-6, especially … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

Hello all. Here we all are on the same journey though the class of ds106. So we all have Twitter, YouTube/Vimeo, Sound Cloud and Flikr accounts as well blogs where we can share our journeys though this class with each other. A little about me is that I’m usually really quite because I’m always in […]

Instead of giving my thoughts on Kleon’s article as a whole, I’ll say what I thought about each of the 10 points he brought up. 1) You don’t have to be a genius. This point is has a pretty standard message: “be yourself!” It’s an important thing to remember, but,...

#1- I chose to read the article “How to Break Open the Web“. I feel like this article as a whole really explains the problem of de-centralized internet era. Rarely do we ever go on a site and wonder what other 3rd party could be browsing at the same pace we are. The main point of this … Continue reading "The Internet"