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Between states: metaxis, agency, connectedness and fluency

by amiddlet50
March 13, 2021

Photo by Maxime Horlaville on Unsplash
The human mind’s capacity for creative thought is unbounded, yet as we learn we adopt frameworks or find structures to help organise our thinking. We seem to live in a constant tension of working within bounds and across bounds. To some extent this reflects …
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Chapter I – Break in Tunisia

by natalie
March 13, 2021

From the book “I-land – A double Irish and a Dutch A new offer
At 2 pm on a cloudy, stormy day in Tunisia Avoka was sitting in her staff-house room at the Aladdin Club. Avoka had her laptop in front of her and was talking via Google Hangout to …
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Weekly Summary 7

by @TurnerM000
March 12, 2021

This week I completed 3 Daily Creates: I shared my process and progress working on the Radio Show this week. I shared a lot of my thoughts for the week here, and I feel that this week was a little bit lighter of a work load, to prepare for next …
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Radio Show Progress

by @TurnerM000
March 12, 2021

Our group met earlier this week to discuss the radio and the content we would be including in it. After narrowing that down, we decided to use the 2 required audio assignments to create commercials, bumpers, intros, and outros for our radio show. We split up these responsibilities among the …
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You’re Watching Messy March

by @TurnerM000
March 12, 2021

This assignments instructions were: Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running creating a 15 to 30 second bumper for the station. What is a bumper? It is a short recording that identifies the radio station with signature music or an expression that makes sure the listeners know …
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Radio Commercial

by @TurnerM000
March 12, 2021

This assignments instructions were: Create a 30-45 second radio commercial for a product from the 80’s. Add in some background music and/or sound effects to make it sound like a real radio commercial. For this assignment, I created a commercial for the upcoming radio show titled Messy March. The reason …
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Messy March Logo

by @TurnerM000
March 12, 2021

Our radio show is called Messy March. When we came up with this title, although I am not an avid watcher of basketball, I immediately thought of March Madness. I thought incorporating a well known logo into our logo for our radio would be a good way to get some …
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9+ Easy Family Meal Ideas

by zenas suitcase
March 12, 2021

9+ Easy Family Meal Ideas is an ad feature written in collaboration with Hello Fresh. I’ve been on the hunt for easy family meals ideas as I’ve felt stuck in a rut at dinner times. During the recent lockdowns and school closures it’s been tricky to keep family dinners varied …
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Italy Travel Guide: Tuscany

by zenas suitcase
March 11, 2021

Collaborative Post So you’ve decided to visit Tuscany in Italy when it’s safe to travel again. That’s an excellent choice of holiday destination! This travel guide is packed with tips from what to see and do to where to find the best luxury villas in Tuscany. This area of Italy …
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Simple Tips for Camping with Kids

by zenas suitcase
March 9, 2021

Camping with kids is fun and exciting but it does comes with some challenges of its own. When planning your camping trips work consider the needs of your children to make for a fun and stress-free camping vacation – this way the whole family will have a great time. These …
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Introducing WordPress Stories: A New Way to Engage Your Audience

by @Sheefa_ahmed
March 8, 2021

Since the early days of Snapchat, which made the format so popular, Stories have become a powerful way to engage audiences on social media. Today, over 500 million Instagram accounts use Stories every day. Now, you can publish Stories on your website — a place where you truly own …
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Best Travel Planner Template – FREE Printable PDF

by zenas suitcase
March 8, 2021

I’m so excited to start travel planning again that I have made a free template for you to download and use for your next trip too! Using a travel planner is a great way to get the most from your holiday whether its getting good value for money or making …
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Chapter 6 – Californian Sunshine

by natalie
March 7, 2021

from the book Magnetic – Again, just a girl!
Sunday morning Flo woke up in San Francisco. Bright blue sky, the sun already shining high with temperatures over 25°, she felt like waking up in paradise. Flo was sharing a room with her friend Ella who had picked her up …
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10 empowering, motivational quotes

by natalie
March 7, 2021

“It doesn’t matter how good you are or how bad you are—in the wrong elevator, you’re going to get hosed.” Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake

“Dream it, wish it, own it!”

“Don’t think about what might go wrong. Think about what might go right.” ~ Unknown

“There has never been …
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Weekly Summary 6

by @TurnerM000
March 5, 2021

I created 3 Daily Creates this week! They are embedded into this post: Daily Creates I completed 4 design assignments from the assignment bank! Happy Easter to My Little Sisters I’m getting Married! Madi’s Menu ALL animal shelters need donations Weekly Summary and Connections to Theme: This week I spent …
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DesignBlitz

by @TurnerM000
March 5, 2021

The design blitz was hard because I had to find things around my house that illustrated these concepts. That being said, because everything that is designed, was designed to be that way for some reason, I was able to find some great examples. These shelves are a good example of …
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Daily Creates

by @TurnerM000
March 5, 2021

I completed three daily creates this week! I have embedded them below.…
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Design Thoughts

by @TurnerM000
March 5, 2021

I learned a lot from this article. Many every day things that we all use frequently, such as signs, had to be designed at some point. I think that the fact that we sometimes forget how much thought goes into designing things like these, makes it evidently clear how important …
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Happy Easter to My Little Sisters

by @TurnerM000
March 5, 2021

This assignment’s instructions were: Make a card for someone through an online design program. The Story Behind the Story: I created this card for my two little sisters. I do not live with them, and they are both 14+ years younger than me. Although I no longer live with them, …
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I’m getting Married!

by @TurnerM000
March 5, 2021

This assignment‘s instructions were: We are currently in the middle of the wedding season. With this being said so many people out there are tying the knot! For this assignment, I would like you to create/design your own wedding invitation as if you were going to be getting married soon! …
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Madis Menu

by @TurnerM000
March 5, 2021

This assignment‘s instructions were: For this assignment, you are going to design your own menu! You can use any layout software (I used InDesign) but anything will work! The Story Behind the Story: I chose to do this assignment because I love cooking meals! Often times if there is an …
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ALL animal shelters need donations

by @TurnerM000
March 5, 2021

This assignment‘s instructions were: Create an ad to inform people about a charity and encourage them to donate. It can be a real charity or you can make one up! The Story Behind the Story: I chose to create this assignment because I absolutely love animals. When making donations to …
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Tock, Tick, The Daily Trick

by cogdog
March 2, 2021

Most likely I mangled my attempt at wordplay in that title. I’m writing again about my belief/obsession with small acts of daily creativity.

I have no real research, no data to back my hypothesis, but I will make up something that applying Curly’s Law to doing something small, new, micro …
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Weekly Summary 5

by @TurnerM000
February 26, 2021

Relating to our Theme: This week we focused on story telling using sound. This relates to our theme because sound is another medium in which OUR stories can be told. They say that the medium is the message, and I think that is evident in the assignments I have completed …
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One more time

by @TurnerM000
February 26, 2021

The instructions for this assignment were: For this assignment record yourself humming a song that is stuck in your head and upload it! For example I did FloRida’s Apple Bottom Jeans song because its been stuck in my head all week! The Story Behind the Story: The reason I chose …
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Audio Reflection

by @TurnerM000
February 26, 2021

One thing that Abumrad discussed was how radio shows have a unique feature about them in the fact that you are able to paint a picture in your head of what the story looks like, but it is the listener that ultimately decides what the image in their head is. …
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From Tree to Shining Tree

by @TurnerM000
February 26, 2021

I am not one to typically listen to podcasts, but this week has opened my eyes to how neat they can really be! The ability to tell a story with just audio is very difficult but their use of ambient and background noises throughout the podcast made it feel very …
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Pondering

by @TurnerM000
February 26, 2021

I am developing an idea for a radio show. I was inspired by one of the audio assignments we had the option of choosing from this week. The assignment is one I completed, in which I reversed the audio of the song and listeners are supposed to guess the song. …
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Rad Radio!

by @TurnerM000
February 26, 2021

This assignment‘s instructions were: Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running creating a 15 to 30 second bumper for the station. What is a bumper? It is a short recording that identifies the radio station with signature music or an expression that makes sure the listeners know …
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Quenching Thirst

by @TurnerM000
February 26, 2021

The instructions for this assignment were: Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds. The Story Behind the Story: I adore kool-aid. …
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