Here is a list of what we brainstormed!
family feud type show game show of sorts (we really though about this and didn’t think we would be able to use editing and directing as a ay to invoke emotion and showing emotion/ making viewers feel something would be difficult with…
This week I got together with Annie Grace and Jack Henry to discuss our movie we decided to create together. It was so much fun getting to collaborate with them again. We sat down and brainstormed what we wanted out movie to look like and we went with a murder …
Task specific dystonia or focal dystonia is a condition so feared among performing artists that it is rarely spoken of. That is because it has been a career ender for many accomplished musicians. It is a neurological problem that is only dimly understood but is most commonly triggered …
Welcome back to our “WordPress.com Favorites” series! In these interviews, we’ll be highlighting bloggers about their passion project. Caution: contents guaranteed to be inspiring. This interview has been lightly edited.
Shortly after Empish Thomas earned her journalism degree in the mid-’90s, she began experiencing severe headaches and sensitivity to light. …
This week we planned even more of our radio show and after the planning session we had where we laid out a script and who was in charge of what, we started to get really excited about it. This was shocking. I never thought I would be comfortable with something …
Our Radio Show! #radioshow…
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It’s been over two years since I posted anything on these pages, but as we’re clawing our collective way out of a pandemic, it’s a good time dust off my blog. This entry is about reconnecting with an old friend who moved back home town to St. Louis after decades …
Recently we shared that you can now purchase six popular Automattic plugins right from your WordPress.com dashboard. We’re intentionally testing this out with our own products before opening it up to the broader community. This is the first step in our plan to make taking your site to the …
Just noticed that my last post was updated 5th february 2019. That’s literally 3 years and 1 month……
For much of Black history in the US, a lot of stories have gone untold. As we wrap up Black History Month, our team at Automattic — the company behind WordPress.com — wanted to share how we celebrated with our fellow colleagues. Throughout February, our Black/African Descent employee resource group, …
This week was super fun! I absolutely loved getting together with my group and bonding and coming up with a plan. I really loved the poster assignment as well, that is just something I really enjoy doing. I love making things all pretty and nice looking and I thought the …
For today's TDC… #tdc3696 #ds106 Make Number Art- Tell a Number Story with Pictures https://t.co/xKIa760Pxd pic.twitter.com/k0Jdqcz3Ay
— ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) February 24, 2022
For today's TDC… #tdc3697 #ds106 Trilobites in Love https://t.co/NKItfhKtlX
— ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) February 25, 2022
For today's TDC… #tdc3695 #ds106 Picture book spine poetry …
Create a place #AudioAssignments #AudioAssignments2118
ds106 radio commercial #AudioAssignments #AudioAssignments1118
I chose to create these and relate them to our radioshow. Overall they made me think outside the box especially the commercial. I loved doing the commercial because I’ve never really promoted something before so that was interesting and I …
“Are all your meetings so effective that you look forward to them?” Our CEO, Matt Mullenweg, recently asked us to reflect on this question. Live meetings have their place, and there are conversations that are better done in real-time, whether in person or through video chat. But they can be …
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Welcome to our brand new series, “WordPress.com Favorites”! In these interviews, we’ll be highlighting bloggers about their passion project. Caution: contents guaranteed to be inspiring.
First up, The Travel Architect. A teacher from the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, The Travel Architect has been documenting her world-wide travels (usually …
This week I felt was very creative as far as themes and such go. If I were to give this week a theme it would be creativity. Designing is something so important in the world of storytelling and can be a very difficult thing to master (proved by this week) …
@ds106dc #tdc3686 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is
When your dog is your valentine! pic.twitter.com/8E5PkC3M4s
— Maggie Ellis (@mellis_5) February 15, 2022
@ds106dc #tdc3687 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is pic.twitter.com/Md2NFKwdMs
— Maggie Ellis (@mellis_5) February 16, 2022
Balance
This was a photo I took on valentines day and i decided to put these two little hearts into my breakfast. Once the avocado was ready to spread I thought it would make for a nice photo for this assignment. I tried to make it visually appealing and create…
Create a t-shirt
Took a funny turn on this assignment with a funny photo of myself at a sushi restaurant. #DesignAssignments #DesignAssignments1767Charity Ad
For this assignment I decided to make my own charity and make a joke of my financial standings as they are less than impressive as a …
It’s conference season. The time between Christmas Break and Spring Break can be tortuously long for teachers and students. Snow days are cheered, three-day weekends dot the calendar, and state conferences for teachers help break up the monotony of one of the longest …
It’s conference season. The time between Christmas Break and Spring Break can be tortuously long for teachers and students. Snow days are cheered, three-day weekends dot the calendar, and state conferences for teachers help break up the monotony of one of the longest …
When his sunset appears in her timeline
It’s sunrise on her horizon
The very spark that fills her heart
A light through the day, before chimera enlightens the dark
Her yearning for belonging
A place in his arms, the look in his eyes
To be her home
Her paradise
with …
This week I really enjoyed a lot of aspects to the assignments. While I don’t love hearing my own voice, it was interesting to see how I would sound in a radio bumper and I’d be lying if I said I haven’t pretended to do this at least once when …
Difference in opinion/ Gender wars
picking topics and having a guy tell his perspective/opinion on the topic vs a girls comedyReact to
two to three people listen, watch, look at something then describe what they’re looking at and react to it for people to hear this should be a…
@ds106dc #tdc3680 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is
Remix!!! Wohoo!!! pic.twitter.com/dL5dDwn7vx
— Maggie Ellis (@mellis_5) February 8, 2022
@ds106dc #tdc3681 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is selfie with the little sis! pic.twitter.com/uechRYimhq
— Maggie Ellis (@mellis_5) February 9, 2022
