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Testing
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once upon a summer…
by August 16, 2012nce upon a summer, there was a girl named Rossanna. Rossanna began the summer knowing things could only go up from there. So Rossanna did all she could to make the most of her summer. Interactive story time! Press play!... -
making a tutorial
by August 9, 2012This is a tutorial on how to make a tutorial. Tutorial-ception anyone? (Okay, I admit, I ran out of ideas, but scrambling to make those three tutorials opened my eyes to the issues that need to be addressed in the... -
Origami Lincoln
Origami and forced perspective. Sarah showed me amazing dollar bill origami, like this Koi I tried to make and failed miserably at, and then I found the Lincoln D-bag one. So I made it and remember a #ds106 daily create I saw … Continue reading → -
highlighting a color in a picture
by August 7, 2012This tutorial will show you how to highlight the colors in a specific part of a picture, like in my pretty in pink assignment. For that assignment, I actually used Picnik, which was very simple but is no longer available.... -
creating the scrapbook effect
by August 6, 2012This tutorial requires Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint (or something similar to arrange the pictures like a collage). In this tutorial you will learn how to make something similar to my london calling assignment. Step 1. Open the... -
making an animated gif
by July 23, 2012Before beginning this tutorial, you must have Adobe Photoshop CS5, some video editing software, and, for the sake of being thorough, access to the internet. Having basic Photoshop skills and knowledge will also help with using this tutorial. This tutorial... -
ds106: a reflection
by July 23, 2012It’s nearly the end of July. Classes ended in April. This reflection is well overdue, along with everything else on this blog. Let’s begin at the beginning, which I think is always a good place to start. All I remember... -
move i/on
by July 19, 2012This is a little bit delayed due to being so busy recently I will say. At the end of June, I moved out of my house and moved into my apartment. New month, new home. Summer has been pretty crazy... -
june update
by June 23, 2012I know I was supposed to blog about my summer using different types of online media to bring the experiences I’m experiencing to the internet. The only problem with the month of June is that I really did nothing besides... -
Hello thur
So. I am married and getting settled in my new apartment. I am suuuuper anxious about starting work. I am filling out all the paper work tomorrow and starting on Monday. I have already picked out my clothes and everything. The move here was quite entertaining. My mom followed me up in a uhaul through ... -
let’s go to the beach, beach
by May 25, 2012Nothing says summer more than an impromptu beach day trip. My friend and I went to Colonial Beach for the day. It was off-season and hardly anyone was there, which meant peaceful, relaxing quiet by the waves. It also meant... -
Life goes on
So many things have been going on in life right now. I just turned 23, I graduated with a BS, my bachelorette party is tomorrow and my wedding is in 15 days. In addition to that I was offered a job with Children’s Hospital of Boston as a Bioinformatician which means that I am planning ... -
Life goes on
So many things have been going on in life right now. I just turned 23, I graduated with a BS, my bachelorette party is tomorrow and my wedding is in 15 days. In addition to that I was offered a job with Children’s Hospital of Boston as a Bioinformatician which means that I am planning ... -
Life goes on
So many things have been going on in life right now. I just turned 23, I graduated with a BS, my bachelorette party is tomorrow and my wedding is in 15 days. In addition to that I was offered a job with Children’s Hospital of Boston as a Bioinformatician which means that I am planning ... -
the big reveal
by May 17, 2012It’s finally here…my final project announcement. This summer, I’ll be taking a few fun trips here and there and I’ve decided to use this blog as my mini travel diary. I’ll be using different types of media accompany the blog... -
Let us re-do this Finished Thing
Final Project(s) Post; Essentially I was looking to do something different that I hadn’t done before, with combining several skills I have collected over the class. It was intended to be a .gif, but with my luck GIMP will freak on me or will fail to process, so I will … Continue reading → -
Almost Forgotten
by Gregory O'Brien-Blondino May 7, 2012I forgot that I had uploaded this video. Part of the compendium of videos where we had many weeks to put them together. -
Tutorials oh my!
Warning, all of these tutorials are made FOR 3-4 different programs. I tend to cross the gaps when using them. The programs are as follows: Audacity, Windows Movie Maker 2.6, GIMP, Paint. General Tutorials; Intuitive design: This is what I am going to call being creative. Calling inspiration from a … Continue reading → -
A Survey of Attitudes Towards Education in the Early 20th Century
This was a paper I wrote after reading early 20th century local newspapers and discovering little change in the American discourse about education. I thought the comparisons between national spending on war and education were incredibly insightful. Please leave your … Continue reading → -
DS106 Reflection
DS106 has been an overall interesting experience. When I signed up for the class I was really unsure as to what the class entailed. I just figured it be some form of storytelling in a digital way. Never did I … Continue reading → -
Picasso Yourself
The last assignment I submitted was Picasso Yourself. The idea of the assignment is to take a normal portrait of a person’s face, and distort it the way that Pablo Picasso did in his Cubist works of art. This may … Continue reading → -
Rap Battle
The third assignment I created is called Rap Battle. Basically, to complete this assignment, you would need to take an existing rap song and use the instrumental version of the song to recreate your own lyrics, or make up some … Continue reading → -
Final Reflection Post
I’m still not positive what a personal cyber infrastructure is, but I think it’s basically our own personal space on the internet, to do with it what we please. I think that it’s really beneficial to have something like that, … Continue reading → -
Super Secret Super Silly Spy Sisters
This is my final project for DS106… a parody of a spy movie trailer which is also a teaser about the iBook I will be publishing over the summer. -
Super Secret Super Silly Spy Sisters
This is my final project for DS106… a parody of a spy movie trailer which is also a teaser about the iBook I will be publishing over the summer. -
Hall of Fame
These are my “Best Of” assignments: Visual Assignments: Warhol Something Video Assignments: Spiderman With the Stereo On Design Assignments: If Movie Posters Told The Truth Remix Assignments: Pink Al Gore Mashup Assignments: The Truman Shore Audio Assignments: Dramatic Reading Daily … Continue reading → -
That’s Pinteresting
For the second assignment I created, I went with something related to Pinterest. It’s called That’s Pinteresting. If you have a Pinterest account then you know how addicting it can be, and if you don’t, well, I feel bad for … Continue reading → -
Warhol Something
I just created an assignment for the Visual Assignments called Warhol Something. Basically the idea is that you would use a photo that you already have, or take a new one, and turn it into something that looks like Andy … Continue reading →
