Original assignment can be found here (3 Stars) The assignment tasks you with convincing a celebrity to hang out with you in 30 seconds. I used the voice recording program Audacity to create this. I hit record and talked through the microphone in my laptop. I hit stop once 30 seconds passed. I clicked on File then … Continue reading Celebrity Speed Dating →

Whenever I think of Canada I think of their term “eh” and their popular maple syrup and bacon. So, obviously I had to include those terms in the speech bubbles. Assignment: http://daily.ds106.us/tdc1610/ Canada, EH!! @ds106dc #tdc1610 #ds106 via #BeFunky pic.twitter.com/07tjeELKpT — EJ DS106 (@Emily_Juran) June 5, 2016 #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1610

If your a slightly shy person like myself I suggest you give this audio assignment a shot. Here’s the steps I took to create this. First I began by going to YouTube to look for some background music. I simply typed in “up beat music instrumentals”. I listened to a couple …

OK! So this assignment, though somewhat easy, was out of my league. The audio assignment was to create a “bright and cheery” good morning message for your community. I am a slightly shy person, so public good morning messages to an entire community isn’t something I’d normally do…which is why …

For this audio assignment I used two different sites, YouTube & SoundCloud. The steps were honestly pretty simple. Let me show you! I started off by first finding the video of  the song on YouTube. Once I found it, I headed over to  SoundCloud to record what it means to …

I came across this audio assignment after searching through a couple pages. This one stuck out to me because it required that I upload the video to a song and a short audio clip of why I like it and what the song means to me. A song automatically popped …

I watched parts one, two, three, and four of Ira Glass on storytelling, as well as Jad Abumrad’s How radio creates empathy. I really liked how straightforward and honest the videos by Ira Glass were. He gave specific information and tips to improve your audio skills while also reminding you that everyone struggles and it… Continue reading Audio Storytelling Key Points

The task: What is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreeing to do with Asimo the Robot? Asimo is experiencing his first bribe. @ds106dc #tdc1610 #ds106 Asimo is being bribed with bacon… pic.twitter.com/1ccbxdlhFU — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 5, 2016  

The task: What will happen when part 270 meets part 230?   @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1609 part 230 + part 270 = transformer 500 initiated. pic.twitter.com/j2AaPab3Xn — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 4, 2016 Transformer 500 comes to life.

The task: show your guitar solo face. I have zero music skills. I’m sad to say that the only face you’ll be getting out of me is a confused one. @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1608 Basically the only face I'll be making if I'm holding a guitar pic.twitter.com/aeCfJzJ0T8 — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 4, 2016

The task: to make the Are You My Mother? cover more modern My creation: @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1606 Poor bird with abandonment issues. pic.twitter.com/XSH2428X5F — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 2, 2016 We all know the bird looks and looks and looks for his mother in this book. What is the result of all of this searching?… Continue reading Are you my therapist?

For this assignment we were asked to create a voicemail using a character from a TV show or movie in a way that they would. I’m actually surprised I chose this assignment to do because one thing I hate is to make my voicemail on my phone. I hate hearing myself speak because that voice … Continue reading If Khalessi, Mother of Dragons, Had A Voicemail

I have a love/hate relationship with those new songs that come on the radio every other song. I love them because they are super catchy, but also hate them because they are catchy. Even if I don’t necessarily like the song, I always end up getting it stuck in my head and that usually lasts … Continue reading What’s That Song?

So for this weeks listening to stories assignment, I decided to listen to Getting Away With It from This American Life. I chose this mainly because I am a fan of the show I Almost Got Away With It, so I figured this segment should contain some pretty interesting stories. …

For todays daily create, the object was to tell the rest of the story based off of this: http://daily.ds106.us/tdc1609/ I decided to go with a new idea they were testing at a car factory. The idea I came up with was a repellant that does not allow cars to hit people/things and hurt them. I … Continue reading New Repellent for Cars!

I listened to the I Was Just Trying To Help segment from This American Life. The segment starts with Ira Glass interviewing a circuit court judge, Sharon, who was fired from her job after what the court presumed to be giving legal advice to someone for a case. The person was convicted of rape many […]

Week three! Thank God we’re halfway there… I can’t lie this has been a pretty rough week for me. Determined to graduate on time, I am currently taking four classes this summer term. I know! Crazy! Lately I’ve managed to keep my head above water but this week has greatly …

@ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1609 When part 230 meets Part 270 a beauty is created. Resulting in the movie Ex Machina. pic.twitter.com/rHQAZafCgs — Joskamery Tavarez (@joskamtav) June 5, 2016

TED radio hour techniques, notes, things I noticed the anecdote was used;  Ira glass talked about the anecdote and how it could make something boring interesting.  They could have simply talked about the robot that helped the elderly and a little about the people in question; fast and easy story.  Instead, they had a clear […]

Anecdote: (uses) to build suspense and interest Progress the story step by step The anecdote can make the most boring story sound interesting. Ask/raise questions, get people thinking, give your path a  purpose. Broadcasting is not like writing an essay Have a clear reflection so the audience knows why they just listened to your story, […]

In this short audio clip, I sample some sounds I hear on a day to day basis that not everyone might hear every day.  Most of these sounds I chose for a reason, Each of these sounds carries a weight in my life.  They are always there, they remind me lessons learned and memories earned. […]

This Audio story is called morning ease. She makes coffee, writes some things down that has to be done or maybe to remember, drinks her coffee, and heads off to work.  No mistakes or problems arise, no spilled coffee or lost keys;  It is the ideal morning before work. I posted an audio story to […]

For the Movie Voice Machines assignment, I did something a bit different instead. I basically just made my own version of Jesse Pinkman’s answering machine in Breaking Bad. Here is the real one from the show: Behind the Creation If it is not obvious already, I am a huge Breaking Bad fan. The show has been […]

After watching the video of Ira Glass I realized how deep the art of broadcasting is. I watched part one and part three. Ira Glass put plenty of emphasis on the sequence of a story. From what he was saying, I gathered that the anecdote is what truly makes the story. …

@ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1608 Intensly into my solo… pic.twitter.com/piYrCj22ZS — Joskamery Tavarez (@joskamtav) June 4, 2016

Here is my Tweet for this Daily Create: @ds106dc Johnny boy hitting those high notes. I do not think I could ever top this #tdc1608 pic.twitter.com/BDp4o00A7s — Hasan Shami (@hshami17) June 4, 2016

So today I decided to record some audio of my typical workday for this assignment. Hopefully the sounds make it clear about what I was doing in the clip. Behind the Creation I am currently a intern at Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center. I commute from my home in Fredericksburg to King George and work […]

If you’ve been following this blog, then you probably know I’m pretty into pop music. This audio assignment was appealing to me because I thought it would be fun to pick one of my favorite popular songs and see how many people can guess! Here are some hints: This song is near the top of the Billboard Hot […]

I listened to Talking to Machines from Radiolab, which was a very interesting both in it’s content and how the show was put together.  The show delved deeper into how humans interact with robot/machines and if it will ever be possible for robots to truly be sentient beings.  I found the content pretty interesting which made […]

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