The idea of change or a “face-lift” that Gardner Campbell introduces into his lecture and article is something that I think everyone no matter what level ofa  technologically savvy person you are, you definitely have experienced some sort of this change or face-lift.  Whether it was your grandparents first getting a computer to when you ...

It’s me, cropped together. Not much else to say.

This is a photo of myself calling myself, I’m clearly ignoring myself.

I’m doing these all together just because I’m doing them all at once and don’t want to spam my blog with posts. Anyway! I was initially concerned about the radio aspect of the class, as I wasn’t sure how it … Continue reading →

This self-portrait is based on the idea that you are what you do. This is a photo of me holding the books that I have attempted to start reading since the beginning of college in 2011. Every one of them … Continue reading →

This .gif is from the Mr. Dingle episode, where Martians give a man the strength of 300 men. i chose this clip because I was able to loop it endlessly, as the lighting and positions of the characters only changes … Continue reading →

I found his little in class experiments really interesting. About half the students do not like school but none of the students said they did not like to learn. I like how he went about this like an anthropologist and tried to figure out why there was this discrepancy. The question of how to get […]

Very interesting speech. I enjoy his presentation style and the way he can get the audience to engage with him. His three recursive themes of narrating, curating, and sharing are very interesting. I agree that one must abide by the three levels of openness. Being open to the world, open to others, and open to […]

He has a very nice voice to listen to. I like how he went back to the source, the ds106 zone, using podcasts. I agree with him that I wouldn’t listen to any more than 5 minutes. I also like the casual atmosphere he uses while talking. The radio play interests me. I think I […]

Found my name. Last Name. LINK TO THE FIND YOURSELF ASSIGNMENT. Worth 2 stars.

So the criteria for this assignment was to take a picture of something Disney related and focus on that particular object then blur the surroundings. I used instagrams blur feature to sort of streamline the process. LINK TO PUTTING DISNEY INTO FOCUS. ...

For this assignment we were supposed to take objects in our surroundings that look like letters and create a word.  I couldn’t find an M or an E but made them out of things around me: post-its and a paperclip. … Continue reading →

  How I See You Visual Assignment Difficulty= 2.5 Stars (Listed in the description as 3) You now wear glasses, and without them everything is completely blurry. Create a 1st person image that shows how you see someone through the lenses of your new glasses. Everything outside of the glasses should be blurry. Get creative ...

From the titles in your music library create a coherent poem. Bam! LINK TO STORIES WRITTEN IN WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER ASSIGNMENT. Worth 3 stars.

Just needed one to finish up one more assignment….there’s really not much to say. He is the bat. He owns the night.   Link to Original Assignment

My dog Luna is just like any other girl.  She always wants to make sure she’s looking her best.  She wants to be wearing cute clothes, makeup, and lipstick.  Anything to stand out. If anybody ever met my dog they … Continue reading →

For this assignment we were supposed to take a photograph of something and transform it in to a drawing.  This is a picture of my friend Peter, I really liked this picture of him so I transformed it in to … Continue reading →

For this assignment we were supposed to take a picture of someones eye and replace it with a circular object that tells about who that person is.  This is a picture of my own eye as I racked my brain … Continue reading →

The assignment title explains it all: Pick A Bad Photo, Apply A Vintage Effect And Write Something In Helvetica.  I chose this photo of my friend Ali coming to my house in Fredericksburg to visit, it was a crappy photo – … Continue reading →

For this assignment we were supposed to use photo editing to make up a pet.  This is my friend Hannah’s dog, Teddy, a little more made-up than he usually is.   This was probably the easiest assignment this week. I … Continue reading →

Instead of staring at a horrifying extra terrestrial in total fear and anguish, our friend is now gazing upon at the new technology of refrigeration with amazement. “This is just the Bee’s Knee’s, Mrs. Jones! Why, is that an icebox … Continue reading →

The best part of this episode was the idea of using a mobile app device to record things. This made it seem like I might actually be able to do this because I have experience recording things with my phone. I also used a recording app on my ipad to record interviews for a research … Continue reading →

“Stranger in the the Distance” is the the first album from known stutterer Rita Art.  Despite her speaking issues, Rita still managed to produce a music album that is gaining a lof of momentum.  The the critics have had nothing … Continue reading →

This first episode was more entertaining and humorous than it was informative. I was really interested in all that he was saying about the Saudi Arabia and their work week. I also realize that this is going to be a really good resource for the up and coming weeks and the audio assignments that we … Continue reading →

Basketball was a huge part of my life as a child. I entered that leagues that even awarded the worst of team. This was my first trophy. LINK TO THE LARGER THAN LIFE ASSIGNMENT. Worth 2 stars.

To this day, bugs are probably the one thing I hate the most.  Every time I see them I freak out.  I view spiders exactly the same if not worse.  They climb up walls, leave disgusting webs, and are everywhere. … Continue reading →

  Looking At Yourself Visual Assignment Difficulty= 3.5 stars Draw, photograph, or paint your self portrait.  Make it interesting, in some way tell a story about yourself within the image.  You can use one or multiple images to complete this assignment. For this photo I used Photoshop to crop down the image, and then add ...

I never saw the trailers for The Silence of the Lambs or how it was promoted, it came out in 1991 and  I was born in 1990.  However, I think that this would be an easy movie to sell with … Continue reading →

I wanted to attempt some pixel art and replicate my angry robot alien friend. It took a while to make in Photoshop. I had to zoom in as far as I could, then I colored the pixels one by one. … Continue reading →