It’s time to choose a domain name that can represent your digital self. You can’t (and shouldn’t) pick just anything. It has to be unique and available. It should be relevant – it could be based on your real name, a nickname, just something meaningful to you. You will need to search for its availability using a … Continue reading "I need a domain name!"

Next Tuesday 12-2PM here at York College in 2M05 watch Wilhemina’s War and participate in hosted conversation with director June Cross. The film assesses the struggle for individuals that are HIV positive and living in the rural South to get treatment for the virus that causes AIDS. A recent interview with Ms. Wilhemina Dixon and the … Continue reading "Meet Doc Director June Cross"

The pop star from Evanescence  Amy Lee surprised watermelon farmers over the weekend. I downloaded the 7 day free trial of Photoshop (adobe). And with it I challenged my self to utilized the select and mask technique to cut out the model rather than erasing the back ground. I am still getting the hang of … Continue reading "Amy Lee Surprises Watermelon farmers"

I have never been able to be a pro at photoshop, but an app called Pixlr helped me a lot to get started with it. The original picture was just in red while I got in some effects using the app which made it look a little contrasting. Tweet Share on Tumblr

My son was weirded out by this one. He kept telling me to put him back together again. SplitCamera is an app I probably won’t use again. There is not much you can do with this app but I figured this picture was worth posting, even though my son hated it! Tweet Share on Tumblr

My son and I definitely had so much fun doing this one. I kind of lost track of time and had to do take out for dinner. I used a phone app called picClone. My 3 year old was such a good sport and had no complaints about changing his props for our “photo shoot”. … Continue reading "Oh no, I have quadruplets"

When watching Audrey Watters on YouTube, I was impressed with her speech. Technology has advanced so much and we use it in many different ways. Some people do depend on technology too much and they should not think that it is the answer to everything because it’s not. I was also amazed with Audrey’s story, … Continue reading "Thoughts On “A Domain of One’s Own”"

Here is my first photoshop. My sister’s wedding was last weekend and Beyonce sneaked in the pictures. (Ha ha don’t we wish) I used an app on my phone called photoshopMix. It is really easy and fun to use but may take a little time to crop something out. There is a youtube video on how … Continue reading "Beyonce is always ready!"

For this Ds 106 assignment I had to make a Lyric Snippet for a small portion of a song. I chose the song R.O.D by G-Dragon featuring Lydia Paek. First I cut the audio of the song to the last chorus because it has english in this part. The rest of the song is in Korean … Continue reading "R.O.D"

I have never used photoshop before, but I thought to do something different with my first one. I have a dog named Eddy who is a cavalier/yorkie mix. Even though the idea was to show a ghostly figure in the beach water, it wasn’t as sharp as I had thought it would turn out to … Continue reading "Ghost in the Water"

After watching the tutorial of photoshopping I honestly really thought that it was amazing. At first I thought it was going to be very difficult to accomplish but it wasn’t after I finished. It wasn’t very difficult to do but it toke very long to finish. I really did enjoy the experience of photoshopping and … Continue reading "Photoshop the Beatles"

when i saw that today we are going to use Photoshop, i just couldn’t wait to get started but one problem… i have no clue what to do! so my professor pointed me in the right direction towards Micheal Smith’s tutorial video on Photoshop.  my thoughts on the video were that it was organized, well … Continue reading "Photoshop tutorial: opinions and thoughts"

This was my first attempt at Photoshop and i know that i can definitely do better but getting the ideas is working out just fine.  this image is of just your ordinary library that is until KISS comes in and makes it what it is! Tweet Share on Tumblr

Here is my photoshopped picture of Will Ferrell running in the olympics, wearing a fancy suit mind you. I wanted to do more with the image but I didn’t have much time. I may work on it more in the future. Tweet Share on Tumblr

On August 28th, Kanye West premiered his new video “Fade” at the MTV Video Music Awards. Fade featured Teyana Taylor giving us a 3 minute modern day Flash Dance routine. Taylor showcased her dancing skills and amazing body after giving birth last year. Fade has given her the recognition she deserves and social media went … Continue reading "Fade"

Jay-Z is going for the gold and I’m not talking about album sales. He’s moved his talent to the Olympics as he goes head to head with Michael Phelps. Look at his form, as Beyonce would say, “flawless”. I used the infamous photo of Jay-Z swimming, that had become a popular meme, to create this … Continue reading "Jay-Z is Going for Gold and I’m Not Talking Album Sales"

I found Micheal Smith’s photoshop video tutorial very useful. I love the way it’s vividly detailed and fully explained. Not only did he only tell us the best tools to use to photoshop photos, he also told us what’s not the best tools to use when photo shopping photos and explained the reason why it’s … Continue reading "Micheal Smith’s Photoshop Tutorial Review"

I downloaded the Glitch! app on my phone and I have to say it is pretty cool to use. While there are some designs and filters you have to buy, the ones that are available are more than enough. I added filters to some of the pictures I’ve taken to test it out. Here they … Continue reading "Glitch! Art App"

I found this line, “Perhaps because academia doesn’t do a good job of hyping its achievements.” to be very important in identifying one of the main differences between the Tec industry and the Ed Tec industry. I immediately thought of the company, Apple, which spends almost 1 billion dollars every year advertising and hyping their products. … Continue reading "“A Domain of One’s Own”"

Over the weekend all i was doing was just playing 2K17. The game features Paul George on the cover of the regular edition. But if you preordered the legend edition which I did you get the Kobe Bryant cover. I didn’t start playing the game intel I had finished all my homework for the past … Continue reading "2K17 (:"

Hip-hop music holds a special place in my life. I love the use of poetry to explain a story and inspire those who hear and listen. I also like when an artist brings up touchy topics but is able to explain what they mean by what they say. Different perspectives, even in music. Tweet Share … Continue reading "Music makes me happy!"

This assignment http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/multiply-yourself/ where you multiply yourself in a photograph seems really cool. As someone who enjoys photography, it’s a technique I’d like to learn and experiment with.   I imagine that a photography editor/ software programme is needed to add this ‘clone’ effect and multiple photographs must first be taken. I would like to know what … Continue reading "2nd Post: Assignment I’d like to do"

I choose this exercise http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/welcome-to-paradise/ because I enjoy writing and I thought it would be challenging to think about where my dream vacation would be and why it would be there.   My dream Vacation would be in Paris. It has always been referred to as the city of love and the Eiffel Tower is one … Continue reading "Assignment Bank: Dream Vacation"

One thing i have to get adjusted to this semester is when York has the AC on blast. Especially today since because it was raining it was very cold. I don’t remember the school being cold around this time last year. This is me in school when they have the AC all the way up. … Continue reading "When York has the AC on blast"

So basically a domain of one’s own is a platform or a personal web address if I may. It is a place where students and teachers can save their files for future use. It allows one to customize the site according to their own style. It is innovative and not just a username and password or … Continue reading "A “Domain of One’s Own”"

                  I played around with a couple apps from Color Pop, Prisma, ImgPlay and GifX in the app store. Most are photo editors and others are like gif creators. I created the Gif using the photo editing apps Prisma, GifX  and use IMGplay to make it a … Continue reading "Playing With Different Photo Apps"

Most of us think little about this. We shrug. We agree to the Terms of Service without reading them, often meaning we’ve agreed to hand over our data, to give up control over what’s done with it. We acquiesce more and more of our privacy. In doing so, we’re assured, technology will give us access … Continue reading "Re: A Domain of Ones Own"

At first I thought that this would be a boring documentary, but it turned out to be quite interesting. At first, the professor proceeded to show slides of things that didn’t even exist. But what caught my eye was when she started to reveal Google’s secrets. We all know that Google has several different functions … Continue reading "Re: A Domain of ones own"

What inspired me the most from Audrey Watters speech is that she mentions her personal life and how she used technology to find a way to cope. She mentions how she found a community that helped her cope with her situation better than anyone on her campus did. I found this inspiring because she stresses … Continue reading "Why a Domain Of One’s Own?"

I was messing around a Glitching app and these were what I came up with:its suppose to be my dog with her favorite monkey.I wanted to do a crazy glitch with one of my friends drawing Tweet Share on Tumblr