by Blacklisted, on Flickr This series of thoughts (maybe just one messy thought) was inspired by No Good Reason’s post, although no one should blame Martin for what I have written here. I’ll speak in specifics regarding the #ds106 course but I think the concept can easily apply to any course where participants are creating […]
Forrest Gump Not my favorite movie but I’m now randomly thinking of movie shots that would make good animated GIFs in my head during spare moments. Wolverines! Red Dawn was one of my favorite movies growing up. I lived in South Korea on an army base when this came out. I was totally prepared to […]
As I’ve wondered/wandered around a lot of old and new posts, I’ve been thinking more and more about what an assignment generator for #ds106 might look like, what the categories might be etc. These were some of the things that I was looking at daily shoot, 5 card flickr, Darcy’s photography assignment generator, the Canon […]
¡Rayos! by Brujo+, on Flickr I’ve been brainstorming some broad categories of things that might be worth discussing as part of ds106. This is mainly a re-categorization of stuff I’ve written about before but I wanted to try to think about how some of this might fit together down the road and make sure I […]
Inspired by the Noise Professor’s decision to make his animated GIF in Photoshop, I decided to play around with that tonight and ended up learning a good bit and with a much better process and product (fewer programs, higher quality). I didn’t know you could do this all in just CS4. Video to Images Capture […]
It’s not a movie but all the musical gifs got me thinking and I could not resist revisiting Flava Flav. While only his eyes are moving this seems to capture the manic energy I always loved about Flava Flavpre Flava of Love that is. This selection is from 911 is a Joke which remains one […]
Spreadsheet Invasion from Amy Thornley done in Excel. -via Flowingdata Excel is usually a place where people go to suffer1. It is time to reclaim it. Animate a scene using colored Excel cells as your medium. Want some 8 bit inspiration? 8 bit stop motion MW|WM 8 bit music 1 For the record, I actually […]
Jim’s doing a class on digital storytelling. The course is open and free. That means we can all play and assume multiple roles. This is going to be fun. Iconic Clash Take your two favorite movies. Make one iconic poster. For bonus points use only black and white. Closet Art Find the center of disorder […]
Imagine all your life you’ve only eaten cold dog food. Day in, day out, that’s what you’ve come to know and expect. One day, someone comes along and gives you some warm dog food. It is quite an improvement. Warm dog food seems great. The bar is low. Your expectations are low. Education gets served […]