Monthly Archives: April 2016

The Black Hole

Posted on April 26, 2016 by phb256

Today’s Daily Create builds on a Mashable story about Roy Stryker’s ruthless editing practices. During the Depression, he headed the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration, where he was in charge of documentary photography. If he didn’t like a … Continue reading →

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Gonna break my rusty Cage and run

Posted on April 23, 2016 by phb256

I’ve seen this posted to Twitter a few times this past week: It appears to come from a Tumblr posting of a Youtube video, and it’s a kind of commentary on crazy copyright regulations and overaggressive content policing. It also … Continue reading →

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Apgar106

Posted on April 21, 2016 by phb256

I’ve been thinking about how we could use Gardner Campbell’s Apgar test in ds106. He uses it as a way of taking the class temperature at the beginning of a session, a quick gauge of their collective readiness. It also … Continue reading →

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Remix, quick-draw style

Posted on April 2, 2016 by phb256

Earlier today, Jim tweeted some pictures of architecture around his ‘hood. One in particular caught my eye: The crying eyes of Medusa. pic.twitter.com/WMMsHw0ZQ3 — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) April 2, 2016 Medusa makes me think Harryhausen, so I had to try … Continue reading →

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Canna Van Cleef

Posted on April 2, 2016 by phb256

So this morning’s Metafiltering introduced me to Ostagram, which looked like an interesting tool for visual mashups. The question is, is this a tool normal people can use? There’s a link to Github, there’s a lot of what I think … Continue reading →

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