About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Monthly Archives: June 2016
“It beats pickin’ cotton”
Today’s Daily Create was to print out a Youtube video: #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1634 Print Out a YouTube Video https://t.co/d5jmj31xzo pic.twitter.com/WqpY6zlerL — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) June 29, 2016 The first thing I thought of was what was perhaps the pinnacle … Continue reading
Frame within the frame
The A.V. Club has been doing A History of Violence in cinema, where they look at “the most important action movie of every year” from 1968 on. They’ve got Dolemite on the list, and while I’m not sure I’d call … Continue reading
After Effects roulette
I’ve been playing with Adobe After Effects lately. I had a kinetic typography idea that I never finished, so I started looking into animation tools. But then I got sidetracked with the idea of making something sort of 3D out … Continue reading
Open Education over the years
I’ve been fascinated by early articles on open education ever since Resnick’s 1972 article on open ed and technology came to my attention. The other day I looked at one of Barth’s articles, so today I thought I’d try to … Continue reading
Some CRAAP
In my library, we’ve been using the CRAAP test (PDF) when we cover evaluating information sources. Like anything else, it has its pros and cons – I like the simplicity of it, and that it’s memorable, but in reality it’s … Continue reading
A Bava design
I saw Jim’s post about his t-shirt daily create and decided to steal his idea, ’cause that’s what I do. Basically I wanted to get more Bava in the bava logo. I like the idea of bringing imagery into lettering, … Continue reading
Round and round
Round and round What comes around goes around Profound words of wisdom from 80’s hair-metal masters, Ratt. These came to mind as I was reading Roland Barth’s 1977 look back at open education. I was also reminded of my experience … Continue reading