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: September 2016
Weeks 6 & 7: The return of radio
9/30/16 – 10/14/15 For weeks 6 and 7 we will be working on producing radio shows. The shows will be broadcast on ds106radio the week after they are due. Group Radio Show Guidelines The radio show will be a group … Continue reading
Clown Stoppers
I heard today that the clowns have migrated all the way up to upstate NY, which is only 3 hours from most of my family. Last week I heard about a school going to lockdown due to a clown threat. … Continue reading
Week 5: It’s all by design
9/23/16 – 9/30/16 All work is due by midnight on 9/30/16 Week 5 will be focused on design. For this week you will be ramping up your command of image editing as well as closely considering design elements such as … Continue reading
Listen to the Limetown, part III
In listening to Limetown over the past few evenings, I’m struck by the references to other works. I wrote about three movies earlier. Off the top of my head, I remember these: The Little Foxes City Lights Double Indemnity Animal … Continue reading
Limetown listen-along, part II
We’ve been listening to Limetown during our ds106radio tweet-alongs. So far, we’ve heard: The show is very cinematic. This makes sense, since the creators are two film school grads. Making a movie takes major money, but making a podcast is … Continue reading
“You put the lime in the coconut…”
We had a great first night of live-tweeting #ds106radio on Monday, with 13 listeners at one point. #ds106radio is the #citizensband internet radio space – love seeing folks use it still #ds106 pic.twitter.com/Nso9bgLARj — Grant Potter (@grantpotter) September 20, 2016 … Continue reading
Week 4: Audio
Just a little audio experiment I did a while ago, thinking about the changing sounds of the web. 9/16/16 – 9/23/16 All work is due by midnight on 9/23/16 This week we will dig into audio storytelling. That goes beyond … Continue reading
Week Three: Photography
9/9-9/16 All work is due by midnight on Friday, 9/16 This week we will be exploring visual elements of storytelling. Think about the Visuals of Storytelling: Review the following materials about photography and using visual elements to create stories. Write … Continue reading
Awesome moments of spontaneous creativity
Sometimes they happen. ds106 is fertile ground for them. This morning I saw this tweet: In an office? Celebrate #StarTrek50 by pretending you’re under attack and all falling to one side then another. pic.twitter.com/hY2kjfjOrf — David Schneider (@davidschneider) September 8, … Continue reading
Now let’s take over the world.
One of the many awesome things about ds106 is the way the community’s creations become a constant source of inspiration. Evan posted a great Inkscape tutorial on making a flag, and added an animation of the flag waving at the … Continue reading