Monthly Archives: February 2017

Weeks 7 & 8: Radio royale

Posted on February 24, 2017 by phb256

2/24/17 – 3/17/17 For weeks 7 and 8 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 →

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Bond goes GQ

Posted on February 22, 2017 by phb256

I decided to take another shot at the Animated Magazine Cover assignment. Former ds106 master Jim Groom did a GQ Dude cover, and I thought GQ would be tailor-made for Bond. As it turns out, it was, since I found … Continue reading →

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Open and info lit

Posted on February 22, 2017 by phb256

Today I woke up to find Digital literacy and democracy Rather a hastily-made blog post on digital literacy and democracy ahead of today’s NMC webinar #NMChz https://t.co/GNVIFvBIZM — Helen Beetham (@helenbeetham) February 22, 2017 I wish my hastily-made blog posts … Continue reading →

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Callin’ from the fun house

Posted on February 21, 2017 by phb256

I’m sure a lot of books have had an impact on me. But the first one I though of when I saw the Daily Digital Alchemy today was The Rolling Stone Record Guide. I got this when I was in … Continue reading →

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A bit about ds106radio

Posted on February 19, 2017 by phb256

One of our listeners expressed some interest in ds106radio: I would always turn it on earlier than the start time (because I was nervous about missing anything) and the kinds of music and stories it played at other moments was … Continue reading →

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Design in action

Posted on February 19, 2017 by phb256

Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (@HassanOE) has been doing some brilliant analyses of comic book illustration and design in his series Strip Panel Naked. He takes us through the details of how comic book pages work, looking at the impact of the various … Continue reading →

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Week 6: Design another day

Posted on February 17, 2017 by phb256

2/17/11 – 2/24/17 All work is due by midnight on 2/24/17 Thanks go out to the Design group for their input this week! Week 6 will be focused on design. For this week you will be ramping up your command … Continue reading →

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Corporate spies

Posted on February 17, 2017 by phb256

One might ask: How does Limetown fit in to the secret agent genre? But it becomes apparent over the course of the storyline that there is a secret agency involved, mostly in the background, but omnipresent. It’s sort of like … Continue reading →

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Creativity – the gift that keeps on giving

Posted on February 15, 2017 by phb256

I remember watching Gardner Campbell’s interview with Ted Nelson (YT). Along with a related interview with Alan Kay (YT), it made quite an impression on me. Even the edited, half-hour version (YT) is packed with information and insights. I started … Continue reading →

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A Valentine’s GIF for you

Posted on February 14, 2017 by phb256

I’m no good at coming up with clever saying for cards. So I asked Hallmark for ideas. They’re the pros. For today’s TDC, I grabbed a bunch of the romance cover paintings that @cali4beach saved to Flickr and went to … Continue reading →

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