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January 2011

January 26, 2011

The Wizard of Oz 2.0

I have a confession to make. I’ve been playing around with a few of the more popular “web 2.0″ (God I hate that term, but I digress) sites in an attempt to recreate a story. And it’s a lot of fun. But I think I can do better, with your help.

The Setup

Continue the story of the Wizard of Oz, and in doing so create a whole new story and world, by bringing the characters to life through Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc. The sky is the limit. Perhaps Auntie Em and Uncle Henry have a phone number, that you setup using Google Voice and record a voicemail message. The characters all talk to each other in realtime, commenting on Facebook, leaving notes, playing games together. Maybe Uncle Henry spends all day on FarmVille and Auntie Em doesn’t quite “get” Facebook and leaves inappropriate comments riddled with bad punctuation (Ah relatives.) A whole new story takes hold using modern day programs and tools in a new way.
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January 24, 2011

Bag Of Gold

I’m not going to admit to how long this took to do, other than to say instead of getting it done last week when it would have been more relevant to ds106, I’m finally getting it out today. I wanted to try my hand at “kinetic typography” after seeing Rob Nyland use it for his - Read More -

January 22, 2011

ds106 Radio

The world’s craziest MOOC has a radio station, which makes this whole thing about ten more levels underground. For those of you wanting to rock it in your sidebar here are instructions for WordPress: Go to Appearance > Widgets (assuming your theme supports widgets) Drag a new text widget into your sidebar Paste the following - Read More -

January 19, 2011

The Transient Web

More thoughts and discussions seem to be rising to the surface daily as a result of Gardner Campbell’s “No More Digital Facelifts” video. Brad Kozlek and D’Arcy Norman take issue with the requirement of ds106 that you self-host your blog and the idea that a “Personal Cyberinfrastructure” requires becoming your own sysadmin. - Read More -

January 18, 2011

Everything is amazing, and no one is happy!

I finally got a chance to sit down and watch Gardner Campbell’s “No Digital Facelifts” and it’s almost too much to digest in one thought or post. I imagine I’ll be pointing back to it often over the next several weeks as ideas come to me. As he talked about the idea of having this - Read More -

January 13, 2011

ds106, an introduction.

A storm has been brewing for over a month now, and as of yesterday Jim Groom opened up the skies and it’s raining. Alan Levine is already talking to the voices in his head and Jabiz Raisdana is straight up swimming in it. It is on. Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce myself.