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Code Riffing

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by Thomas Hawk Jim, Zack, Tim, and I have had some loose brainstorms on the idea of free form rapid creation we have seen happen in ds106 that is akin to jamming between musicians. This is the kind of thing the Noiseprofessor in particular excels, to […]

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On Wisconisin

They say it is the state motto — (this is a play with the fabulous flickrsounds mashup crafted by John Johnston). Can you guess what is suggested by the images and sounds? by garryknight Attribution-ShareAlike LicenseYour browser does not support the audio tag.sound1 by bortescristian Attribution LicenseYour browser does not support the audio tag.sound2 by […]

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Coming Up For Air

cc licensed (BY) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog I’ve been pretty knocked flat by a cold I picked up on my flight home last Monday, most noticeably not having much energy to do much photography. Having suffered twice in the fall (October in DC, and December after Australia), I am convinced my immune system is […]

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The Chronicle Twelve

And then there were twelve… I have no quibbles with the people The Chronicle of Higher Education highlight as people who are innovators, but the old school notion of top x lists continues to baffle me in the internet age. I can barely resist a chance to poke fun at The Chronicle. IMHO, their sole […]

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Hosted By Hippies

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog With one final oooooooomph I have freed mysefl of web hosting/strangulation from Dreamhost, to the new free loving set up contrived by Tim Owens, http://hippiehosting.org– and experiment that is bearing fruit for a bunch of new possibilities of making domains of one’s own an even […]

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Walk in the Woods: a ds106 Sound Story

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog I made this demo for my students to show them Audacity and basic editing for the Sound Effects Story assignment: Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you […]