Tag Archives: ds106

Innovation as a Communal Act

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Reverend

One of the things I’ve been wrestling with since ds106 went open and online back in Spring 2011 is how to represent innovation as a communal, rather than an individual, phenomenon. And this topic seems particularly relevant now that I … Continue reading →

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This Week in ds106: Remix

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Reverend

In tonight’s class we talked remix and introduced the assignment for this week which is built around Alan Levine’s amazing Remix machine that is part of the growing empire of features that is ds106. It’s is really amazing to watch … Continue reading →

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ds106-in-a-Bus

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Reverend

The whole idea of the ds106 bus touring around the country—if if not the world!—bringing the good word to the people has been a hard one to shake. I’m dreaming about the idea of ds106-in-a-bus more an more these days. … Continue reading →

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ds106: Ranting about Remix

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Reverend

ds106 class on remix 4-5-12 from umwnewmedia on Vimeo. I had problems with the live stream of class this evening—the Mac machine we run the Wirecast setup we stream from refused to boot—so as a backup Daniel Zimmerman was kind … Continue reading →

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ds106 Site as Resource Hog

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Reverend

This post has actual graphs with numbers and data so I kind feel like Tony Hirst right now, I just won’t be as smart. Zach Davis did kernel updates on the ds106 student server as well as on the main … Continue reading →

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Give the Chronicle Some Love

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Reverend

It’s pretty easy to call the Chronicle of Higher Ed on hyperbolic headlines, trumped controversy, and brash over generalizations (all of which I employ here at the bava, mind you), but sometimes you have to acknowledge when they get it … Continue reading →

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The ds106 Bus and taking it to the streets!

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Reverend

David Kernohan (you should really click the link to his blog) reminded me in the comments here of a crazy idea Brian Lamb and I had at the Open Ed conference in Utah last year. It was pretty simple: get … Continue reading →

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The Embedded Artist, or yet another ds106 funding idea

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Reverend

Tim Owens and I were talking briefly last night, and he had an idea for ds106 that I really loved: the embedded artist. What this means is you get an artist from a particular medium, say People Like Us (Vicki … Continue reading →

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ds106 Alum Experiences the Reddit Effect

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Reverend

I recently blogged about Andrew Allingham’s video essay for ds106 last Spring,he was a phenomenal ds106er and we have been in contact this last year because he is writing the screenplay for a DTLT sitcom we are planning on doing. … Continue reading →

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The ds106 Kickstarter: We’re funded! Now what?

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Reverend

I haven’t even had time to process how unbelievably amazing the ds106 community is based on how fast the Kickstarter was funded (less than 24 hours!), when all of a sudden Michael Feldstein is making a call for bigger donations … Continue reading →

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