Author: iharris

Colors in the End

For the finale of the first season of The Wire, I decided to make my own creative assignment here. One thing i noticed while watching this amazing episode was the wide variety of color use throughout the various scenes. Actually, if one looks closely, one can see important use of …

Week 2: Electric Boogaloo

Ah, now this week was a lot easier to manage. With only 3 episodes of The Wire to watch, I felt a lot less pressed for time. Ironically, in the end I ended up watching 4 episodes and finishing the first season, and I’m currently starting the second. Man what …

All the Pieces Matter

After just finishing the first of The Wire, there’s one lesson that sticks out in the back of my mind. A very important lesson given by Freamon, one of my favorite characters.

 

This scene, from episode 8, resonates so well for me because of its multiple meanings. The obvious …

Daily Create: Aegis

Today’s daily create: A book bloc shield. This is my take on a protest shield with a strong, albeit very idealistic message. Everyday people might not have too much power on their own, but we still are the foundations of society.

 

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Daily Create: A starmap of the internet

Today’s daily create was especially challenging: a map of the internet. When I was a little kid, I used to almost imagine the internet as it’s own universe. Various sites would be represented by galaxies, superclusters, planets, and moons depending on their size and how often I used them. My …

Week 1 Summary

And so we come to the end of the first week of ds106, and the beginning of many more. Over the course of the week I created some new social media accounts, included below for convenience:

Twitter
Flickr
Vimeo
Soundcloud

Some links can also be accessed via the icons on …