Visual Assignment 24 – Troll quotes brief Find an image of a well known figure, add to it a famous quote by someone related in some way to the figure in the image and then attribute the quote to a third, related figure. From the official site: How It Works. Get a picture of someone […]
Practising out in the open can sometimes lead to a happy accident, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. 遺伝子組み換え食品との付き合いかた-GMOの普及と今後のありかたは? The way of dealing with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) now and in the future. Written by Ichiro Motoki. Photograph of page 81 from 遺伝子組み換え食品との付き合いかた-GMOの普及と今後のありかたは by Rowan Peter. Used with kind permission from Kaoru Kobayashi and Ohmsha Publishing. […]
This is my weekly archive of the work I’ve produced for The Daily Create (TDC). The Daily Create (TDC) 73 – Make a photo that emphasises yellow I went with the obvious banana. The Daily Create (TDC) 75 –Read a favourite quote, emulating the author’s voice. Tell us why the quote is meaningful This quote […]
A classic TDK D90 tape from the archive. My recording of Fugazi performing on JJJ’s Live at the Wireless program in October 1991. The recording still sounds pretty good considering the poor quality portable stereo I used for recording.
Personal whale, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. I guess everyone has their own personal whale they need to overcome. This could be mine. Workplace-doodle-turned-excellent-parting-gift from a work colleague of 6 years. Thanks.
This is my weekly archive of the work I’ve produced for The Daily Create (TDC). The Daily Create (TDC) 62 – Take a picture from the inside of something looking out Looking through a glass. The Daily Create (TDC) 64 – Make a creative photo of some sort of boundary I was trying to emulate […]
This is my weekly archive of the work I’ve produced for The Daily Create (TDC). The Daily Create (TDC) 29 – Something upside down that is never seen that way – Coffee cup I have a clean desk. The Daily Create (TDC) 30 – The place where you lose things in your house – Under […]
I shed a little tear every time I receive a reminder email from Google telling me about the looming closure of the Google Wave service. I really liked Wave and where possible I tried to use of it when discussing or reviewing concepts with project team members. I’ll miss it when the service is turned […]
This is my weekly archive of the work I’ve produced for The Daily Create (TDC). The Daily Create (TDC) 22 – A photo of two related objects of drastically different sizes Toy trucks of slightly different size. The Daily Create (TDC) 23 – A photo that freezes or isolates the motion of an object Basketball […]
I used an old Weekly Shōnen Jump as source material for Speed reader. I like it’s economic black ink on pulpy multi-coloured paper style. I also thought the Weekly Shōnen Jump imagery would be able to withstand a drastic reduction in colour palette; a byproduct of balancing the constraints of the gif file format, image […]
Blood harvest (The Softain Biopsy) – Visual Assignment 340: Splash the colour, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. By now I’m sure many of you are quite familiar with the ground-breaking work of specialist surgeon Dr Sigmeund Softain. Dr Sigmeund Softain is the doctor responsible for pioneering The Softain Biopsy medical procedure. The Softain Biopsy* is […]
This is my weekly archive of the work I’ve produced for The Daily Create (TDC). The Daily Create (TDC) 15 – Make a recording of the most lively laugh you’ve made someone do As you will hear in this recording, I’m not a very funny guy. The Daily Create (TDC) 16 – Photograph something commonly […]
The Softain Biopsy – Visual Assignment 305: ReCaptcha Illustrated , originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. The Softain Biopsy The Softain Biopsy is a medical procedure performed by specialist surgeon Dr Sigmeund Softain involving sampling of diseased human cells or tissues for examination, repair, duplication and then re-insertion back into the patient. Visual Assignment 305: ReCaptcha […]
Visual Assignment 24 – Troll quotes brief Find an image of a well known figure, add to it a famous quote by someone related in some way to the figure in the image and then attribute the quote to a third, related figure. From the official site: How It Works Get a picture of someone […]
Pleased to meet you. My name is Rowan and this is my introduction to the 2012 Spring/Summer iteration of DS106. Thanks for letting me be a part of it.
Concept for an interactive device that demonstrates how slope of the land under classified vegetation determines the severity of a bushfire. The learner can increase or decrease the angle of the upslope and downslope. As a result the severity of the approaching bushfire will change. The bushfire’s severity is based on a premise of the […]
Concept for an interactive device that demonstrates how the distance of vegetation from a building determines the level of bushfire risk to the building. The learner can select a vegetation type, increase or decrease the distance of vegetation from the building and increase or decrease the angle of the slope. The Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) […]
Silhouette Story – Jet Trail, originally uploaded by Michael Branson Smith. The Silhouette Story started from a response to a blog post. Then came Chapter 1 – My hand which was closely followed by Chapter 2 – The sun and the street light. It wasn’t long before the suburban silhouette of Chapter 3 – Some […]
The Silhouette Story. Chapter 5 – Car, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. The Silhouette Story started from a response to a blog post. Then came Chapter 1 – My hand which was closely followed by Chapter 2 – The sun and the street light. It wasn’t long before the suburban silhouette of Chapter 3 – […]
The Silhouette Story. Chapter 4 – Mesh, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. The Silhouette Story started from a response to a blog post. Then came Chapter 1 – My hand which was closely followed by Chapter 2 – The sun and the street light. It wasn’t long before the suburban silhouette of Chapter 3 – […]
When you leave your place of work, what kind of legacy do you leave behind? What exactly makes up Your ghost*? Is it only made up of the files or digital data you created or pushed around while you were in that physical space or does Your ghost transcend the physical? Can Your ghost be […]
The Silhouette Story. Chapter 3 – Some birds on some wires, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. The Silhouette Story started from a response to a blog post. Then came Chapter 1 – My hand which was closely followed by Chapter 2 -The sun and the street light. Now Chapter 3 – Some birds on some […]
Listen to Black Sabbath: A reflection on the nature of instruction, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. I was crossing the street during my lunch break the other day when a piece of graffiti written on a pole nearby caught my attention. The graffiti read Listen to Black Sabbath. This immediately made me think about two […]
The Silhouette Story. Chapter 2 – The sun and the street light, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. The Silhouette Story started from a response to a blog post. Then came Chapter 1 – My hand. Now, the second chapter The sun and the street light has been written for The Silhouette Story.
During the initial design stage of an activity I like to use pen and paper to quickly map out the flow of the activity. The tactile nature of paper allows for scribbles and scrawls, coloured pens or pencils, hasty redraws, cutting, tearing, taping and a rendezvous with the scanner or photocopier. I think something like […]
The Silhouette Story. Chapter 1 – My hand, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. The Silhouette Story started from a response to a blog post. The author of the blog post issued me a challenge, to create some of my own silhouette inspired images. And so, The Silhouette Story began. I’m not quite sure of the […]
Judging by his recent StoryBox Demo at Brock university post Alan Levine (@cogdog) and his Storybox have managed to escape from Philly and make their way safely to Canada. That’s great news for sure, but where to from there?Just where will his mission to find the Centre of the Internet take him to next? I […]
So…I’ve been out of town for a few days. I arrived home to find out that Alan Levine (@cogdog) had not only managed to use a mysterious secret hatch to escape from the train where he was being held hostage, but has also somehow ended up at the EDUCAUSE conference in Phil(ly)adelphia. Curious. Now, I’m always […]
Wow, I’ve just finished watching the mysterious and somewhat disturbing ‘Dispatch from somewhere’ videos recorded by Alan Levine about his apparent abduction. It looks like he’s in a lot of trouble, so I quickly recorded this video in response to his urgent cry for help. Hopefully this video gets to Alan in time. Alan, if […]
Visual assignment 35 brief Let’s celebrate our 106ness- create a graphic, find a photo, manipulate an exiting image to somehow represent the number 106. It could be literal (like a sign that has 106 on it, example below), to say, something using CVI (roman digits), maybe something with 106 items in it….
