– Read and parse the Accord. – Map current projects and offerings to it, and identify gaps . – Get search queries from Teach HQ – good data that shows what people have been searching for… Universal Methods of Design – use these tools, and more..– Site Search Analytics– Horizon Scanning– Add wildcard (to the […]
This 1929 poster is from the Library of Congress archives on Flickr. Let’s do an update (maybe most needed now more than ever in the era of banned books in the US). Make your poster or meme more modern but keep the love of books alive in your art. https://daily.ds106.us/tdc4396/ My poster was generated with […]
We all know them, they’re all over the world in millions of places: Emergency Exit signs. Now design your own version to represent how to exit from a toxic internet. Safely. https://daily.ds106.us/tdc4395/ My sign was generated with Image Creator from Microsoft Designer (Powered by DALL·E 3), using the prompt “Toxic internet environment unfit for humans. […]
Discovering AI106 (DS106) was running again in 2024 gave me pause for thought. My pause wasn’t just on its theme of artificial intelligence or the Week 1 assignment of getting some inspiration by watching AI related films or reading AI-themed fiction. It was also Paul Bond’s Ghosts of future past blog post. You had me […]
A collection of colourful cans of soft-drink on a shelf at a local grocery. Pretty.
For me, it’s the reframing of the derogatory comments and irrelevant opinions of others – they’re the ones that are “weird”. Nice one, John. Photos taken outside of John’s shop on Little Collins Street, Melbourne.
Checked out Memo Akten’s art installation at ACMI, which was colourful and at times, a little creepy with its processed digital voice. As the ACMI exhibition page on ACMIC for the installation observes… “Originally beginning as an NFT collection on the ecologically friendly blockchain Tezos, Memo Akten’s eight-channel video installation, Distributed Consciousness, features 256 unique […]
For Day 12 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to explore a few AI games. To complete today’s task I need to play and have fun with Quick Draw, Real or Fake text, Which face is real, or even There’s an AI For That for other examples of AI-powered games. […]
For Day 11 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to learn about TeacherMatic, a multi-feature AI tool that could be useful for HE educators. To complete today’s task I need to use TeacherMatic to create some classroom discussion topics, a plenary session activity and another activity of my choice. Sounds […]
For Day 9 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to use the AI-powered Recast to produce a podcast. As noted on Day 9, Recast is a service that employs AI technology to transform extensive articles into brief, audio-based discussions. Using OpenAI and various large language models (LLMs), Recast creates detailed […]
At ACMI, there’s a wall-sized art installation with chart that maps the essential elements needed in (an advertising) campaign when “Selling to Australia”. The chart is most likely to be correct about the Australian-ness of these elements, and I’m also thinking that many of these might also be inherent to all humans (in varying degrees), […]
For Day 8 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to learn about some AI-powered study tools. To complete today’s task I need to use Quizlet to create some “Magic notes” on a type of meal or food you eat at holiday of my choosing. What’s Quizlet? I’m glad I asked. […]
For Day 7 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to learn about AI-powered research tools. To complete today’s task I need to use ResearchRabbit, an AI tool designed for efficient literature mapping based on citations, to help streamline my search for relevant references when embarking on an essay, small project, […]
For Day 4 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to examine how AI can create videos and how they could be useful in your own practice. To complete today’s task I need to use HourOne is a AI platform to create a video on any Christmas, Chanukah or winter holiday/seasonal […]
For Day 3 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to use an AI tool to create images. To complete today’s task I need to create an image of myself based on my job title and also create an image of myself based on my role in society. Although Adobe Firefly, […]
I’m on a mission to ‘level up my PM skills’. The first step is to find out more about current thinking and approaches towards product, which is why I made my way through the product-led fundamentals course by ProductLed. My experience of the course. It’s an interesting mini-course that does what it says (on the […]
Like many others, I was enamoured with the offering of a “One Dollar DIY Amazon Fuzz” after watching the video, and then ordering the components through the affiliate links. I made the ‘pedal’ and although I haven’t been able to troubleshoot the ’60hz hum’ and low output volume in the two I made, they actually […]
Over the years I’ve had a couple of goes at making DIY contact mic-based instruments and other DIY effects pedals, all with varying degrees of success. Unlike the others, this contact mic-based noisebox worked.
For a long minute I was exploring BEAT (https://beat.org/), a unique cryptocurrency where you “Do sports. Benefit from your data. Earn tokens and discounts.” and “Get paid for working out”. What intrigued me was its differences from other cryptocurrency and how it incentivised wellbeing and activity, which is pretty cool. What was less cool was […]
DEATH //ADMIN IS WHERE LIFE,DEATH AND ADMINISTRATION COLLIDE. DEATH // ADMIN IS A HEAVY FUZZ GROOVE MUSICAL PROJECT. THEME FROM DEATH // ADMIN IS THE FIRST RELEASE BY THE PROJECT – THIS IS THE DEMO. DEATH // ADMIN IS INSPIRED BY SLOWED DOWN SABBATH, GODFLESH, LARRY GRAHAM, PORTER RICKS, THE RITA, HARSH WALL NOISE, MARVIN […]
â™” Everyday King â™” is a clumsy and well-meaning experiment with HTML, CSS and Javascript that features Kerry King of Slayer. In its current form, the images for â™” Everyday King â™” are drawn from a manually defined list and then displayed randomly over a specified duration. The Javascript and CSS is a hodgepodge and […]
Been having fun with ‘Making music’ with MusicLM in AI Test Kitchen – write a prompt and hit the button. Fun. Unsurprisingly it didn’t have too much problem generating music from well known forms of music e.g., like jazz and rock and dance music, but it wasn’t so great on less known forms or similar […]
In no particular order. Music that I think is heavy as…
Wayfinding at pedestrian crossings in Melbourne’s CBD where pedestrians are most likely to be face-down on their phone, much like as I observed as early as 2011 in Busan, South Korea. Like the promoters in Busan, the designers from the City of Melbourne understood the pedestrians and their behaviour – this led to the intentional […]
Found these cards at the bookshop – I was hoping they had a legit framework for decision making, but turns out they’re only great looking graphic design with semi-motivational quotes and pithy statements. Still cool, but not what expected or wanted.
I’ve just registered for The Push-Up Challenge 2023. I’ve now been a Pushuperer for 2 years, which is fantastic. Like the previous year, I’ll be completing 3,144 push-ups in 23 days to raise awareness and funds for mental health. Also like the previous year, I’ll continue to push and power-up to my Push-Up Challenge Playlist […]
