I have learned a lot taking ct 101 from how to run a blog to even making a customizing my own website. I had a lot of fun making my own memes using sites like giphy, and imgur as well as using Ds106. I even learned about websites like mmm.com and reclaimhosting.com. I made sure to show up to class and work on my next blog post. Even on the days I was absent I still made sure to keep up with what happened in class. I think for that reason I should get a B+. Overall I love that this class gives full creative controll to students to express their intrest.

I wasn’t able to work on my website as much as I would have like to. My other classes as well as outside responsiblites took over a lot of my semseter as well as having some issues with not being able to access my website for awhile. I do want to customize my website and

I really did enjoy this class and I’m glad i took it. Here is a list of all the assignmets I did:

Assignment #1 what makes me happy on the internet

Assignment #2 

Assignment #3 memes are art?

Assignmet #4 Passion

Assignmet #5 ds106

Assignment #6 Digital Immediacy

Assignment #7 Mid semester recap

Assignment #8 Domain name 

Assignment #9 Domain registering process

Assignment #10 Final blog post

Music! Who isn’t a fan of music? It can be used for every occasion and it can set the mood for everything. As someone who listens to a lot of music, I decided to dedicate my website to albums.

First I had to think of a domain name. Luckily the first one I thought of alllaboutthatalbum was available. Honestly, the rest of the process was pretty easy.

After picking a domain name I then was able to check out.

When thinking of a domain name I would want to pick something music related. Some ideas I have are:

1. Allaboutthatalbum

2. Musicaldeepdive

3.  Myfavoritealbum

4. Artistandthebeat

Since I want my website to be about albums by artist  enjoy I want the domain name to have music or artist in the title. I would like to talk about the themes of the album, inspirations and anything else I find interesting.

I can’t believe it’s the middle of the semester already. I remember starting this class not too long ago.

I finished most of my assignments so I would say I’m doing good. I could participate more in class. I have been catching up on the work I was missing so I should be able to get it all done in time.

During this class, I learned how to make memes and how to make blog posts using the commons. I also learned how to use different websites like Imgur, giphy, and mmm.com

Something I have noticed in my weekly posts is that my formatting has gotten better.

My favorite assignments are assignment four passion and the third assignment are memes art?

I think I maintaining a solid b because I did most of the assignments so far and I have been absent less than nine times. I still have some assignments to do after this post so hopefully, when I’m done with that I can get a B+.

I’ve noticed that my post has changed over time. My first post was only 90 words and I only had one to two-sentence answers for each question. In my more recent post, I now have longer answers and I am more detailed in those answers. I also noticed that the gifs I use are a lot more concise with my post than compared to the first one.

The assignments that I am missing are assignments 8, 9, and 10.

As for commenting and responding to posts I have responded to comments on my post however, I have not commented on a lot of other people’s posts.

I haven’t participated much during class because I mostly used my time to work on ct posts.

I will try to comment more on other posts.

Creativity is the use of imagination to make something out of nothing

Immediacy is the rush to bring something to something else

Intuition is a gut feeling about a person or situation

In what order do these words go?

Intuition+Immediacy+Creativity

What does being alive mean to you?

Being alive means experiencing the moment you’re in right now. It’s to be aware of your exitance and the world around you.

What is the creative potential of my awareness of this moment, and how may I intervene?

At this moment I could do a lot of creative things big or small. I could work on one post on my blog or all of them.

“What is the creative potential of this assignment?

Since this assignment gives me free rein I could do anything my mind comes up with as long as I have the skills.

What is the creative potential of my web browser?”            

For this assignment, I used https://mmm.page/, It was easy to make an account and get started.

I decided to choose a bunch of pictures that fit the color palette I made. https://build.mmm.page/sierra86.main

For the ds106 assignment I chose to do the animated gif one and make gifs of one of my favorites shows. The show I chose was Psych. The show is about a fake psychic detective who uses his skills of observation to solve crimes.

In order to make the gifs I googled a compilation of moments from the show and I put the link into Imgur. Then I scrubbed through the footage and picked what would make good or funny gifs.

Step 1: Open imgur and click new post then click video to gif.

step 2: Copy the video link and paste it into the past url box.

Step 3: Look through the video until you can find something that can be turned into a gif. Then click create gif.

Here are some gifs I made:

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One assignment I would like to do is turning your story into a game. I think it would be cool to learn how to make cover art and take one medium and make it turn it into another. It would also be cool to learn how to edit cutscenes for characters.

When it comes to hobbies and passions I think we all have them. Whether it’s something you hyper-fixate on for a few days or something you loved since childhood. Here are a few of mine.

One of my passions is baking. Some of my favorite things to bake are banana bread, brownies, and cookies. I got into baking when I was ten. The first time I baked something was with an easy bake oven.

Another passion of mine is music. Honestly, I love all kinds of music but my favorite genres are pop, contemporary RnB, and hip hop. Some of my favorite artists include Dua lipa, Flo, Bree runway, and Sabrina Carpenter.

Painting is also one of my favorite hobbies. I used to paint a lot during high school for my art class. Since it was the first class of the day it often set a relaxing tone for how my day would go. Even when my painting didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to it was always relaxing. My favorite medium is watercolor.

During the pandemic, I started to play a lot of Mario kart eight to the point where I became fairly good at it. I used to play Mario kart on my DSI all the time. So when I got my Nintendo switch one of the first games I got was Mario kart eight.

I also enjoy Stardew valley which is a farming sim game. I found it on my ps vita shop one day and decided to give it a try. I immediately fell in love with the chill and relaxing vibe. Unfortunately, my ps vita stopped working so I had to restart the game over on my switch. Luckily I was able to progress to where I was before. It’s a slow game but enjoyable once you get in the swing of things. Most people don’t enjoy the fishing mechanic but honestly, I don’t mind it. Also, I like the soundtrack.

Memes can be art. Since art is defined as a way to express emotion no matter what the medium is. Memes can be used to express emotion whether it’s happiness, frustration, sadness, and so on.

According to Harvard Crimson art is defined as anything that has symbolic meaning. Even if a meme doesn’t explicitly tell you as the viewer you can understand the emotion that the meme is trying to convey.

On artzealous.com an artist by the name of Kash Jordan has been trying to bring memes into the art world. He has curated art exhibitions with his memes. Both of his art shows showcased memes from different artists from Instagram meme makers to digital art.

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Memes can be used for storytelling. For example the meme I made above using imgur. It tells the story of what happens when the professor asks what you think about CT 101 and you respond by calling it boring. The meme has a clear beginning, middle, and end.

This is one of the first memes I remember. It came from the comedian Kevin Hart’s standup special laugh at my pain. I remember people using this reaction whenever someone said anything outrageous. It is also one of my favorites.

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This is another meme I made using Imgur. I found imgur to be easy to use but it does crash a lot. As for my other two favorite memes.

This is another one of my favorite memes. It comes from the real housewives of Atlanta. This meme came out in 2017. It can be used in many different scenarios like when someone accuses you of saying something you didn’t say like I thought you were paying the bill this time.

This is also a favorite of mine. It can be used to poke fun at something like how people spell gif.

What did you think on the first day of the CT101?

Honestly I didn’t know what to expect. From the description I was excited to do things that were on the creative end of things. With journalism there’s a certain structure you have to follow so this would be a nice change of pace.

Did you like hearing about the course and its creative content? How did it make you feel?

I enjoyed hearing about the creative content. I feel like this class will give me the opportunity to explore my interest without having to think of why or how it’s news worthy.

How does CT101 compare to some of your other classes so far?

In my other classes I have to focus on stories that are either given to me or find stories that are considered “newsworthy”. This usually doesn’t give way to talking about things that interest me that either don’t have longevity or have a news peg. I feel like this class gives me more creative freedom.

What are the creative potentials of this class?

I feel like this has many creative possibilities. From talking about events that happen on campus to events that happen around the world.

How do you feel about learning new skills that use Internet tools?

I feel like I could get the hang of things pretty quickly. I already use the internet on a daily basis anyways.

Hello! So a while ago, I found this youtube channel called Densle, where they make animal crossing shorts.

Recently they released the last episode of the series after five months. The animation style is really cool and I like how the story took an unexpected turn but had a happy ending.

In other happy internet news, I learned that there is a community collab pack to the video game celeste and it’s set to come out on February 18th.