September 2015 – Digital Scholars Institute

Immediate face plant

andréa livi smith September 25, 2015 Immediate face plant2015-09-25T23:37:43+00:00 DSI

This whole “I don’t need my computer” thing sounded so easy. It only took a day to make it clear I’m delusional. Not that I couldn’t have done my work…

DQ, imitation, GIFs and plagiarism

Bosquejos September 25, 2015 DQ, imitation, GIFs and plagiarism2015-11-20T17:09:51+00:00 DSI

“Windmills” from Don Quixote (2000), Peter Yates, Director make animated gifs like this at MakeaGif This week in my freshman seminar Digital Don Quixote, we are addressing the question…

GIFfing the Media Wall

Zach Whalen September 25, 2015 GIFfing the Media Wall2015-09-25T02:49:05+00:00 code

I’m a fan of animated GIFs, and one of my favorite features of UMW’s Convergence Center is it’s “Media Wall,” a large, multi-screen display in the main area of the…

The Media Anachronism Project: A Proposal

Zach Whalen September 22, 2015 The Media Anachronism Project: A Proposal2015-09-22T19:24:55+00:00 DSI

This past Spring, Jim Groom and I started up a project we’ve been calling the “Console Living Room” or just “##8221; Jim has already written frequently and passionately about this…

A necessary experiment

andréa livi smith September 20, 2015 A necessary experiment 2015-09-20T21:27:36+00:00 DSI

For the past few months, my computer has been unbearably – almost unuseably – slow. I have a couple ideas why that is: 1- I was warned by my colleague…