Posts by mburtis (Martha)
My Sweet Grandma
Well, this week has brought a whole new chapter to Noir106, as our agencies begin their investigations into a number of mysterious matters. Bond asked several of them to investigate the identity of some character named “Jack” and he pointed to an (accidentally recorded) phone call that I took early …
Read MoreBurtis Files: Week Five
Below is my video for this week. I entreat everyone to watch and help me to understand the evidence that I unearthed this week.
I’m also sharing the photos I revealed in the video, in case anyone wants to download them and do any additional analysis.
First, these two pictures …
Read MoreCard Play
I decided to tackle a design assignment today: Create Your Own Business Card which was dreamed up by one Lauren Brumfield in a previous ds106 job.
I wanted to develop a calling card for Bond, Black, Groom and me — we’re getting more and more informal requests for our services …
Read MoreThe Burtis Files: Week Four
I had to make this video pretty quickly in a secret locations at headquarters. I hope you can hear me okay. I responded to something that was released by one of my co-instructors today, but I also spent some time talking about how to improve your assignments posts, participation points, …
Read MoreKiller’s Kiss: scenes of NYC, some classic noir shots, and a bit of animated giffery
Last night, I watched Killer’s Kiss which I had never seen before. I found the movie strangely compelling. It has a lot of flaws, and my reading/research after watching turned up that Stanley Kubrick was hardly proud of this effort and considered it basically on par with a student film. …
Read MoreHat Attack
Well, Groom inspired me to tackle this particular ds106 assignment: Graphic Gift, added to the Assignment Bank by the inimitable Michael Branson-Smith. A summary:
Find or scan an old advertisement (high resolution) and create a piece of cool clip art by extracting and cleaning up a particular element. …
Read MoreHat Attack
Well, Groom inspired me to tackle this particular ds106 assignment: Graphic Gift, added to the Assignment Bank by the inimitable Michael Branson-Smith. A summary:
Find or scan an old advertisement (high resolution) and create a piece of cool clip art by extracting and cleaning up a particular element. …
Read MoreThe Burtis Files: Week Three (Looking for some advice)
Just posting the latest from the Burtis Files. I tackle a pretty serious subject at the beginning, one that’s been troubling me for the last few days (Please let me know if you have any responses). Then I touch on some advice for students going forward and a few reminders.…
Read MoreAfter the Killers
For a long time, years, I didn’t think about it. I moved constantly, counting each year with a new city: Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia.
I didn’t even notice that every year I was heading a little bit further east, until one day I was getting on a train in Philly …
Read MoreAfter the Killers
For a long time, years, I didn’t think about it. I moved constantly, counting each year with a new city: Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia.
I didn’t even notice that every year I was heading a little bit further east, until one day I was getting on a train in Philly …
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