{"id":2673,"date":"2013-09-11T00:26:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T05:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2013-09-11T12:58:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T17:58:39","slug":"what-did-i-do-in-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/09\/11\/what-did-i-do-in-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What did I do in Week 2?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FdeTroyLectureMoliere_DS106-3M\"<\/a>What did I do in DS106 Headless 13 Week 2<\/a>? Tried to keep up with essentially two courses of ds106 at the same time, and it’s stretching me to the limits. \u00a0I’m learning tons setting up the 3M-DS106 Salon’s cyber-infrastructure behind the 3M firewall. \u00a0And continuing to experience a lot of frustration as I come up against technical obstacles with the 3M systems that I know I can do here on my WordPress blog, in Twitter, in Tumblr, on Flickr and YouTube. \u00a0But the small group of brave souls who are taking this journey with me are jumping in, starting internal blogs, commenting on one another’s posts, sharing their skills and workarounds, creating headless self-portraits, and GIFs – \u00a0even had an unexpected GIF riff today with a Koala bear that wanted to blink. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The 3M-DS106 Salon going headless.<\/p><\/div>\n

I just have to share the headless self-portrait created by one of the 3M-DS106 Salon members, HC. He had followed the advice to take two photos- one with him in the picture and one just of the wall. \u00a0He hadn’t counted on the lighting casting a shadow against the back wall. With GIMP he created two versions which I’ve ‘riffed into a GIF’ to illustrate the differences. When asked which we preferred I was torn. I’m certainly familiar with the flat no-head-at-all version, but his shadowed headless self invokes in me the realities of the work that goes on behind the scenes in any collaborative effort. \u00a0There are always leaders in some shape, way, or form, but they may not be visible.<\/p>\n

BLOGGING<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Each blog post must be able to stand on its own as something that makes sense if that is the only thing a visitor reads on your site.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m getting a lot of practice blogging these days, and I found the blogging tips very helpful:<\/p>\n