Jim Groom

Empathy Map by way of the Noun Project #wire106 #ds106dc

Above is my first Daily Create of the week: The Empathy Map. To have fun, I did it all in Noun Project icons, the credits are below.

Credits:
Empire State Building designed by Stefan Spieler from the Noun Project
Immersive Experience designed by Luis Prado from the Noun Project
Art designed by Will Deskins from the Noun Project
Sound Wave designed by Aleksandr Novolokov from the Noun Project
Conversation designed by Ahmed Elzahra from the Noun Project

D&D alignment chart for The Wire #ds106 #wire106 via @joefromkenyon

Joe Murphy on Twitter: "Is there enough creativity in making a pop culture D&D alignment chart for a #ds106 create? #wire106 version: http://t.co/g2DS38f2HW" https://twitter.com/joefromkenyon/status/516650260350136320

UMW really should have a class on The Wire #wire106

Imran discovered this on Yik Yak and sent it my way and I was like "What is #wire106 chopped liver?" http://ds106.us/tag/wire106

Omar gives Bird the tie fly by #wire106 #gif

Love this scene. Say it like peanut butter:
http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/say-it-like-the-peanut-butter/
VisualAssignments, VisualAssignments2

Red Moon #ds106 #wire106

Read the full post here: http://bavatuesdays.com/red-moon/

The Wire Everywhere: The Pay Phone #ds106 #wire106

I was at Westmoreland State Park with my family today and I saw a pay phone by the visitors center and immediately thought of The Wire Everywhere assignment for ds106. It's interesting how the pay phone is becoming a vestigial technology in a society where a majority of folks carry one in their pocket (in addition to an extremely powerful computer).

I love the aesthetic of the pay phone, and it's a staple of The Wire season 1, so I figured I would capture just that. It's interesting how something as ubiquitous as this technology 25 years ago has vanished in the wake of the mobile revolution. The idea of vanishing technology like the pay phone is fascinating, and the idea that Grant Potter set it up so that you could broadcast to #ds106radio from a pay phone back in the day was one of the most interesting marriages of old and new technologies I've ever seen.

Wiring Mirror Scenes

This is the image for the Wiring Mirror Scenes assignment I created and completed for #wire106

Pay phone GIF #ds106 #wire106

This is a GIF from episode 5,"The Pager," when D'Angelo starts an irreversible series of events.

#wire106: Ain't nobody out to get me...

First GIF of 6 for the 6 GIF Summary of a Wire episode. I chose Episode 5 "The Pager"
http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/summarize-a-wire-episode-in-gifs/

Bubbles Dangerous Caper in S01E09 #wire106 #ds106

Here is a seen from S01E09 "Game Day" wherein Bubbles steals a bag of drugs from a dealer with a fishhook from the rooftop. Image credit goes to Scenes from the Wire Tumblr.

F**king with Avon Barksdale's Morale #wire106 #ds106

This is an animated GIF from Season 1, Episode 9 of The Wire: "Game Day" care of the awesome Scenes from the Wire Tumblr.

#wire106 on reserve

Shannon Hauser just gave me the heads up that the DVD set of The Wire is now in Simpson Library and on reserve for the semester. It's all in the game, yo.

The Wire 106 GIF

Andrew Forgrave also made a #wire106 GIF in his recent post. Love it.

.@aforgrave is always good for a course logo, and he didn't disappoint with #wire106

http://aforgrave.ca/detritus/2014/08/17/the-wire-106/

Triple Troll Wire Epigraph

New assignment for #wire106 inspired by the Troll Quotes. Take an epigraph from one of the episodes and attribute it to another, related figure. Finally, adorn the quote and author with an image of a third, different character from the series. This way, nothing about your image is correct, and you’re trolling fans of The Wire with all three characters at once.