Category Archives: DailyCreate

Daily Create 2023

Posted on 1st January 2023 by NomadWarMachine

I first did a Daily Create on 19th March 2016, and I’ve been doing it daily for years now. As of this morning I have completed 2465 challenges. Sometimes, when I have a bit of spare time, I look back … Continue reading →

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Literal Descriptions

Posted on 25th June 2022 by NomadWarMachine

Look around you and create a picture of what you see in words (or use the image below if you like). Describe it to us without using any metaphors or showing the photo. What do you really see? This might be considered … Continue reading →

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JOMO

Posted on 1st February 2022 by NomadWarMachine

No early morning alarms, no dashing to the station No overcrowded trains, no soulless hotel rooms No buffet lunch tables, groaning with murdered animals, smelling of dead fish No late nights home: hungry, headachy, tired The joy of staying home, … Continue reading →

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Time to Relax

Posted on 9th January 2022 by NomadWarMachine

This Christmas I’ve had a holiday. For (most of) the last three weeks I’ve not worried about work, or agonised about what I should be reading and writing. And as I relaxed, I realised that this is the first Xmas … Continue reading →

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The DS106 Daily Create is 10 years old

Posted on 8th January 2022 by NomadWarMachine

So here’s 10 reasons why you should join us in the Daily Create Teacher owl says Daily Creates are better than apples You too can become a leader Anyone can be a Daily Create Influencer It’s free, and open to … Continue reading →

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Happy Hogmanay

Posted on 31st December 2021 by NomadWarMachine

It’s been a year, let’s hope the next one is calmer. Here’s wishing you all happiness, peace and whatever you need for 2022. Thank you to all my friends, thank you for CLMOOC and DS106. Some of us have put … Continue reading →

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ASCILITE 2021

Posted on 9th December 2021 by NomadWarMachine

Last month Wendy and I gave a presentation about the collaborative poem that happened as a result of a DS106 Daily Create. It was 9am Sydney time, making it early am for Wendy and late evening (10pm) for me, but … Continue reading →

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St Andrew’s Day

Posted on 30th November 2021 by NomadWarMachine

Today is St Andrew’s Day, Scottish feast day of Andrew the Apostle. no day off for me, as although it’s a Bank Holiday, institutions are not obliged to honour it (boo!). The Daily Create today asks us to use an … Continue reading →

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5 in 1 story

Posted on 25th October 2021 by NomadWarMachine

Grab the 5 nearest books around you. (Novels or textbooks, whatever story you’re wanting to make.) Create a story from the following: The first sentence on p. 1 of the first book.The seventh sentence on p. 5 of the second … Continue reading →

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Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted on 19th September 2021 by NomadWarMachine
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