Tag Archives: Daily Create

N+7 Poem

Posted on 29th January 2018 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create challenge is to: Write a poem using the N+7 form, conceived of by the French poets of the Oulipo movement. Choose a text, such as Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art,” and replace each noun in that text with the noun occurring … Continue reading →

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Independence Day

Posted on 1st July 2017 by NomadWarMachine

Last year the place I work was restructured and my post as a learning technologist was made redundant. However, there was a post in the new structure with more responsibility and more money, which I applied for. So since January … Continue reading →

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Changeling cats

Posted on 15th June 2017 by NomadWarMachine

I was going to do something clever for this Daily Create, but as I was working it out I looked around and saw both cats posed perfectly in my study. So I grabbed my camera and quickly took these photos … Continue reading →

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Lentil and Tomato Soup

Posted on 29th May 2017 by NomadWarMachine

A cloudy holiday Monday makes a perfect opportunity to play around a bit more with Lumen 5 – and today’s Daily Create is ideal. I love Rose Elliot’s recipes – I’ve been using them since my granny gave me a copy … Continue reading →

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Year of the Frog

Posted on 9th January 2017 by NomadWarMachine

At last it was the year of the frog. Frogina McFrog checked her fancy timepiece (1). “Cover my back” she said to the other reptiles (2) “I’m off”. After a drink or two she felt very emotional (3). “I can go … Continue reading →

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Nature Soundmap

Posted on 6th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create took me a bit of time: The Nature SoundMap site offers a fantastic way to explore the sounds of nature around the world via a map. Pick 5 sounds from places in the world you have never … Continue reading →

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Fibonacci in nature

Posted on 30th May 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I love the Fibonacci numbers, so today’s daily create is a joy for me to do. #tdc1604 Oh No, MATH! Find an example of the Fibonacci Numbers out in the world. As I was out watering my potatoes yesterday I … Continue reading →

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Poor Yorick

Posted on 18th April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Back from a day away, so rushed for time, but wanting to do something with this from today’s Daily Create: “Alas, poor Yorick, for I knew him well…” Creatively interpret this famous line with something involving a skull. Never read/seen … Continue reading →

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Rhizome: 7 word story

Posted on 25th March 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s daily create is to: Explain something technical in 24 seconds and summarize in 7 words as a video. I wanted to try something new, so I Googled for animated text and found FlashVortex and quickly made these to – ahem … Continue reading →

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Faces around me

Posted on 15th March 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve never done the #DS106 Daily Create before, but today it caught my eye: Have you ever looked around … really “looked” around … and suddenly noticed faces everywhere? Ok, so it was talking about seeing faces that were not … Continue reading →

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