Category Archives: Remix

Stir Up Sunday

Posted on 26th November 2023 by NomadWarMachine

Today is Stir-up Sunday, the day when families gather around stir their homemade Christmas pudding on the last Sunday before advent begins. I made mine yesterday, as it takes seven hours to steam and we take lunch over to my … Continue reading →

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Remixometer

Posted on 28th May 2023 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create challenges participants to make a FitBit type device to measure something that would not usually be measured. My suggestion is a remixometer – a way of measuring the amount of originality, ingenuity … whatever property or quality … Continue reading →

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McLuhan’s Tetrad

Posted on 6th May 2023 by NomadWarMachine

I’m keeping half an eye on #ETMooc2 at the moment, and one of this week’s suggested activities caught my interest. Activity #1 – Marshall McLuhan Tetrad of Effects for Generative AI: What are the opportunities and challenges presented by the … Continue reading →

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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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Heideggerian Art

Posted on 29th May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

Inspired by a Twitter conversion, I added a couple of phases from Heidegger to an AI art generator and this is the result. These are the phrases: Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing? Language remains the master … Continue reading →

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Aletheia

Posted on 28th May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

Aletheia was a Greek Goddess. The word is often translated into English as truth – and Aletheia’s Roman counterpart is called Veritas. However, as Heidegger and others say, truth is really insufficient as a translation. Truth is a noun in … Continue reading →

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Start copying

Posted on 25th May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

I think I’ve always been a bricoleur – it’s a family trait. But it’s not without danger. When I read this page by Austin Kleon, I remembered happy times messing around with my brother. We were big fans of seeing … Continue reading →

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Heidegger and Bricolage Part 2

Posted on 21st May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

In my earlier post I suggested that Heidegger thought of understanding as being an uncovering of meaning, and I further suggested that this is one of the things that we bricoleurs do when we mix and remix. In this post … Continue reading →

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Heidegger and Bricolage, Part 1

Posted on 9th May 2022 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve been thinking about Heidegger recently. I know that some people find him problematic because of his links with the Nazi party, but I think that it is possible to bracket this off (phenomenological reference intended) and talk about his … 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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