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McLuhan’s Tetrad⤴

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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 evolution of technologies in the digital age?
View the following video (3:45) for an example of McLuhan’s Tetrad OR search for other examples.
Brainstorm changes that are already occurring or will occur with the use of generative AI in your context. Add ideas to each of the following four quadrants: enhance, obsolete, retrieve, reverse.

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I wondered how this might apply to my favourite non-MOOC activity, the Daily Create.

McLuhan's Tetrad
“McLuhan’s Tetrad” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

The Daily Create amplifies creativity, by encouraging DS106ers to create something every day. It makes copying obsolete, as the ethos is remix, not plagiarism. It retrieves inspiration, with a new prompt every day. There are no unexpected dissatisfactions, just a warning that #DS106 is #4Life

A To Do List⤴

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A creative prompt
“A creative prompt” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license (Made with Night Cafe)

Today’s Daily Create asks us to write a to do list. I asked ChatGPT for inspiration

Can you write me a bullet pointed to do list for a person who needs to be motivated for a creative task

Sure, here’s a bullet-pointed to-do list for motivating yourself for a creative task:

  1. Start with a clear goal: Define the end result you want to achieve with your creative task. Having a specific and achievable goal in mind can motivate you to get started.
  2. Break the task into smaller, manageable parts: A large, overwhelming task can make you feel unmotivated. Break it down into smaller, more manageable parts, and focus on one part at a time.
  3. Find inspiration: Look for inspiration in other creative works or find ways to connect your creative task to your personal interests and passions.
  4. Create a supportive environment: Make sure you have a comfortable and inspiring work environment, with the necessary tools and resources to complete the task.
  5. Set deadlines: Set realistic deadlines for completing each part of the task. This can help you stay motivated and focused.
  6. Celebrate small victories: Celebrate each small accomplishment along the way. This can give you the motivation to keep going and help you stay positive.
  7. Take breaks: Taking breaks can help you recharge and come back to the task with fresh energy and creativity.
  8. Stay accountable: Share your goals and progress with someone else, such as a friend, family member, or mentor. This can help you stay accountable and motivated to complete the task.
  9. Reward yourself: After completing the task, reward yourself with something you enjoy. This can help you associate the task with positive feelings and motivate you for future creative tasks.

Daily Create 2023⤴

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Daily Create Leaderboard 1/1/23

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 at ones I missed and fill in the gaps. I had hoped to end 2022 with a final tally of 2500, and I came pretty close.

So what will my challenge be for 2023? To do the TDC every day, of course. My ultimate all time goal is to complete every single daily create, but doing an extra 1541 over the next year might be too much of a challenge. But I will keep chipping away!

Happy 2023 all.

Daily Create 2023⤴

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Daily Create Leaderboard 1/1/23

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 at ones I missed and fill in the gaps. I had hoped to end 2022 with a final tally of 2500, and I came pretty close.

So what will my challenge be for 2023? To do the TDC every day, of course. My ultimate all time goal is to complete every single daily create, but doing an extra 1541 over the next year might be too much of a challenge. But I will keep chipping away!

Happy 2023 all.

Time to Relax⤴

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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 that I can remember for at least 20 years that I’ve not had a mountain of academic work hanging over me: no piles of essays to mark; no outstanding PhD thesis to guilt trip me.

This meant that I’ve been able to really relax and take a break. I’ve written lists of things I wanted to do, rather than things I thought I ought to do, and I’ve crossed each one off with a sense of joy, rather than the usual relief. I have:

  • Spent time doing the CLMOOC Daily Doodles
  • Caught up with some old DS106 Daily Creates
  • Knitted myself a cardigan (and started planning my next one)
  • Enjoyed tidying, cooking, cleaning
  • Read novels, watched trashy TV, tuned my ukes again
  • Ignored emails and Teams

And overall I have just relaxed. Tomorrow I go back to work. Well, all good things come to an end.

Be the Pink Panther⤴

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Today’s Daily Create  brought to mind a quote from Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus:

Write to the nth power, the n – 1 power, write with slogans: Make rhizomes, not roots, never plant! Don’t sow, grow offshoots! Don’t be one or multiple, be multiplicities! Run lines, never plot a point! Speed turns the point into a line! Be quick, even when standing still! Line of chance, line  of hips, line of flight. Don’t bring out the General in you! Don’t have just ideas, just have an idea (Godard). Have short-term ideas. Make maps, not photos or drawings. Be the Pink Panther and your loves will be like the wasp and the orchid, the cat and the baboon. ATP p. 24-5

It’s all about heterogeneity and rhizomes, of course – about working outside the lines, about not conforming to state control. It’s the essence of DS106 and CLMooc, for me. So here’s a gif for today:

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Daily Create 2018 Challenge⤴

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My June 2018 30-Day The Daily Create Challenge Art

For the second year running I am taking part in the I am Talky Tina Certification in Creatorist Badge, so this page is to collect my daily Creates together and make sure I get my badge. (I am excited to find out that I might get my 2017 badge soon!)