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layered imafe a man looking at a screen from behind. The screen displays the ds106 website.

Or DS106 look back in bewilderment

My path to DS106 is lost in the haze. The First mention this site is animating gifs on a rainy afternoon.

At that point I’d been reading around ds106 for a while.

I suspect my intro came from the flowering of web2.0 in education I was certainly reading Alan in 2006 and remember reading about Jim’s involvement in The Peoples Republic of Non-Programistan.

My first round was most encouraged by this idea: “#tdc2706 #ds106 “Welcome aboard, do what you like and leave the rest.” The Word according to @jimgroom

DS106 Radio logo with dancing jim groom
#tdc2706

Once I started I’ve not really stopped, I’ve participated in several rounds of DS106 classes, finishing some, some not. My responses are scattered over service, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, mastodon & my blogs. I don’t respond much now, but I try to use my blog for anything I want to keep. DS106 has taught me about the impermanence of the web and how a domain of my own gives me a little stability.

Learning

tdc2185

I do not think there has been an online experience that has been as educational as DS106. It took me in to podcasting, aggregation, WordPress and more. It gave me the most positive experience of online learning &connection.

A glitched planet surrounded by a swarm of DS106 astroids. Text at bottom right: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Creative cults attacking the MOOC swarm. #DS106 astroids glitching across distant planets. All those moments will be lost in twitter, like tears in rain.
tdc1992

& Fun

Can on a unicorn, text "I used to be a grumby cat #ds106"
tdc1069

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