Electric Toad Posse

My original work of electronic literature takes the form of a self-generating poem. To do this I used Nick Montfort's code from  Taroko Gorge . The code that makes up his webpage is open source, meaning anyone can access and use the code without getting a license. I took advantage of this and copied the code into my own HTML editor and used what I've learned from Digital Humanities to make a version of my own. I used the lyrics of the punk band The Story So Far   to create a self-generating poem called The Story of a Punk . I selected the band's lyrics from their older albums for the generating text. Further, I used their lyrics because of their extensive lyrics that tend to differ from the repetition seen in todays popular genres. To select the proper text for the piece, I dissected each song to find a central phrase or word that would best fit my theme. By selecting certain lines and words from their songs I was able to create a poem that generates in a way that readers

I have created a self generating poem. It is a very randomly worded story and is completely vague, the thought behind it was just random events of Joe`s. The words and phrases were all negative and positive and just randomly went with a Joe.I tried to find as many rhyming words as I could to make it significant to my tough pick of story relation. The importance of the poem is that there are many people(joe) in the world that get attached to or achieve different helpful or hurtful things and these are just a couple random vague scenarios through Joe . The text doesn't make sense, but is for the interpreting. Connor K

For my piece of electronic literature, I chose to use the program Twine .  I have been developing my CSS and HTML skills using this program in the Digital Tools and Technologies course.  Using Twine for my Digital Humanities course project allowed me to put my abilities to the test.  I was also able to introduce myself to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator in converting my sketches into a digital format. My Twine story, A Pug's Life , is about a grey scruffy pug who can't find his human friends.  It is based on a pug I know who is unique and comical.  He is an individualist, yet cares deeply for his owners.  It is a choose your own adventure story which provided me an opportunity to develop my skill set. By: Mary-Lynn

Fifth Blog Post: Do games count? Games are an overlooked piece of interactive literature (or film or art,etc) that can be very useful to interpret or understand an authors message.  Often viewed as entertainment or a leisurely activity, games can actually also be very informative and stimulating to your brain.  The game Ingress , allowed us to interact with the physical world and a virtual world simultaneously.  We believe that games can count as a digital humanity due to the interactive experience that you get from playing a game.  Essentially, you get better at life from experience or training for whatever it is you want to achieve.  That theory coincides with the gaming world in a sense that you are faced with a task and you must do whatever you know or are taught to do to complete that task.  More than likely people go through a game and lose a level once or twice and are forced to restart it, however they already have knowledge of that level (or whatever the game may provide) b