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Author Archives: Katherine Wikoff
The Birds?
There’s a big flock of birds—of starlings, actually. And I guess they’re not called a “flock” of starlings but a “murmuration” of starlings, which I learned from my Twitter friend Keith Freeburn, a photographer in Wales, last time I wrote … Continue reading
When a picture IS a thousand words
I subscribe to a lot of newsletters. Lots of topics, lots of industries, lots of different treatments. I’m just interested in lots of things 😄 One thing I subscribe to is “e news” from the Newberry Library in Chicago. The … Continue reading
What a difference different light can make!
This post is a follow up to yesterday’s. I made another coffee run down the hill to Starbucks this morning. I think it was earlier in the day, so the sun was at a different place in the sky and … Continue reading
Blue sky, Grohmann Museum, and Juneau Village Towers
Took this photo yesterday as I walked back up the hill to my office in the Grohmann Museum (the building with the statues) from the Red Arrow Starbucks. The Juneau Village Towers (the tall building and the shorter, shadowed one … Continue reading
Posted in Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Downtown Milwaukee, Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, photography
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“When You’re Good to Mama” — Heard on a head-clearing coffee run to Starbucks
I have so much work to do! But as I finished one project and faced the daunting prospect of beginning the next one, I forced myself out of the door because I knew it would be good for me to … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Movies and film, Music, Popular culture
Tagged creativity, movies, Starbucks
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Market Street, evening
Taken after work tonight on Market Street, the one-block street that runs along behind the Campus Center at Milwaukee School of Engineering. The bright early evening sun was low in the sky, casting shadows down into the canyon created by … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee
Tagged autumn, daylight saving time, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, photography, sunlight
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Lake Michigan, last Saturday in October
I drove up Lake Drive to meet friends for lunch at the City Market in Whitefish Bay on this beautiful, sunny day. All along the route trees were at their absolute peak of color, just an overwhelming display of gloriously … Continue reading
My first DALL•E art project
Because I teach courses on digital society and digital storytelling at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), I have been reading and learning a lot about DALL•E, the new AI-based art generator, this fall. I had seen references to DALL•E all … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Digital society, Learning, Popular culture, Technology
Tagged creativity, creativity digital, DALL-E, digital art, painting
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500 tabs and counting down
Does anyone else have a tab hoarding problem? I have a habit of opening tabs on both my computer and my phone and then just leaving them open for easy reference instead of bookmarking them, which requires extra work on … Continue reading
Posted in 500 tabs and counting down, Digital society, Life, Movies and film, Popular culture
Tagged 500 tabs, Busby Berkeley, homage, roller disco, roller skating
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A haiku for October
As I was researching AI and art/text generation, doing prep for tomorrow’s Digital Society class, I came across a website purporting to use AI to create poetry. Skeptical but intrigued, I followed the prompts to enter a noun, an adjective, … Continue reading