Bunny Colvin’s spent most of his life working for the BPD. But after whole Hamsterdam fiasco and the ending of the Tilghman Middle School project, it’s time to go job hunting yet again. I used Bunny’s linkedin page that I created for him to make a sort of resume, based off this assignment. I made sure to think of all his job positions that were mentioned in the show. The only one I couldn’t put down was the hotel security job because of the lack of a company name. Considering how poorly that job ended though, it might not look so well on a list of past experiences. It was also fun to think of Bunny’s skills as not only a former police officer, but in what he used to handle the corner kids as well.

You can view his fleshed out profile here.

Difficulty Rating: 3.5 stars

I did the assignment “Create Your Dream Vacation” where you imagine your vacation and put it together on Pinterest.  Never having an account there before meant I had no experience at all with “pinning” things onto a virtual bulletin board. Since this is becoming material for my character who is on her first trip to […]

For my final project for DS106, I chose to use the character George “Double G” Glekas from The Wire Season 2. George Glekas is a member of The Greeks and the owner of Pyramid Inc., the front for The Greek’s smuggling operations. I thought it would be interesting (and highly appropriate) to delve into George’s professional background, since he is a businessman.

In the DS106 assignments I was looking for something that dealt with resumes or LinkedIn, however, I couldn’t find any relevant assignments. Instead, I created a Web assignment called Character Resume (4.5 stars) in which you use a platform such as LinkedIn, or create a webpage or Word document of a character’s “fake” resume. I felt that fellow and future DS106ers would find this handy if they wanted to tell a story or give a picture of a character’s past.

To complete this assignment, I created a new LinkedIn account under the character’s name, George Glekas. Using the user-friendly profile editor, I added a personal profile, work history, educational background, interests, skills, and languages to support my character. A wiki page for The Wire mentioned George had previously worked in San Diego, which I chose to include on his resume. To support my narrative, I included that George was also formerly a stevedore in Greece, which is how he learned so much about port operations.

In addition, I added a profile picture of George Glekas, and made the header background a beautiful picture of Greece.

To view the full profile/resume, click here.

Hiya! For part of the final project, I decided to make a Pinterest for Beatrice. One of the web assignments was to make a pinterest board for her dream vacation. Now Beatrice works very hard so I decided to pick something that was still in the states for her, and DisneyWorld is a great option. So from there I just found some good tips and trick on what to pack while flying down to Orlando. Luckily there is transportation provided to and from the Disney owned resorts, so I didn’t included a rental car. I picked Animal Kingdom Lodge for their hotel, partially because I’ve always wanted to stay there. Then I went through the 4 main parks in DisneyWorld; Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot. These are personally my favorite parks and I pictured Beatrice and her family going during the winter so the water parks are closed during this time. Then I picked some tips and tricks on how to navigate each park. I really like planning a vacation using pinterest! It was fun to think like Beatrice and figure out where she might like to have travelled. And with her kids too. That was my main point was to plan something would be family friendly.  You can check the board out over here!