Explanations and Excuses

Sitting in Starbucks, I realize that I am far, far behind on this blog. Why? I have no idea. Nor would I attempt to utilize half baked excuses that do little to right the wrong that is me not posting content to this blog. O.K, perhaps not quite so dramatic, however I do feel a sudden desire to post something here and to explain myself and my long absence.

As for the absence, I have begun the fall semester here at school, and, although exciting to think I will be graduating soon, the coursework and number of classes that I have to take in order to graduate when I want to is steadily growing. As such, things like this blog and my YouTube channel have, sadly, taken a back seat. Today, however, I am filled with optimism as I recently got A's on a paper and 2 exams, and realized that perhaps the semester is not all that bad, and I may, just may, have the time required to devote more of myself to endeavors such as the Daily Digit.

In addition, I have, for a long time now, wanted to share my love of all things media with the world through my YouTube channel, however because so mush of what I am interested in is intellectual property of people who are not me, the things that I am able to post on my channel are quite limited in that department. Because of that, I have decided to make this blog all about media, such as film, TV shows, music and the like, and my channel will be dedicated to design, software and educational things (like video tutorials,) as well as, of course, occasional random vlogs and videos.

As we move forward into the fall, I hope to become active once again both on this blog and my YouTube channel. Anything you would like to see either here or there is greatly welcomed as a suggestion, and I would love to hear your thoughts on what I should post here and make videos about over on YouTube.

Thank you all for sticking with me, and I hope to make the long wait for my return will worth the wait. Thanks, and I will talk to you soon.

- David

Subway Map Tutorial

So, I recently posted this video tutorial over on my YouTube channel, so I thought I would post it here as well! Let me know what you think!


Thanks for reading / watching and I will talk to you on Wednesday.
- Digit

Music & Emotion

There is a moment while you are listening to a song that you can understand exactly what the singer / songwriter was feeling when they wrote it. All that emotion and energy and feeling is almost palpable. Which asks the question, do songs need to be positive? I think not, but I also wonder what the effects of negative songs might have on society.

Let me explain. A song that I recently heard for the first time is one of these such songs. Negative, depressing and all too catchy. When I first heard the song, the context of what the song meant and the overall feel of the video was different, and I was left thinking, “wow, that is a catchy song, let me look it up,” which I promptly did.

Yes, the song is catchy, but after watching the video, and the remix video, I was left feeling sad and depressed, a strange feeling after listening to the song which, musically, is rather upbeat (especially the remix.)

So what, I asked myself, keeps me clicking replay. Admittedly, the video is well made, and the song is catchy, but why would I want to repeatedly listen to a song about drinking away the pain of a breakup? I honestly don’t know. You might say that it is because the song is so catchy. True in part, but there are plenty of catchy songs in existence with much more positive lyrics, and any number of these is available for me to listen to. So I ask again, why?

I think, for me, it has to do with emotion. When an artist writes songs like these, they do so because they feel something. That emotion and feeling translates itself to the music, which becomes relatable to a listener because of shared experience, or simply because of the human ability to empathize with the artist.

I think that, while negative and depressing songs like this can make a listener feel down, they are important because they allow artists to express their emotions and feelings freely and without inhibition. Do I feel depressed after listening to this song? Yes. But, I also feel a connection to the song and artist on a more human level, and that, I think, is one of the great powers of music in our society. We are able to connect with artists and each other through music.

So, stay high on music my friends, and break the habits that lead to the emotions that end up as songs like this. Without further ado, here is the music video for Habits by Tove Lo as well as the remix video, entitled Stay High.

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Let me know what you think, as well as your thoughts on music and society.

Thanks for reading, and I will talk to you on Monday.
- Digit

Technical Support

I had every intention of writing a nice long blog post all about a new song/music video that I recently found, but ended up finding myself knee deep in the world of computer troubleshooting.

Fear not, as after a few hours I was able to resolve the issue (my printer is a jerk) however I lost the time that I had set aside for writing this post. So, I have decided that tomorrow (Saturday) I will post the music related entry that I had planed to do today, and today, you get this video from the IT Crowd (cause, tech support and stuff)



Thanks, and I will talk to you tomorrow.
- Digit

Building a Website

I am in the process of creating the website for Purple Owl Media, a design and digital media company that I started a few months ago. I have found, however, that I am far too ambitious with my ideas. What I mean is that I start designing a site with so much promise, only to find that I have created tons of pages that I have no content to fill! WHY? Well, I have no idea. However, I do know that I would prefer an over ambitious approach to an under ambitious one, although I have found that both have their disadvantages.

I know this is a short post, but I thank you for reading and I will talk to you tomorrow.
- Digit

We're Back!

Hello all! It has been a few weeks now, and I have been less than bored these recent weeks. After a week out of town for work and another right after that for vacation, I am exhausted! But, I must return to the Daily Digit, as I have missed crafting these crudely made blog posts.

What have I been up to? Where have I been? These are questions that I plan on answering in the coming days, but for right now, I wanted to say, Hi, I am not dead, and I will talk to you tomorrow (or Wednesday, as I have a 10 hour drive tomorrow and may forget to post something due to pure exhaustion.)

Thanks for reading, and I will talk to you all soon.

NOTE: Temporary Break

Hello all.

This is a quick update that I will be taking a week or so off from writing on this blog, as my work schedule just changed, and I will be working a bit more than I expected. However, blog posts may appear randomly in the next few weeks, so keep checking in!

Thanks, and I will keep you updated as to when normal posting will resume.

- Digit