Here is a great beta service being offered: You3b. Like the wonderful split-screen works we’re all familiar with, you can now create your own funny, clever and heartfelt juxtapositions using You Tube. These kinds of services just point to the same thing in my mind: how people are integrating different components to create new forms … Read moreYouTube and Split-Screen Aesthetics Merge
I’ve been tagged by Tama Leaver and tagged by Brad Berens for the ‘8 Things About Me’ meme, two bloggers that I respect, so I’d better deliver! Here is the requisite information I have to provide first: Rules: 1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts. 2. Players start with eight random … Read more8 Things About Me (meme)
Next Thursday I’ll be presenting at the Web Standards Group in Sydney with a talk called ‘Thinking Outside the Web: How the Entertainment Industry is Integrating All Media and Why’. Thursday 2nd August @ 7pm Australian Museum 6 College Street Sydney (opposite Hyde Park) Museum Theatre Here is a listing of the previous speakers. Hope … Read moreThinking Outside the Web
This Tuesday I will be presenting at this event: The Story of the Future project invites you to a one-day seminar exploring a universe in which a book is a game without buttons. Presented by the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, Publishing: The Story of the Future will provide inside knowledge … Read morePublishing the Story of the Future
In 1980, on a November evening in Los Angeles, pedestrians who walked past the glass windows of the Broadway Department Store noticed something strange…they did not see their reflection. There were other people walking by, just not them. They ended up talking with the alien reflections and realized that they were in two different locations, … Read moreThe Hole in the Wall: How Humans Connect No Matter What
For the past few months I’ve had the pleasure of mentoring a best-selling UK author through the fabulous De Montfort University Online MA in Creative Writing and New Media program (a course I’ve been a guest lecturer for). Alison Norrington has written many novels that could be described as ‘chick-lit’ (is it still OK to use such a … Read moreCross-Media Story: Staying Single
Back in 2005 Seth godin put together a nifty post that explained what makes an idea viral. For an idea to spread, he said, it needs to be sent and received. No one “sends” an idea unless: a. they understand it b. they want it to spread c. they believe that spreading it will enhance … Read moreThe Art of Viral Videos
Stumbled on this ages ago (perhaps years ago? — I’m trawling through my old drafts to try and clear space): KwMap map. Here is what the keyword ‘cross media’ turns up:
Colin Brush, Senior Copywriter ot Penguin UK has posted about some writer blogs he likes. Among a couple others he cites Neil Gaimon’s blog: Gaiman has been blogging since 2001, when his publisher set up a blog to promote his American Gods book tour. The tour finished, but the blog rolls on and he now … Read moreWriter Blogs
ANGELS Not too long ago I posted about the Swarm of Angels project: A groundbreaking project to create a £1 million film and give it away to over 1 million people using the Internet and a global community of members. By subscribing for £25 members become part of a revolutionary process to make an open … Read moreAngels & Monsters