ReadWriteWeb:
If you're an adventure seeker with a penchant for storytelling you'll be happy to hear that Google is giving you the visuals you need to illustrate your tales of bravery. In a blog post written by Google Earth Product Manage (Read More)
MediaShift:
Apocalyptic visions and alien invasions descended upon Hollywood earlier this month, to the collective delight of the digital media industry. At the American Film Institute's DigiFest, which was produced by the AFI Digital Co (Read More)
NPR Topics: Books:
Steve Inkseep talks to Tina Brown, editor in chief of The Daily Beast, about her picks this week about articles and books that shouldn't be missed. She references: the novel Push by Sapphire, The Information Broker by Gabrial (Read More)
The FASTForward Blog:
Is asking ‘why something fails’ the right question to find or solve the real problem?Michael Krigsman reports on Information Technology (IT) project failures, a great topic deserving of attention. On his hosted phone discussi (Read More)
All Things Digital:
By Ben Macintyre, Associate Editor, London TimesClick, tweet, e-mail, twitter, skim, browse, scan, blog, text: the jargon of the digital age describes how we now read, reflecting the way that the very act of reading, and the (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
I am offering today's post as part of the ongoing conversation I've been having throughout the semester about transmedia storytelling practices. Below you will find the first of two installments written by HyeRyoung OK, a re (Read More)
Voice--A Storyteller's Lifestyle:
Think of the perfect words to say in a few seconds.Then say them.Such are skills that storytellers cherish and that youth could benefit from if trained from the beginning.Reasons to Build Improvisation Skills in Youth:Balance (Read More)
Submitted by bbittner
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(Boy, I think I rewrote that headline five or six times to get proper grammar as well as the correct number of words in that headline. Stay in school, kids!)While my laptop is making a trip to the doctor’s office (or the scra (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
I recently asked the students in my Transmedia Entertainment and Storytelling class to write short analytic papers on examples of transmedia extensions. I ended up with papers on amusement park attractions, mobisodes, web sit (Read More)
Submitted by badgergravling
from Google Reader:
If you found the 6×6 series back in August there’s a treat in store for you next week.I’ve wrapped the blogs up, tidied them up, corrected & updated them and put them into 1 handy ebook for you to download and take home. It (Read More)
Voice--A Storyteller's Lifestyle:
Families are usually the people who care about you no matter what happens.Then there are exceptions we see reflected in folklore:1. Cannibalism2. Abuse3. Abandonment4. Neglect5. InfidelityCannibalismWhen one wakes in the (Read More)
paidContent.org:
As if there wasn’t enough digital and e-book hysteria from the international Kindle launch ... Electronic Arts is dipping its toe into digital books, albeit for the younger generation, with the launch of FLIPS, a new line of (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Wil Wheaton's Dungeon-Mastering a pair of Dungeon Delves (45-minute speed-dungeons) at RinCon next weekend in Tuscon, at $50/head to benefit Child's Play, a charity that sends toys, games, books and cash to sick kids. Sounds (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Dave, the main character in this graphic novel, The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book (Fantagraphics), is an illustrator living in Cape Town, South Africa. He often gets frustrated by the freelance assignments he must accept t (Read More)
Voice--A Storyteller's Lifestyle:
Storytellers exist in every city, country, and continent. When we gather at festivals, conferences, or other events, we experience a kind of storytelling family reunion.Then everyone goes home.Nowadays we have the Internet to (Read More)
Mashable!:
David Spark (@dspark) is the founder of Spark Media Solutions, specialists in building industry voice through storytelling and social media. He blogs at Spark Minute and is a regular on Cranky Geeks and ABC Radio.For many, cr (Read More)
Submitted by koltregaskes
from Google Reader:
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8 software gives you power and ease of use so you can do some amazing storytelling with photos and videos. Bring all your video clips and photos together in one convenient plac (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Jesse Brown, a BoingBoing guest blogger, is the host of TVO's Search Engine podcast. I'm on the bill tonight (along with wino Kathryn Borel Jr. and others) at HEEB Magazine's Toronto installment of their popular Storytelling (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
With the new fall books already piling up, our editors and contributors simplify your life by picking the standouts. Those that made the cut include a tome on using existing customers to recruit new ones; an under-the-hood lo (Read More)
Innovation in College Media:
Photo by Flickr user cole24 used with Creative Commons permission.Below are the results from most of the categories in the 2nd CICM contest. We had 30 schools enter, and some impressive entries to boot. There are still a coup (Read More)