February 2010
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By christy on February 23, 2010
While I was in Bateau Bay mentoring for the Indigenous Crossover Lab I also gave a presentation at Reboot: The Documentary Organisation of Canada web conference. Although I wish I could say I have a keyring Tardis, I actually just put online a PPT for the guests. There were a few remote as well as [...]
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By christy on February 12, 2010
I’m flying out to mentor at the next Crossover Sydney. Crossover, if you’re not aware, is a UK-based world-leading residential event that aims at facilitating innovation and cross-platform projects through cross-fertilisation. Here is their description:
While TV and film have been dominant forces in 20th century media, the 21st century will see moving image content [...]
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By christy on February 10, 2010
In 2007 I mentored a student in the De Montfort University Online MA in Creative Writing and New Media program. I taught there (remotely) for a few years and now the archive is online. It really was innovative and I am sad to see that it is no-longer online. There will be other courses online [...]
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By christy on February 9, 2010
Jeff Watson emailed a short while ago saying how he was inspired by a post I did on cross-media tools. He is developing an ARG class and wanted to create a really free or low-cost listing of tools ARG developers can use. And he has done it! Check out the post here: http://remotedevice.net/blog/arg-tools/
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By christy on February 9, 2010
Only a few days left to submit to Content 360: MIPTV Cross Media Challenge
A rapid-fire LIVE competition across 6 different categories for independent producers, agencies and digital designers to pitch A-list commissioners on original interactive cross-platform content ideas. Over the last 4 years, 1,400 ideas were received, 42 countries [...]
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By christy on February 9, 2010
Looks like a great event coming up in NYC on March 10th: Cross Media NYC. It includes a great bunch of speakers (including Jeff Gomez). Here is the description:
Our goal is to bridge the gap between the different media sectors in order share information and find new opportunities. We want the gaming people to meet the [...]
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By christy on February 9, 2010
A few years ago I started developing a card game to teach transmedia design skills. I had to put it aside because of work and study commitments, but now I’m keen to develop it again. As part of my research into this I looked at a few design card games and so I’d share them [...]
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By christy on February 7, 2010
Last year, Andrea Phillips and Jay Bushman of Alchemy Storytelling started an online website called My Super First Day. The idea is anyone can contribute to the fiction: “Think up a superpower and write the story of your first day with it. Did you use your powers for good or evil? Were they [...]
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By christy on February 3, 2010
In Twitter, I noticed Matt Gold (@mkgold) shared tweets being delivered by (@fhi_duke – Franklin Humanities Institute). The tweeter was at a session about turning your dissertation into a book. The talk was by Ken Wissoker, the Editorial Director of Duke University Press (@kwissoker). I thought the info was great, and so I’m posting here the tweets [...]
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By christy on February 2, 2010
Power to the Pixel have put together “a ground-breaking new residential course centred in developing, producing and distributing cross-media stories – stories that can span film, TV, online, mobile, gaming. The Lab is open to anyone with a strong track record in the European film and related media industries”
Topics of learning will include:
How [...]
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