Christy Dena

I’ve gone a bit New Year crazy and posted four items on UC101:

Ep 002: Transcript of Evan Jones Interview

The first is the text transcript of Evan Jones’s interview – he’s got some great quotes in there (and my conversational style doesn’t translate too well) :/

Admin Update: What’s Happening?

The admin update is a quick overview of what I think this exciting area needs, changes to the UC101 site and a call for contributors. So let me know if you’re interested!

Launching Strategy: Birth Your Alternate Reality in an ARG Community

The launching strategy post is the first in single-topic articles that share some of the lessons learnt so far. In this article I tackle how one can get around the ‘hoax’ issue in ARGs.

Possibility Post: Will Integrated Media Homes Kick the Holodeck’s Butt?

This article is the first exploring possibilities for the future. In particular I look at storytelling and gaming possibilities in a media integrated home.

I look forward to hearing any feedback and ideas you may have.

A new blog has started, with a journalism lens:

Crossmediablog.com is an initiative of the School of Journalism, a division of the Hogeschool Utrecht in the Netherlands. Under supervision of crossmedia professor John Driedonks we will cover the ‘2007 Crossmedia Storrytelling Conference’ in Mechelen in a crossmedia way. Our reports will be a functional combination of, print, audio, photo and video.

Although it seems they are viewing ‘crossmedia’ as ‘multimedia’ or multiple media modes, rather than platforms, they may…however…discover some interesting stuff.

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Just discovered this new blog by Mark Iddon, who describes himself as a ‘multiplatform developer’ who has been working in the TV industry for 7 years (cool):

I’m currently a Multiplatform developer in the UK TV industry and have previously worked as a producer/developer in mainly children’s TV working in the UK and Canada.

He describes his blog as follows:

Welcome to my blog. THE blog when it comes to my Multiplatform shenanigans.

“What is Multiplatform?” You may ask. Good question. I work in the TV broadcast industry in the UK as a developer working with TV, Online, Mobile and Radio… Hence the ‘Multiplatform’ bit. In the ever changing world of TV production things have had to broaden out so that ‘content’ reigns supreme and the platforms for which it is made are becoming as diverse as Kylie’s hot pant collection.

The purpose of this blog is to bring together things of interest to those I work with and those who are interested in the exciting goings on in the world of multiplatform production. I hope to post interesting sites and news I have found alongside any insights that I gain in my day-to-day existence as a developer.

Great stuff Mark, I look forward to lurking on your blog.

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