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Talk for TEDxTransmedia & Article for the IGDA
Helloooo! Although I’ve been head-down working on projects, I’ve managed to write an article and give a presentation. The International Game Developers Association asked me to write an article for their special issue on Alternate Reality Games. I decided to write about ‘Going Indie for Meaningfulness and Money‘. A while ago, I was also asked to [...]
I’ll be chatting on Tummelvision tomorrow!
I’m really looking forward to chatting about #transmedia on Tummelvision tomorrow. Tummler is a Yiddish word used to describe the act of catalyzing others to action. Tummelvision is a weekly Internet live podcast hosted by Heather Gold, Deb Schultz & Kevin Marks first on Leo Laporte’s TWiT Netcast Network and now independently. Why did it start? Heather, Deb [...]
Off to mentor at The Pixel Lab
I’m flying to the UK today to mentor at The Pixel Lab: The Cross-Media Film Workshop: The lab is aimed at European media professionals with a strong track record in their sector, and has a particular focus on the creation, finance and distribution of cross-media properties to create sustainable European media businesses. The Pixel Lab will [...]
The End of a Chapter, My Sahara
Seven years ago I started the thesis which I am today releasing to the world. The past seven years have been hard. I have worked day and night, seven days a week for years. Spent hundreds of hours watching, clicking and reading creative projects; read tons and tons of books and research papers for lots [...]
Cartoons on the Bay, Eurovision TV Summit and TEDxTransmedia
I’m flying to Portofino, Italy to participate in Cartoons on the Bay: the International Television and Cross-Media Animation Festival. I’m on the Scientific Committee judging the Pucinella Awards with an amazing panel. The nominations for the awards have been released in the press here and here. I’ll also be doing a Masterclass on Friday 16th, [...]
My Super First Day
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 helpful or [...]
Training wheels off!
Ever since I submitted my PhD in December, I’ve allowed myself to go through a necessary and needed transformation. The PhD mind-set was intense for me, not just because of the amount of mental work involved with a PhD and birthing a major creation, but also because of all the career-building work I did at [...]
Update!: PhD submitted & now in the US for MLA and Microsoft SCS
Whew!! I did it!!!!! I finally submitted my PhD!!!!!! It has been a crazy few years finishing that thesis writing up and doing all the travel and work stuff at the same time. I’ll share more about the content of my thesis, the research and writing process and lessons learned soon. I’ll also be sharing [...]
What’s Happening?!
Hello! Well, it has been a long time between posts and so you’re all probably wondering what is going on. As you know, I’ve been working on getting my PhD finished. I’ve had a few things delay its completion and so it isn’t done yet. But since I’ve been a hermit for so long, and [...]
Report on Social Web Foo Camp 2009
A couple of months ago I was fortunate to be invited to the O’Reilly Social Web FOO Camp in San Francisco. Australian new media arts organisation dLux Media Arts was one of my sponsors for the trip, and so I’ve published my report on their site: http://bit.ly/fId0HÂ Enjoy!
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