In his Digital Storytelling Cookbook, Joe Lambert talks about today’s “story fragments:” …we are bombarded with millions of indigestible, literally unmemorable, story fragments every time we pick up a phone, bump into a friend, watch TV, listen to the radio, read a book or a newspaper, or browse the Web. … Continue reading
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Personal Mythology in the Stars: Jonathan Harris’ Universe
I’ve highlighted Jonathan Harris’ technologically mind-blowing storytelling projects and platforms in this space before. Just learned of one I hadn’t checked out before, Universe. Here, you type in a word or phrase and see it depicted using the “metaphor of an interactive night sky.” Your word or phrase is depicted … Continue reading
The Story of a Year Told with One Photo a Day
Flickr has a cool group project in which group members each day take a self portrait, tag it with “365days,” and submit it. Below a small selection from a member with the screen name “everythingsjustjake.” I love this idea. What a fantastic way to tell the story of a year … Continue reading
Q&As-Return-Monday Wordle
Along with publishing this week’s word cloud/tag cloud from Wordle based on A STORIED CAREER, I offer a reminder that Phase II of my Q&A series will commence Monday with a Q&A with Michael Margolis of Thirsty-Fish.
Storytelling Find-o-Rama
Four interesting story-related finds that have come across my computer screen in the past few days: Rooftop Confessions: I’ve blogged about sites where folks can tell their personal stories, including sites like Alpha Women, which logs rather racy confessions. But this is the first site I’ve seen in which confessions … Continue reading
Readers Weigh in on Storytelling’s Next Big Thing
I’m pleased that my little survey widget on my sidebar has gleaned a few responses — and not as much spam as I’d feared. I asked: What do you think will be the next significant development in applied storytelling? Here are readers’ responses: I imagine something that draws on creativity…the … Continue reading
Get Your Red-Hot Story Goodies Here
Here’s a collection of recent story-related finds — all free, I’m pretty sure: The Science of Presentations Nice slideshow with audio about creating preserntations that cater to the way people actually learn; hence, stories are effective in presentations. Audio wasn’t great for me, but that could be my computer. Story-Selling … Continue reading
Are We Now in the New Storytelling Economy?
Just read a fascinating and resonant (to me anyway) article by Frank A. Mills in the online Urban Paradoxes magazine (reprinted from the blog Flaneur). (Beware that some of the links in the article are a bit funky). In the article, “Quantum Storytelling: The New Way of Thinking,” Mills asserts … Continue reading
Just Some Nice Words about Story
I have no commentary about the following, no questions, no critique. I just like these words about story and storytelling from novelist Laini Taylor: Isn’t “story” a beautiful word? I think it likely that some day I will get it tattooed somewhere on my body. I like the idea of … Continue reading
Why Do You Want to Reunite with That Special Person? Tell Your Story
Pipl is a well-regarded “people search engine” that helps folks find other folks. A section of Pipl that collects stories asks users to “Tell us your story and explain why is it really important for you to reunite with the person you’re looking for.” Definitely an interesting idea, and the … Continue reading