I was starting to read an article by Robin Good entitled, “How To Be Happy Without Becoming A Monk — 10 Things I Have Changed To Live A More Self-Directed Life,” but got no further than the first item: Stop Being Dependent-Addicted To Old Media: Drop all time-wasting devices that … Continue reading
Category Archives: Digital/Multimedia Storytelling
iTales: Identity Crisis?
Since I’m trying to do holiday-themed entries this week, let’s file this one under “Possible gifts that I’m not sure I support.” iTales appears to be a relatively new story site that is slick in appearance. Unlike most (if not all) the story sites I’ve cited in A STORIED CAREER, … Continue reading
Digi-Scrapping: Who Knew?
I never cease to come upon new forms of and uses for storytelling. Just discovered a site and blog called We Are Storytellers, which focuses on “digital scrapbooking” or “digi-scrapping,” which I’d never heard of. The illustrations of digi-scrapping pages look as though they are photos of paper scrapbook pages, … Continue reading
Best Ways to Tell Family Stories with Photos
Family history has been on my mind of late. My sister Robin has been doing quite a bit of genealogical research, as well as scanning old photos and artifacts. We have fragments of family-history Web sites online, but I’m getting ready for a major revamp, re-design, and consolidation. The author … Continue reading
Things I Like about Tokoni (and a Few Things I Don’t)
Tokoni is a story-sharing site that’s about a year old and has ties to eBay (investments, plus its founders were eBay execs). I like Tokoni as it offers features that could easily keep one absorbed for hours. The full “about us” description of Tokoni appears below, but here are my … Continue reading
Two Activities/Story Prompts with Visual Materials
Here are two activities I’ve come across focusing on visual storytelling: Photobooth Stories: This activity was an assignment for a class called Intermedia I in the Communication Studies Department at Concordia University. I’m guessing that the assignment was to tell a story using the 4 shots takes in a photo … Continue reading
Recent Discoveries: Storytelling Tools and Venues
Opportunities for folks to tell their stories on the Internet appear endless. I discover new ones at least weekly. Here are a few recent finds, most of which also appear on my sidebar (descriptions are in the words of the originators): VUVOX is an easy to use production and instant … Continue reading
What is the Holy Grail of Online Content?
Not too long ago (although I have been percolating this posting for longer than I care to admit), Reuben Steiger wrote a blog entry asking, Has the Internet Failed as a Storytelling Medium? Steiger was trying to hire a creative director, but found that many of his candidates had “gaping … Continue reading
The Web’s Secret Stories
I’ve been super-swamped this last week and feel like I haven’t given my best to my blog entries, but I have vowed to blog every day. I won’t say enough or as much as I want to about this one, but at least I am sharing. This TED talk features … Continue reading
Storytelling and the Death of Newspapers
I am a newspaper reader and have been since I was 7 years old (I learned a certain sad truth about Santa Claus by reading Dear Abby). I intend to be a newspaper reader until the day I die. I am old enough that I believe newspapers will still be … Continue reading