Read an interesting, thought-provoking, lengthy blog post by Austin Kleon from last fall in which he equates storytelling with “world-building.” His argument reminded me of my musings from a few weeks ago in which I questioned whether digital storytelling is a genre or form of applied storytelling as opposed to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling: Other
First Wordle of the Obama Era
Here’s this week’s word cloud/tag cloud from Wordle.net based on A Storied Career:
My Inauguration Story
1:05 p.m.: I’ve been watching coverage since a little after 7 a.m. Barack Obama has now been our president for a little over an hour. It’s a day of great emotion, and I wish I could blog in front of the TV, but my laptop chose today to commit suicide. … Continue reading
Friday Wordle for a Freezing Nation
The entire US seems to very cold. Here in Central Florida, January is usually our coldest month, but this month began with unseasonably warm weather. While not enjoyable, it is somehow fitting that we are finally experiencing typical January temperatures. We’re not as cold as the rest of the nation, … Continue reading
Gators-Are-National-Champs Wordle
Still on a high (despite feeling slightly flu-ish) from last night’s college football national championship game, from which the Florida Gators emerged triumphant. Here’s this week’s word cloud/tag cloud based on A Storied Career.
Happy Anniversary to SMITH and Good News about the Alligator
A couple of followups on publications I’ve blogged about in the past: A couple of days late, but happy anniversary to SMITH magazine, which celebrated its third anniversary on “National Smith Day,” a day to celebrate Smiths, famous and not, on Jan. 6. SMITH is celebrating with a new book … Continue reading
First Wordle of the New Year
This week’s word cloud/tag cloud from Wordle.net based on A Storied Career:
Simply the Best 2008 Entry in A Storied Career (?)
I stumbled upon a group writing project at ConfidentWriting.com in which bloggers are asked to choose their best entry of 2008 and, in 30 words or fewer, finish the sentence, “This post is simply the best because ….” I chose my post about an article in The American Scholar titled … Continue reading
Boxing Day Wordle
Happy Boxing Day. Here’s this week’s word cloud/tag cloud Wordle (from Wordle.net) based on the content of A Storied Career.
A Christmas Wish for the Newspaper Industry, and especially The Alligator
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