| Well,not quite ‘death’but an indefinite hiatus. I’m powering down this blog for a few reasons,one of which is my desire to finish my PhD. I’ve tried for the last year and a half to do PhD writing and work and this blog,but found the mindsets are somewhat incompatable. I’ve decided therefore [...] One of the presentations I really enjoyed at perthDAC 2007 (which I reviewed here) was Axel Brun’s ‘The Future is User-Led’. In particular,I appreciated his ‘common characteristics’of Blogs,Wikipedia and Second Life. Here is his ppt: The full paper is online [PDF] and detail about the book this paper [...] After my post about highly regarded fan fiction,it was interesting to note Tony Walsh’s post about Microsoft’s ‘Game Content Usage Rules’. People wanting to create machinima using XBox 360 are warned: You can’t add to the game universe or expand on the story told in the game with “lost chapters” or back story or [...] | Recent &Upcoming EventsTransmedia Experience Design,16th Sept,RMIT,MelbourneTransmedia Week,Cyfle,25th Sept,UK (remote)Digital Writers' Conference,Emerging Writers' Festival,15th Oct,Brisbane (remote)Department of Infomatics,Umea University,25th Sept-10th Oct,SwedenCinekid Professional Conference,18-19th October,AmsterdamInternational Women in Digital Media Summit,23-25 Oct,Ontario,CanadaDIYDAYS,28 Oct,LA,USAStoryworld Conference,31 Oct-2Nov,San Francisco,USA Recent Posts- New publication:Hand Made High Tech
- Announcing UC101′s first “playful story”:Authentic in All Caps:)
- July Update:My forthcoming project,Litopia,SWC,Ozco,Aphids,Coney,TMV,Crossover…
- Update:Awards,Articles &Events
- Transmedia writing article for if:book Australia
- Gettin’it Going:Transmedia Victoria
- Talk for TEDxTransmedia &Article for the IGDA
- Big Update!
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- Video interview on Adapt Weekly
- Client testimonial:End of the World Entertainment
- Next Appearances:Cartoons on the Bay,TEDxTransmedia,Eurovision TV Summit
- I’m consulting for Openindie!
- Mentoring at The Pixel Lab:The Cross-Media Film Workshop
- My preso for Reboot:)
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