christy Michael Betcherman, the Toronto writer and film-maker who was co-author of the popular email fiction: Daughters of Freya, as released a new story. Suzanne is available to experience now (for US$4.99). It is a comedy that is delivered to you through emails, with links to online newspaper articles, photos etc. In other words, it is … Read moreEmail Fiction: 'Suzanne' is out now
Sandra Hanchard, analyst for Hitwise Asia Pacific, responded to my post about cross-media bundling by offering some stats on what areas of entertainment are most searched for on the Net. The idea being that those with the greatest amount of interest on the Net shows that people are actively looking for other information and other media … Read moreHitwise on Cross-Media Bundling
I’ve attended many industry conferences that claim to be addressing the theme of ‘cross-media’ and ‘transmedia’. I’ve also assessed the schedules of those I haven’t attended from afar. I have not seen one that really understands what it is, and so they do not select the right speakers or ask the right questions. Well, I’m … Read moreBest Transmedia Conference Ever!
Christopher Penn of The Financial Aid Podcast did a Xmas gift podcast on C.C. Chapman’s Managing the Gray podcast on the topic of ‘Channel Fragmentation and Brand‘. It provides a very entry-level description with some mixed metaphors, but it is nevertheless good to see…hear.
The web is buzzing (well, parts of it) with gossip about a project that is in beta-test mode. The Venice Project is…um…I can’t really say because they’re not. This is what they do say: We’re working on a project that combines the best things about television with the social power of the internet – a … Read moreSssh: The Venice Project
Just saw this whilst doing a browse of one of my favourite online gadget stores: Phobile. It is a large old-style receiver that you connect to your mobile so you can use it during calls. So cool. I can’t wait to get one…just waiting to find out if my phone is compatable as it isn’t … Read moreI want a Phobile!
There has been alot of talk about ‘disaggregation’, of the unbundling of content, and the subsequent phenomenon of micro payments and so on. What this refers to is services like iTunes that offer the user/consumer/iPodian the opportunity to purchase a single song rather than the whole album. Or one can purchase a single article rather … Read moreFrom Disaggregation to Cross-Media Bundling
Over the hols I read a few books, one of which is a book by Dan Shaffer: Designing for Interaction (thanks Larissa). It provides a good overview of the area but doesn’t go into depth. I appreciated the clear descriptions of the various approaches to the area though. This post, however, is not a review. … Read moreTransmedia & Interaction Design
The Association of Internet Researchers CFP for the 2007 conference is out. The conference is themed ‘Let’s Play’: We call for papers, panel proposals, and resentations from any discipline, methodology, and community, and from conjunctions of multiple disciplines, methodologies and communities, that address the (playful) blurring of boundaries online. It will be held on Oct … Read moreAOIR 8.0: Let's Play CFP
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