Just Tripping Along The Freakazoid

Ok - finally getting around to really organizing the resources I have been collecting. There is so much out there (so many wonderful blogs, voices and resources) and so many are working to bring these resources together - I just wanted a place I could quickly locate info - basically this is nothing more than a fancy list - do not expect flashy stuff, I am sure someone out there will come along and make a Fantabulous site, but for now.... I will list them here - sites.google.com/site/transmediaresources/ and of course the web series aspect and my detailed transmedia story maps will still be here - home.comcast.net/~DOCWHO2000/index.html - I am working on cleaning that up and adding a few visuals as well as other info to them Right now, there is nothing much there, more a skeleton. It will take a bit of time (I do work a few other jobs) to really organize things, so give me some time, or if anyone is interested in helping.... : )

well - trying to collect resources and then find a nice format to use to organize and make it useful and more than what is currently out there - which is more a blog type of format - not to say that is bad - just looking for a easy to navigate clearing house sort of format because there is a BOATLOAD of stuff out there but found this - nice list of transmedia and advertising - www.bigspaceship.com/blog/think/further-reading-on-advertising-transmedia/

I would like to thank @zenfilms via twitter for this link - http:// remotedevice.net/blog/arg-readings-and-reflections-an-annotated-bibliography/ - it is a great list for ARG resources and maybe doing something like that or like the ehow for Augmented Reality I just posted for transmedia would be good Also need to work on working visuals into the story maps and oooohhh I need to step back and add some disclaimers warning people that the TSM have spoilers and do reveal the story a bit.... - was thinking about that yesterday..... in wanting to collect resources, am I unintentionally messing up the writer's story????? also - a neat article from @mangababe vis twitter regarding social media - taliadevault.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/the-how-tos-of-social-media/

This looks nice - www.ehow.com/list_5790131_types-augmented-reality.html

this might prove to be time sucking and interesting or just sucking - lol - http:// thisunrealcity.com/

edit 2/24/2010 - I am collecting the resources below and many more and trying to add a little order to the massive chaos locate here - sites.google.com/site/transmediaresources/ anyone wanna help??? --------------------------------------- Ok - I am working on a Transmedia/Transmedia storytelling page for Mahalo.com - http:// www.mahalo.com/transmedia . I am waiting to see if it is accepted and I become that page's manager. Below is the general stuff i submitted - I'll cull it a bit and add it to the Transmedia page on my web series site - but for someone wanting some info - lots of links and some more work at trying to consolidate all of the massive info out there ------------- Transmedia is a very vague term that is often used in many different ways leading to the need to use the surrounding context to determine meaning. The most general definition can be taken as media delivered in multiple formats/platforms; content is delivered to the intended audience using multiple m...

Found a good article by Carlos Scolari on transmedia - it makes my head go poof in a few places and need to reread it a few more times - especially the parts about semotics and narratology - uses the show/universe 24 as an example and does a good job - I like a couple of the figures and also the table he uses got me to thinking that for the transmedia story maps I am working on - if possible, a universe timeline might be cool if it could be created - it could not be a complete linear feature because some things happen concurrently - so using geology dating principles, more of a relative tiem scale than an absolute one - although many sources might include multiple time points - so how to organize those???? a visual transmedia map more refining on the website it seems ; ) http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/viewFile/477/336

Ok - I kinda mentioned this before - but I now have time that I really want to organize this. The idea is fairly simply - taking a "page" from book clubs (yes the bad puns have begun) - a web series is selected - watched by the group and discussed 9everything from did you like/not like to commenting about the themes, the way the series was made, how it was distributed and o on - both content and production conversations). In theory - every member takes a turn picking a web series. They Moderate the series - meaning - they provide the info for viewing - they pick what to watch (If it is a longer series are we just watching one season or what) and they have to create kick off discussion topics (these would be used to generate discussion about the web series). So - I am sending this out semi-official - I am looking for two types of people. One - people interested in organizing this and helping iron out details and setup (how are discussions done meaning do we try for both re...

Ok - so this looks cool and I still would love to have a transmedia/Web series but Fan oriented festival, convention, whatevers out in this area - if anyone ever knows of thing - let me know :P www.lawebfest.com/

with the rush and buzz this year to knowing where you are - this is a real danger - mashable.com/2010/02/17/pleaserobme/ what do you think?

This is the fourth part of an interview by Henry Jenkins talking about new media literacy - the entire series is very good - this part is especially interesting as the point about online/digital and does it promote isolation or community building is addressed - I think it can do both, depending on how a person uses/embraces the medium henryjenkins.org/2010/02/learning_in_a_participatory_cu_1.html

Some awesome collections of social media images and charts and graphics www.flickr.com/photos/24147824@N04/galleries/72157623185948538 www.flickr.com/photos/sussexmatt/galleries/72157622755735997 www.flickr.com/photos/workpooljobs/galleries/72157623233544736

Check this out... www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/24800/?a=f

And so falls another online video company - soon who will be left???? And how well the average joe like me access entertainment? It's getting a little scary people.... www.webseriesnetwork.com/profiles/blogs/veoh-shuts-down-lays-off

Here are a couple of interesting resources I have stumbled on 1. A Twitter Panel About Film Distribution in the Digital Age - rosspruden.com/infdist/ - from the link - #infdist stands for Infinite Distribution, an online panel about the future of film distribution. Read the panel here . RSS feed here . #infdist is only on Twitter . This panel has no defined place or time—and it never concludes. Discussions & debate are ongoing. Some questions the #infdist panel will address: When digital copies can be infinitely distributed, how can the film business adapt? Will some of the studios go belly up? Which film buyers will adapt first? How much & how quickly will exhibitors be affected? What role will P2P networks play? Will harsh measures like Britain's Digital Economy Bill accomplishing anything? 2. www.argology.org/2010/02/11/take-the-arg-demographic-survey/ - a survey that is working to see who really is into ARG (alternate reality games a major transmedia source) and ...

Interesting stats about where and what people watch regarding online video - the morphing of how we have entertainment delivered continues.... http://newteevee.com/2010/02/10/comscore-most-online-video-viewing-happens-in-the-long-tail/

I have been following this the last few days and will be curious to see the ripples - but it begs the questions I have been swirling around of late - how durable are transmedia narratives in terms of longevity and having all parts of the story available. Here is a recent victim and the lesson of nothing is really free - Reise (an awesome series and hopign it comes back) news.tubefilter.tv/2010/02/05/riese-pulled-down-from-web-by-new-distributor / - but now, is the ARG that goes with Reise stranded? Will it become a condition where part of the story is more accessible than others? I am working on a transmedia story map for Port City PD and it is another example - the original podcasts are gone as it has been picked up by a European TV station - so yes, it has new life, but... parts are now missing or being reworked - which again as we have seen time and time again, reworked, rebooted, re what ever you call it series are not really a full transmedia narrative but an adaptation. So as we...

ok so watching this and also enjoying fruity - this is very confusing hehehehe www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlJH81dSiw&feature=related

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35258282/ns/technology_and_science-space/ hey my sisters - look like something mom would have loved - think she would have geeked out over the Internet? I do... she'd be pushing a lot of buttons - miss you mom

Visual charts and graphs - this one about who is using the internet mashable.com/2010/02/02/state-of-the-internet-image/

thanks to @mangababe over at twitter for this - this is..... the future? A bad idea? A good one? The inevitable? what do y'all think? complicationsensue.blogspot.com/2010/02/canada-goes-multiplatform-or-message-is.html

Just put up a new transmedia story map for The Book of Jer3miah - home.comcast.net/~DOCWHO2000/moreinfopages/bookofjer3miah.html - yes i am still updating my web series page :P i am still interested in transmedia web series and narratives hehe - just been busy Some thoughts came up as I was writing the review - here are a few --------------- This (the book of Jer3miah) is an interesting mix of academics, entertainment, transmedia, religion and culture. This was born in a classroom and spiraled from there. The web series is the central piece and can be viewed and understood with out any of the other pieces (I purposely viewed the series through first, as I usually do, to see if it can be followed). A lot of the transmedia sources offer more about the culture and religion (such as the Ark in America and Where is Brother Dayman) aspects than the fictional story in the web series. Also, some of the puzzles had a definite geolocation lock (the BYU campus). Something that more transmedia n...

Ok - so, we had a few speed bumps and did not quite stay on time (we are still on day one - but we will catch up) - and a few blooper lines and out of order cues - but that makes it fun (and different from the Home Alone Project as they automated everything - which for a more professional storytelling event I would recommend as we only have the main script and coming up with tweets on the fly. Overall I am having a blast, I really like this, from the behind the scenes tech, to the actual posting and writing. Trying to think off all the tech details and grab pics and learn all sorts of things (like how to put unicode characetrs into tweets) is awesome and I like learning new stuff. Then, trying to convert a movie and script to twitter is a great thought experiment - plus we get to do a little improv in adding certain thoughts and little lines. NO WE ARE NOT MST3K'ing this - although that would be a fun project too - but we are doing a little RP with certain lines and scenes We sho...

Ok - so about to start up this geeky valentine's day - social media, transmedia - storytelling event :P come join, play, watch, comment (we take good and bad) - enjoy some info - home.comcast.net/~DOCWHO2000/joevsthevolcano.html The project list to follow the story - twitter.com/joevsthevolcano/joe-v-the-volcano-project - you do not need a twitter account to follow the story We are loosely trying it in real timw - we are a bit delayed starting today - but it will play out over the course of 11 days just as in the movie - with the climax happening on Valentine' day hehe So come on and try a different kidna storytelling

This is a great talk and I tend to go for the filter failure idea myself!!!! so - how will technology, media and the world deal with making the filters better?? Anyone have ideas? I do ;) http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/

so stumbled on this - anyone else know about it? http://thewhuffiebank.org/