Just Tripping Along The Freakazoid

Short interesting article that is important for eduators, users and all http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2010/11/curation_and_th.php Curation And The Human Web... Posted by Tom Foremski - November 16, 2010 from source - "There is no doubt in my mind that the topic of curation and the Internet, is an important one and that it will be a dominant topic in 2011. Curation is important because we are reaching the limits of what can be achieved through algorithms and machines in organizing and navigating the Internet."

so much going on - Bridging program I direct about to start at the high school, getting ready for my college classes, heading to Gen Con in a couple weeks, working on World of Depleted stories, wiki and more, excited about the Far West Kickstarter project, Held first meeting for starting up a shared storyworld, getting back to my writing group and more But, as I flit and flutter from one point to another, I came across this article http://cultureby.com/2007/01/cloudiness_of_s.html - Cloudiness: of selves, groups, networks and ideas by Grant. It is from Jan, 2011 and I meant to read it and talk about it way back then, but better late than never. Anyone interested in how the Internet, community, communication and culture are changing should at least can this article. He mentions the way we are turning into clouds of connections with all of the assorted methods we communicate these days. And the difference between self pre and post computer/digital communication. The author offers some...

I know I mentioned the rental film a couple blog posts ago and have the player and trailer link at the bottom of the blog. But the first 50 rentals also receive a copy of the song - “I Want to Destroy Something Beautiful,” by Josh Woodward. http://worldofdepleted.com/archives/1674 I really like the song, it fits the mood of the world

I'm in, anyone else up for some summer reading and discussion? via @Megaton_us Book Clubs & Coupons & Zombies, Oh My!: OK, technically, there are no zombies http://apclypt.ca/bxyBp There is a discount for the book and a group that will be ready for some reading!

So the day is here (yes the puns have begun) World of Depleted have released (well pre-release rental option) the feature film Day 419 - from the official site - http://worldofdepleted.com/contributor/world/canon/viking-productions Day 419 Description: Written and directed by World of Depleted co-founder, Jeremy Hanke, Day 419 follows the journey of forger Jenna Whitmore as she must discover the secrets her mentor Gavin has left for her, learn from her Dark Dreams, and get out of Maysbridge, KY alive! Length: 22 minutes Starring: Kat Carney, Eric Henninger, David Haney, Tim Smith Written by: Jeremy Hanke Directed by: Jeremy Hanke Stage: Completed Anticipated Release: July 17 2011 (Pre-Release Rental), July 22 – August 18, Episodic Serial Release (Four Parts) At the bottom of my blog is an embedded preview - they are using distrify to distribute - so I am learning a new media tool as well as watching a very cool movie!!!! - take a look at the preview below and if you like - you can pu...

So, I just backed http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Adamant/far-west-western-wuxia-mashup-adventure-game It looks really cool and sounds like a good game - it has the west angle and also the Wuxia theme. Anyone else planning on backing or interested in playing?

I strongly recommend people read this article http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2081784-1,00.html and please, let me know what you think.

As I work to catch up - I have added the links to my World of Depleted Stories to my story web site (go to http://home.comcast.net/~jstratton1/storywebsite/worldofdepleted/index.htm ) I still need to update the character bios (I like to add the bios as it makes it more like an RPG format and also if anyone ever wants to write these characters, it gives a bit of jump points). Also - here are the two official canon badges - thank you Craig, Jeremy and everyone else at Viking for helping me!!!!! Getting Business Done That's None of Your Business

Alright - I am way behind - but got to see a sneak preview of Day 419 (see http://worldofdepleted.com/archives/1626 As a thank you from that showing (and oooooo the film is awesome! So much revealed and lots of questions that demand answers...) we were given a swag pack of some awesome stuff. There was a special epilogue for the film with more story! and four songs from The Fall: world of Depleted Soundtrack The songs are from: Zero-Project - http://zero-project.gr/ Stacey Lux - http://worldofdepleted.com/archives/1614 Deathboy - http://www.deathboy.co.uk/ and there were two pieces of album art (included below) The one is the Dark Dreamers symbol - the second is a bit of a mystery (see http://worldofdepleted.com/archives/1638 This is something very positive about the WoD franchise - they make events special and end up delivering more than the standard entertainment. They also include their fans (LIKE ME!) in special events and with all sorts of goodies and fun! PLus, they keep the...

So - I am spending wayyyyy too much time away from technology during my vacation ;) while I am joking, I have not done much, so I am behind on all my lists, emails, stories and everything else - and probably will be until the end of July - so be patient and then I'll turn this dried up stream into a trickle and then hopefully a pretty good flowing creek :)