Just Tripping Along The Freakazoid

Ok so I posted about World of Depleted QR codes yesterday and then today this comes out from Google and it has been discovered there is a QR Easter egg code associated with it... Wow - weird convergences are always freak-a-leeky Blog on the new service googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/2010/09/google-url-shortener-gets-website.html Tweet about the easter egg from @mattcutts - Secret goo.gl easter egg: take a link like http://goo.gl/LFwS and add ".qr" to get a QR code! See http://goo.gl/LFwS.qr

Ok so I am collecting QR Codes associated with World of Depleted - what do they mean and has anyone else found any or have ideas on their meaning? 1 - This half was revealed at Gavin's journal - worldofdepleted.com/Gavin/ 2 - Through an email contact with Gavin around the 17th, this QR code brought up a question - who are the neo-palidins (or is it paladins) - I thought it was the complete part of the half code, but the blocking seems different - so perhaps Gavin's journal code is not yet revealed 3 - I replied to the email and a few days later, Gavin sent another email with only a QR code - 4. The new teaser trailer for World of Depleted: Day 419 www.youtube.com/user/WorldofDepleted had a QR code (a little tilted as I captured it from the movie) - it seems to be the same that was sent to me by Gavin.... 5. I received this badge and also have the file to make it a t-shirt transfer today (anyone want a copy? Make a cool t shirt and embrace the secret code of well whatever th...

OK so got an awesome email that included this nifty badge (I am attempting to put it on my blog and everywhere else too) :P as well as some neat transfers that I hope to put to good use as soon as I get a few free minutes. I am still trying to find the little Easter Eggs left hiding in the words and pictures and videos, and I am learning a lot as I research topics I never would have otherwise - GAH there is a lot out there - sooo much to explore, so little time to journey

So watching the teaser trailer for World of Depleted: Day 419 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjonIswzO44 around 20 seconds in a symbol flashes on the screen In trying to figure out if this has anything to do with the message in the QR code shown in the trailer and the Neo-Palidins (or is it a paladin... :) I am currently favoring that perhaps there is a link to the following (image from http://rediscoveringthebible.com/ ) This is the Chi-Ro cross and has many possible connections and ideas. In Gavin's journal there are some musings on the Knight Templars and such... so, this could be an interesting link But still looking for a good link or image with the cross in a circle - thoughts? lastly - just for fun, wouldn't it be a hoot if that symbol was related to the anarchy one hehe

The new school year is about to begin (next week) and the class I wrote combining the concepts of Environmental Science with transmedia will be offered. I want to document, as best as possible, how things go with the course as well as work on ideas associated with the overall concept. In addition, I hope to collect resources and ideas as I go along. That said, I welcome any and all ieas and comments - I'll probably move the longer, more detailed blogs to the transmedia in education blog, but keep notifications here. As a reminder - here is the curriculum - issuu.com/docwho2100/docs/environ_lite_and_transmedia_edu and here is the other blog - transmediaeducation.blogspot.com/

Just found this project - take a look and help spread the word FROM THE PROJECT SITE - Calling all Cowgirls!! Wanna see funny and hot girls riding horses, shooting guns and playing cowgirl? Hell Yeah! Then here's your chance to help produce an all girl western webseries! From the writers and producers who brought you 3Way, LadyCops, South of Nowhere and Wave Babes, comes an all girl comedy western webseries "Cowgirl Up." www.tellofilms.com/content/project-description/cowgirl

so my writing friend and I have come up with a new villain "The Tea Sipper" - guard your tea - the Tea Sipper may slurp when least expected - and of course the bad puns are continuing as we "milk" this idea to death - how did it start? I am contemplating giving up my ice teas I get while out so I can support this neat webseries (more to come on that in another post) but I made a bad goof about saying I don't purchase all my tea and so I am a secret tea sipper going through places to sneak a slurp from other's teas and on other topic I like many of the thoughts the author brings up - maybe we all should think about how culture is changing - http://bit.ly/d9v7wF

Whew - numbers are always out there and have interesting patterns and swirls I passed 100,000 miles this week My websites all passed "numbers" in terms of viewers I am almost 40 and well I could go on - what numbers are important to you and why?

very awesome project and really uses videos/map/photos and interaction well, the story is right there for you to touch http://projects.usatoday.com/news/katrina/#/prologue/epigraph/a-perfect-hurricane

history repeats? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_miscegenation.svg

YAY I got my moving papers for TilttheTown! http://tiltthemovie.wordpress.com/tilt-the-town/ I am a full fledged resident now ;) I am red 42 on the map - backer 142 (give me a holler @geologylady on twitter anytime and come "visit" me). Where is this town and what does that mean? Wellllll - there was this Kickstarter Project (see here www.kickstarter.com/projects/PhilHolbrook/tilt-an-independent-thriller-from-brainerd-mn ) to fund this movie called TILT. Reading through the description and watching the little video gave me a heads up this looked to be a very cool movie. They just needed some crowdfunding help - ala Kickstarter. Now these are not just people begging for money and holding out hats (well maybe they do that too, I am not sure what they do when not insanely busy getting ready for the movie and creating a whole world ala TILTtheTown and not sure I would want to know what they do :-P anyhoos.... One of the beauties of Kickstarter is you get something for helpi...

Check out this awesome new "contest" from the Tilt movie people - tiltthemovie.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/tilts-indie-movie-cameo-contest/ A little glimpse from the site - " Y’all ready for this? The TILT team is happy to announce…a new contest! Within our indie thriller TILT, we’ve included a few scenes where characters watch movies. What does this mean for you if you’re an indie film maker? It means we want to showcase YOUR movie in OUR movie." Check out the link for more specifics - this is yet another cool way to bring people "into" the movie - nice!!!!!

so thinking about my upcoming birthday trip and also found this tool: zoom.it/pages/about/ It creates quick link to photos and such you can zoom in and out. For example - zoom.it/yygR Also - the example photo I used came from this neat site www.virtualtourist.com/ (here is specific photo link - members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/a7614/

One of the people I am writing with brought up a song by which got me listening to her for tonight. Wanted to share a couple of her songs. First up - Invincible, take a moment and listen to the lyrics of this song - if you have someone to sing it to - go and do it, if not, may you find someone someday you can : ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmAc-ET8J_E&feature=related And there is www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX98DqGd2fY&feature=channel - the video is cool - it shows people stuck in ruts - repeating the same actions - and the opening line - When at a fork in the road... words I've been thinking about a lot but the chorus is advice for anyone, sometimes all you can do is give a shoulder.... but anyhoos - go give a listen, go outside, look at the clouds or stars and just, listen ;)

Phew - finished training staff for the summer bridging program - showed them the Drive animated video features Dan Pink's talk on motivation (I highly recommend that video) - the training seemed to go well. The third unit is forensics so I will have another neat crossover between work and the writing and other fun stuff I love to do. Summoned for Jury duty for sept 27 - I served not too long ago and that I during school so seeing if it can be deferred. Trying to get the online Oceanography course set - we switched to a new learning management system called Desire 2 Learn and have to do a complete conversion. I use wikis and blogs heavily in my course and they are having major issues with that. The moodle server at my high school I having issues so we have to reset and redo And need to start creating the Blackboard course for my Earth science and GIS classes at the one community college and the physical science and environmental class at the other community college. I will be usi...

I am asking everybody I know to go check out this project - www.kickstarter.com/projects/PhilHolbrook/tilt-an-independent-thriller-from-brainerd-mn It has a great transmedia/crowdfunding/just awesome piece to it in the concept of TILT Town and being able to become "part" of the story The idea of having a "character" in TILT Town is awesome along with the concept of the story - They have to meet their goal by August 6th or else everything is refunded (That is the way Kickstarter works). So hurry and go and support - then we all can "live" in Tilt Town : ) Check this link for more - tiltthemovie.wordpress.com/tilt-the-town/ I'll copy a bit from the website's summary - "all started with a nightmare - my nightmare. And now I'm turning it into a feature length thriller that explores the question: WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR YOUR FAMILY? THE STORY: Paul hasn't connected with his daughter for over 10 years, but when their world is turned u...

I watched something very interesting yesterday. Something I have seen in a few other places and disguises; something I wonder if I shall see more of. I jumped in on the Flynn Lives – Tron legacy ARG yesterday as a page on the Flynn Lives site was counting down to zero. I was sooooo excited and in high anticipation. When it reached zero – a couple of things happened – an "access'"gate appeared (not what I want to talk about) and the twitter stream/facebook wall for the operationtron – Flynn Lives ARG began transmitting. I was like ohhhh cool – this is real time interaction. That right there was the first rub – what about all the people sleeping, or working, or not at a digital device? Eh, ah well, their loss, right? On facebook, people were starting to comment and get excited. Then, as the event unfolded, the mood of the group changed. It turns out instructions were tweeted for people to go to certain locations in San Diego and photograph themselves with different ...

Here is a link to the curriculum I wrote for a class that uses transmedia delivery and project-based learning as a major part of the classroom structure. It is an exciting course and I can not wait for the new school year. If you are interested, or have ideas, or would like the materials/resources and other items I have for the course, please give a holler. I want to make this course the best it can be for the students as well as using the concepts of transmedia in the classroom. Here is the link and also trying below to see if it embeds - issuu.com/docwho2100/docs/environ_lite_and_transmedia_edu I am also playing with Issuu - an online publishing tool - let me know what you think about Issuu as well!!!! Open publication - Free publishing - More transmedia

Whew – trying to jump back on the work horse after being away for three week is not easy – especially when, as with any large family, there were many ups and downs during the family visit. On the work front – I am working on figuring out how to use these portable Nova devices we have to integrate into the environmental science / transmedia course as well as learning Moodle to use as the learning management system (LMS) for the course delivery/content. My dream is using something more like an iPad (anyone know of any grants I just want one classroom set, nothing tooooo big ;) I will not have a print textbook, rather a set of digital materials as well as the approach that students will be finding much of the information and bringing it to the class rather than I am just spoon feeding them. This is, IMO, a very important piece of some "transmedia-like" systems. The content comes from multiple places, and is generated as much by the user as the guide/puppetmaster/teacher/creator,...

ok yes I am still bad for updating - currently in AZ on 3 week vacation so I am all off on my routine, which means the transmedia resources is not being updated, my writing is not been worked on, and so on on the plus side - enjoying the vacation and getting lots of ideas for when back did add a few items to www.transmediaresources.com and also working on presentation for transmedia for July 17th conference - hooray plus there are a few projects peeps should check out Western X (awesome show that is coming) www.westernxtheshow.com/ and twitter.com/WesternXTheShow 3Way TV (great webseries and more may be coming) http://www.3waytv.tv/ and http://twitter.com/3WayTV Socks Inc. New ARG/transmedia/what the bleep is this project coming soon - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimbabb/socks-inc-an-alternate-reality-game and http://twitter.com/Socks_Inc oh and today is social Media day - and started a facebook group for transmedia resources