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Groundhog Day

I’ve just finished up a round of lectures for INFO525, our ‘Intro to Technology‘ course in the Information Studies Programme. Our programme has a significant distance component – which for this paper means that each lecture is given three times: on campus for students studying here at Kelburn (Monday afternoon), online via audio conferencing for [...]

Transmedia for libraries?

Of course The Matrix, Lost, and Doctor Who are EXACTLY THE SAME as Brooklyn Museum and Nottingham City Museums and Galleries! This week I’ve just given a lecture that brazenly linked ideas I’ve been thinking about for ages concerning Transmedia Storytelling with Libraries and Museums. TV and Movies, Erik Boekesteijn from the Delft Public Library, [...]

The otherwalls ch3 p08

X|Media|Lab, Film Xtended

I’ve posted all my notes from the fantastic conference I just attended while in Melbourne – to flickr. There was a really amazing line-up of speakers, and I’m really looking forward to going back over these notes later on, and adding my thoughts and annotations. For now, though, here they are raw. Any comments and [...]

Drawing the museum…

Jem and I have been visiting Te Papa on the weekends to practice our drawing skills! (I'll get better at it soon...)

A Transmedia Design Career?

During May, I applied for a pretty amazing job at an exhibition design firm located here in Wellington, Story Inc. I took a week off work, and put together an extensive application, complete with video commentary! Sadly, I didn’t get the “Content Developer” job I applied for – but they did like me and my [...]

Marking with a progress bar.

Makes the work feel like it is really flying by! Tuesday's boxes are lined up, ready to go. Each time I finish marking a paper I record how many hours it took me to mark (my aim is for 1.5 each) and colour in the box. It is rather satisfying.

Lecture Brainstorming. Two classes.

Working titles for the two classes... I'm thinking: Week 5: "Social Media, Transmedia, & Keeping Up" Week 6: "Social Networking & Fingerspitzengefühl" Must remember to update my cute cat picture collection for this round of classes. (Submissio...

Perspective

Penguin II

Thanks to Michelle for giving me suggestions for him!

Kedi paper

Chapter 2 cover

Chapter 1 is updating every day until the beginning of June, where it will switch to updates three times a week.

A screen of things to come…

zombies

Checking in at National Library.

When you visit the National Library of New Zealand, you have to "check in" at a kiosk. It sends an automated message to the person you've come to see, to notify them to come get you.

You can enter information about whether you'll require assistance getting out of the building in an emergency. Also, if you're a repeat visitor, the system will remember who you are!