More characterization by Twitter
Here’s a list of ten satirical Twitter projects, each based on a character parodying a real-world figure: President Obama, mayors Bloomberg and Emmanuel, and others. For example, 
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New choose-your-own adventure stories for Kindle
New choose-your-own stories are being published for the Kindle, according to ReadWriteWeb. Coliloquy has launched four titles, all in the teen romance genre. Each has multiple-choice paths through the text. More: Coliloquy’s new publishing format enables multiple story lines, serial and … Continue reading →
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Mobile storytelling workshop ahead
The Center for Digital Storytelling is hosting a mobile storytelling workshop in Spain. The focus is on iPhones. The whole thing looks great: Join us in a two and a half day workshop to explore iPhone photography and video editing … Continue reading →
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Horsing around between Twitter, spam, blogs, and inspiration
Storytelling by Twitter mixed with storytelling by blogs: Horse eComics is a series of short comic strips, drawing and plot inspired by text from a Twitter spam account. Confused? Let me try that again. Start with a spammish Twitter account, … Continue reading →
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Facebook storytelling blocked, reborn
That Facebook historical archive storytelling project I blogged about a few days ago was just shut off. Apparently Facebook saw the UNR McDonalds as a straight-up violation of its terms of services. There’s one lesson implicit in this: “the extra … Continue reading →
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Facebook storytelling
Here’s another instance of using Facebook to tell a story. Once again, the source is an archive, and the subject is historical biography. Donnelyn Curtis, the director of research collections and services at the University of Nevada at Reno, created … Continue reading →
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Mobile mapping a biography
Storytelling by mobile devices and light augmented reality: here‘s someone using Foursquare to narrate a rapper’s biography. Each major event is cued to location. http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 (t... -
What makes a character in social media?
Another social media hoax character appeared, this time in Uzbekistan. ”Gulsumoy Abdujalilova” appeared on Facebook and through comments around the Web, until she killer herself, apparently. Apparently: Using information that members of the Uzbek opposition had received from whomever was … Continue reading →
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Digital storytelling to the White House
The American White House continues to explore digital storytelling, with a campaign to solicit personal stories about a tax cut. More ways you can tell us what $40 a week means to you: Twitter Use the hashtag #40dollars on Twitter. … Continue reading →
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Storytelling with Prezi
Prezi is an innovative presentation tool. Naturally people are starting to use it for storytelling purposes. Case in point: Almost midnight. It’s an urban mystery story, in content. It’s also a pitch for a bigger project. Take a lo... -
Storytelling via archives via Twitter
Here’s a clever use of Twitter: reposting selected newspaper archive contents from 100 years ago. Nibbles from time, a Twitter version of what I called “temporally structured archival blogging.” For example, Nov 20, 1911: “PRESIDENT TAFT UNABLE TO KEEP RICHMOND … Continue reading →
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Quickly turning bio into story
Here’s a lightning-fast way to start turning your biographical materials (c.v., “About”, etc) into a story. First, work through the five questions. Next, try out the powerful prompts under “Here’s a few key tips for reinventing your bio as a … Continue reading →
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Twitter storytelling: a breakup
Here’s a use of Twitter for storytelling which we’ll probably see increase, reporting a couple’s argument in public. Tweet by tweet we get glimpses of a breakup in process. Two things to note. First, the dependency on multiple content sources, … Continue reading →
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Storytelling by Twitter: Sparkletown
“Sparkletown” is a series of short-short stories told in Twitter updates. Written by Jeff Noon, each story consists of a handful of tweets. They occupy a shared world, one where “2 years had gone by since the crash of the … Continue reading →
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More Tumblr telling
Another Tumblr storytelling project has appeared, and this time it’s a fine parody. Imagine Cormac McCarthy doing store reviews. For example, T.G.I.FRIDAYS Fresno, CA Cormac M. | Author | Lost in the chaparral, NM Two stars. Watts strode into the … Continue reading →
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Stories about Twitter
A new site launched to share stories about Twitter, called, appropriately, Twitter Stories. These stories are formally diverse. For example, Roger Ebert‘s reflection on regaining communication through Twitter is largely text, with a couple of images. In contrast, this bookstore … Continue reading →
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World conquest phase I complete
The 2011 New Digital Storytelling tour is winding up. So far we’ve hit… Middlebury, Vermont Burlington, Vermont Ripton, Vermont Los Angeles, California Sweet Briar, Virginia Many thanks to kind hosts, audiences, and readers.
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National digital storytelling
What might be the biggest digital storytelling project so far began this week. Obama for America is an ambitious Tumblr site, aimed at aggregating stories generated by any Obama supporter over the next year. We’d like this Tumblr to be a … Continue reading →
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Web storytelling: Knight time
We’ve been telling stories with the Web since Sir Tim Berners-Lee set it loose and changed the world. Today’s case in point: Knighttime, a multimedia, multi-item Web story series of medieval fantasy and humor. There are two complete stories within … Continue reading →
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An exemplary tweet
Let William Gibson demonstrate how to write a Twitter post, with an embedded argument: How does this work? Three sentences within one tweet. Like a five-paragraph essay or a haiku, this lets the tweeter offer three points. Powerful references pack … Continue reading →
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New Digital Storytelling tour continues
Yesterday I visited the very splendid Sweet Briar College campus, to speak on The New Digital Storytelling. I reconnected with some dear friends, and met many fine faculty and students. Last night I gave a talk to an energetic, provocative … Continue reading →
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We Are the 99 Percent: social media storytelling
Storytelling through social media: We Are The 99 Percent is a great example of using Web 2.0 to tell real-life stories. It’s a Tumblr site, a stripped-down blog, consisting of a series of photos. Each image contains a person holding a … Continue reading →
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Against the Grain
Against the Grain picked The New Digital Storytelling as its book of the week this week. Thank you, folks! -
Digital storytelling in journalism: one datapoint
Digital storytelling enters the mainstream: here’s one example, from a high-profile journalism award - “It is a great honour to be recognized by the Online News Association and the industry for our excellence in digital storytelling,” said editor-in-chief John Stackhouse. … Continue reading →
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One fine storytelling blog
Nieman Storyboard focuses on journalism-based storytelling. In addition to highlighting outstanding print narratives, we seek to feature the best examples of visual, audio and multimedia narrative reporting… We hope to host a conversation on how storytelling and long-form narratives might … Continue reading →
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One storytelling secret
Here’s a fine way to boost your storytelling skills: playing role-playing games. No, no, put down that Xbox controller. Here. Take these. *hands you a pile of glittery multi-colored polyhedral dice* They’re not pills. Don’t swallow them. It’s a terrific … Continue reading →
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Vonnegut on stories
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Twittering a hoax story: Mexican panic
Storytelling by Twitter: two Mexicans successfully convinced their community that a kidnapping was going on. So say local police, who arrested the authors after a panic. Gilberto Martinez Vera, 48, a private school teacher, and Maria de Jesus Bravo Pagola, … Continue reading →
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The Long Recall stops
One interesting blog storytelling project is, sadly, ceasing. That’s The Long Recall, which has been blogging the American Civil War 150 years later, day by day. I appreciate their work so far, and their decision to keep the archive alive. … Continue reading →
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Games too long for complete stories
How long should a story be, so that an audience sticks around ’til the end? If the story is a game, short might be better than long. Blake Snow argues that major games taking dozens of hours to finish aren’t … Continue reading →
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