December 2011
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Digital Storytelling for Kids: Meet Storybird
About: Storybird Storybird (@Storybird) is a Brooklyn-based company that self-describes as:
“a service that makes it simple for families and friends to create short, visual stories together that they can share and print. For artists and writers, Storybird is next-generation publishing: global, viral, and instantaneous.”
In The Classroom The tool has gained momentum in...
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Storytelling vs. Corporate Speak
Via http://www.ishmaelscorner.com/
“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must...”
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Perspective Videos & Storytelling
Earlier this year, I was blown away when watching a nature program. It was incredible how camera technology has progressed. The documentary was shot from a bee’s perspective by attaching a feather-weight camera to the insect and tracking its flight. This is quite an advancement from two decades ago lugging around my dad’s Betacam that weighed more than a toddler.
As cameras continue...
“The perfect time never arrives. You’re always too young or old or busy or...”
– Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
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Stadium Experiences: Move Over The Wave
Give Me a Peanut Please
I grew up in the DC Metro area. I can count on one hand the major sporting events I went to as a kid - two Orioles games, a Redskins game, Capitols, and The Bullets (the last game in fact before they became the Wizards).
While I was a tom boy for an awkward time period (Sambas, Umbro shoes, polos, short skater chick hair), I was not a passionate fan of sporting events. So...
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WatchThe Springbox team demoed this evening our interactive holiday display. With Austin temperatures still in the balmy 70’s, the team wanted to bring snow to the downtown Austin area via our wintry interactive display at 708 Congress Avenue (7th and Congress).
Guests can stop by in the evenings and use their phones to call in to a toll free number. They’ll see a snowflake appear...