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WorkBook Project
- DIY DAYS is coming to NYCOn Saturday April 3rd, the WorkBook Project and the New School present DIY DAYS NYC. This marks the first time that the roving conference for creators will make a stop in NYC. The day will consist of talks, presentations, workshops and a special section called Incubator that matches two media startups with a think tank of experts. BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP! Fo […]
- NEW BREED: The CrowdBy Gregory Bayne – As some of you know, I recently completed a successful funding campaign using Kickstarter.com to raise the initial capital needed to get my new film, Jens Pulver | Driven, an intimate documentary about legendary UFC Champion Jens Pulver, off the ground. The end result of the campaign was $27,210 pledged, my goal was $25,000, via 410 contr […]
- CULTURE HACKER: The Art of Branded Contentby Peter Katz – Here’s my interview on branded content with Creative Director Tim Roper from award winning advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky. We met at UCLA Media & Entertainment Week. What do you feel are the biggest misconceptions about branded content? The biggest misconception is how easy it is to conceive it in a fresh way and then how wi […]
- EVENT: Join the Conversation at ColumbiaOn March 27th The Conversation comes to Columbia University. Started in 2008, The Conversation is a look at the future of filmmaking and how advancements in technology are enabling new opportunities for filmmakers. The program for March 27th is extensive and will bring together a number of innovative thinkers in the space. For more information visit www.thec […]
DIY DAYS
- Speaker Highlight: Jesse von DoomJesse is the executive director of CASH Music a nonprofit organization building open tools and services for musicians and the evolving music industry. He has a background in design and technology and has been working with music marketing and technology for over ten years. Jesse lives with his wife and two daughters on a tiny [...] […]
- DIY Days is still looking for a few good volunteers!We are looking for volunteers to be a part of our logistics team. Volunteers will be needed to greet and register attendees and speakers, direct traffic between our spaces, maintain time for sessions, prep speaker presentations, and generally be ready to attend to other logistical issues as they pop up. Our friend and talented writer/director/editor Raffi [ […]
- Speaker Highlight: Michael LastMichael has combined his passions for entrepreneurship, technology, and fun into his startup Intellitoys. Intellitoys is using toys as a new platform for distributing traditional media such as songs and stories, as well as interactive media, such as games and interactive stories. Michael is seeking to disrupt the business model of the toy industry to [...] […]
- Speaker Highlight: Brian McTearBrian is a musician, record producer and the owner of Miner Street Recordings, the Philadelphia recording studio where he has worked since 1996. In 2008, along with high school friend Bill Robertson, McTear launched Weathervane Music, a revolutionary non-profit organization to support and advance the work of select independent artists. With the music and vid […]
Archive for October, 2009
Lance Weiler on The Evolution of Storytelling
29, Oct 2009From Power to the Pixel in the UK, Workbook Project and Culture Hacker founder, Lance Weiler.
Hello, Homestuck
28, Oct 2009My inaugural post on CH was an interview with the indomitable Andrew Hussie, writer and artist for an interactive comic called Problem Sleuth. The comic was part of a larger project called MSPaint Adventures, which started as a simple forum interaction and has gotten progressively more intricate with each new story.
Problem Sleuth has since come [...]
- In: gaming
Paranormal Marketing
27, Oct 2009A movie that scared Steven Spielberg so badly, he returned it to the office in a garbage bag, claiming it was haunted. Supposedly just after watching it at home, his bedroom door locked itself from the inside and he only escaped after calling a locksmith. Great story, isn’t it? But that’s just [...]
When TV and Movies Get Games Right…
24, Oct 2009Credit to Culture Hacker friend .tiff for showcasing this flash adaptation of “Cavern of the Evil Wizard”. CotEW, if you don’t know, is the King’s Quest-style adventure game that confounds 12-year old Josh Baskin and his friend, Billy in the 1988 Penny Marshall directed Tom Hanks vehicle, Big. It’s a small detail, but, from a [...]
Transmedia Notation
23, Oct 2009Robert Pratten presents an approach to documenting transmedia storytelling
- In: gaming
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