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What's the buzz? Monkeying with story in the hive mind

What’s the buzz? Monkeying with story in the hive mind

We have to start with the monkeys. The infinite number of monkeys that, given their own personal typewriters and an infinite amount of time, would produce the works of William…

Move over Lady Gaga; meet Ron Charles (a.k.a. the Totally Hip Video Book Reviewer)

Has book publishing found its savior? Well, probably not, but in August, The Washington Post's Ron Charles made his small-screen debut in the role of a cranky, self-important book reviewer.…
What’s in it from me? Crowdsourced magazines and storytelling

What’s in it from me? Crowdsourced magazines and storytelling

As a child, did you ever imagine yourself waiting for a call from people in need, people who were praying that you'd see their signal and come to the rescue?…

USA Today’s Katrina anniversary project: stories from the second line

When clicking across the digital universe, we like new bells and whistles as much as the next Twitter jockey. But with big multimedia projects, we want to feel the bones…
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Flow

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Flow

Nothing prepares you for your first time. You’re out with someone, maybe a date, maybe just friends, everything’s fine, and then he whips it out, right in front of you…
Joe Donnelly on Slake, long-form journalism and launching a vision: "it’s about finding the right rhythm and the right way of presenting it"

Joe Donnelly on Slake, long-form journalism and launching a vision: "it’s about finding the right rhythm and the right way of presenting it"

Last month, we heard rumors from the West Coast of a new magazine devoted to long-form storytelling – a magazine that existed in print only and had no digital presence.…
Death comes for comics storyteller Harvey Pekar (October 8, 1939 - July 12, 2010)

Death comes for comics storyteller Harvey Pekar (October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010)

Comic book writer and misfit Harvey Pekar spent his life bracing for the worst, and now, finally, he can relax.Pekar was a non-fiction storyteller who recorded his daily existence for…

Short attention span theater: narrative and models of interaction

[This post is the second in a series from new media artist Peggy Nelson considering the impact of technology on narrative. Nelson's work includes a barcode narrative, a PowerPoint essay,…

What we’re watching: in which we ponder people with scars, the making of sex dolls, a birth in Sierra Leone and the soul of Athens

videos from The Human ProjectThere has been some debate of late over just how "cinematic" documentary multimedia should be. (See the comments on this Khalid Mohtaseb post on the DSLR News…

What we’re reading, second edition: in which we offer soccer balls, the Book of Revelation and a visit to the Khyber Pass

In our new installment of written work worth checking out, we encourage you to think about the history of the soccer ball, the awesomeness that was the 1975 Cincinnati Reds,…