Normative Design's mobile location research goes from Red Rover to Sousveiller with OCAD partnership

In a new project announced last month [PDF], also in conjunction with OCAD's MEIC and with support from a grant from FedDev Ontario, Normative Design is working on the Sousveiller Project, which will use crowd sourcing techniques to map the presence of security surveillance cameras throughout the city. Tirmandi says that at some point the map, which will show both the locations of cameras and the areas they are able to see, it would be possible to plot games in which participants move through the city without appearing on camera, for instance.

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http://www.yongestreetmedia.ca/innovationnews/normativedesign0223.aspx#

Normative Design's mobile location research goes from Red Rover to Sousveiller with OCAD partnership

In a new project announced last month [PDF], also in conjunction with OCAD's MEIC and with support from a grant from FedDev Ontario, Normative Design is working on the Sousveiller Project, which will use crowd sourcing techniques to map the presence of security surveillance cameras throughout the city. Tirmandi says that at some point the map, which will show both the locations of cameras and the areas they are able to see, it would be possible to plot games in which participants move through the city without appearing on camera, for instance.

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http://www.yongestreetmedia.ca/innovationnews/normativedesign0223.aspx#

Interesting. Voxora | Voicemail for Places via Foursquare (how many steps does this involve??? time???)

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(It's voicemail for places)

Voxora is the easiest way to share voice messages at the places you visit. It's super simple. Check in on foursquare then call voxora and leave a message. Or call voxora and listen to the messages left by everyone else. Ready to get started?

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Love this! Want to be involved? Simon Pulman's A Romantic Proposal for a New Transmedia Project | Transmythology

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Excerpt from the site:

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Simon Pulman

"This article began as a nugget in my mind after having been inspired by the Jurassic Park Slope presentation last night, and reaction thereto. It was going to be a theoretical discussion until I realized that I should put my money where my mouth is and actually do it. And since I can, I am going to.

Thus, I am announcing a new co-created, transmedia romantic comedy webseries to launch in Fall 2011.

Let’s break down how it’s going to work.

Story

It’s a romantic comedy told across various platforms. A webseries will act as the driving platform, but there will be heavy social networking components, which I will touch on later. I will act as a “producer” (though may not be credited as such) and will story edit – but I will need writers. Here are my criteria for the story.

The story must be based around misunderstandings between friends and romantic attachments – the kind common to sitcoms and movies, but which can be specifically heightened using social media exchanges. Vanity, ego, insecurity, jealousy and so on...."

Read (don't miss!) the full post on Simon's blog:

http://transmythology.com/2011/02/25/a-romantic-proposal-for-a-new-transmedia...

Peter Broderick on Crowdfunding Takes Off: Distribution Bulletin Issue #15

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Intro from the site:

"Crowdfunding has taken off. The most successful film projects are now raising hundreds of thousands of dollars, when not that long ago they were raising tens of thousands. The top three films in the Kickstarter Hall of Fame are BLUE LIKE JAZZ ($345,992), THE PRICE ($161,774), and I AM I ($111,965)...."

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http://www.peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/distributionbulletins.html

LOVE LOVE LOVE this: #18DaysInEgypt: A Crowd-Sourced Documentary Project

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From the site:

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

Tag your media in Twitter, YouTube and Flickr with the following tags: #18DaysInEgypt
+ the day it occurred: #jan25, #jan26, #jan27....#feb11
+ where it occurred: #tahrir, #heliopolis, #alexandria, #suez, #ndpbuilding
+ and other relevant tags about the footage : #army, #singing, #violence, #tents, #protest
Tagging the media will allow us to find you through search...just that simple!

For now, you can tag your videos on YouTube and photos on Flickr. In the coming days we will have a url uploader to capture links to your tweets and media on other platforms. We are also working on functionality so you can send us your SMS text and MMS photos/videos."

Full details are on the site!

How many words for CRAZY??? Libya: Gaddafi blames Osama Bin Laden for protests. BBC

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FROM the BBC:

Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has told state TV that Osama Bin Laden and his followers are to blame for the protests racking his country.

In a phone call addressed to residents of the town of al-Zawiya, Col Gaddafi said young people were being duped with drugs and alcohol to take part in "destruction and sabotage".

Col Gaddafi said the protesters had no genuine demands and were being dictated to by the al-Qaeda leader.....

"Bin Laden... this is the enemy who is manipulating people. Do not be swayed by Bin Laden," he said.

"It is obvious now that this issue is run by al-Qaeda. Those armed youngsters, our children, are incited by people who are wanted by America and the Western world.

"Bin Laden... this is the enemy who is manipulating people. Do not be swayed by Bin Laden," he said.

"It is obvious now that this issue is run by al-Qaeda. Those armed youngsters, our children, are incited by people who are wanted by America and the Western world.

"Those inciting are very few in numbers and we have to capture them."

Tribeca Film Institute :: Ingrid Kop talks to Christy Dena on the Creative Potential of Cross-Platform

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Here's the first part of the interview & tune in to TFI for the full post:

"We're continuing our series of blog posts asking people working in the cross-platform, new media space the same four questions. Christy Dena wrote her PhD on transmedia storytelling, so there's no denying her commitment to this field!

What makes a successful cross-platform or transmedia project? Are there key ingredients? What's the secret sauce?

Each project (and team) is different, and so there are many tips and lessons learned one applies as needed. When talking generally about cross-platform/transmedia projects though, here are some observations:

1) You can avoid of lot of headaches and dead-ends if you begin exploring your transmedia possibilities at the concept development stage, rather than after the film has been created.

2) Know your limits and interests: if you want to do a game, for instance, make sure you have at least one person on the team that works in gaming and that likes games!

3) Do whatever you can to make it easy for your audience to know about and access the content you spread across media.

4) Treat your transmedia content in different media equally – it should all be meaningful.

5) Play with what you want to do, others be damned."

http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/newmedia/116654949.html