Description from the site:
"Places
Where the story goes. In stories, fictional places become real and real places take on new meaning. Speakeasies. Enchanted forests. Ancient ruins. A farm. all become more colorful, more full of depth. The desire to look more deeply can be irresistible. Now you can see exactly where the action takes place. Find new books that share the same setting. Browse maps that reveal new stories, new characters, new worlds.
What if you want to step out of the book and into its world? Here, that’s all within reach. Whether you want to go where you’re reading or read about where you’re going, this is the path that gets you there..."
Excerpt from Description from Coolhunting - more images & text in original post:
"...The site uses both algorithms and human touch to make these links and open up what Small Demons calls a "Storyverse," or the expanse of details that support a good story. "A computer can tell us how many times a song appears in a book. But it can't tell us that it is the song that the couple dances to at the wedding reception or the song the jilted lover plays after being dumped. It can't tell you the emotional resonance of it. So we are going to be relying on librarians and authors and gifted amateurs to come in and help us fix and add and weight and evaluate all the data we are generating," says Richard Nash, the start-up's VP of Community and Content...."
http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/small-demons-1.php#
Excerpt from the description on Vimeo. There is a video, though currently not loading!
"Beginning Friday, December 2nd Cineplex Odeon moviegoers will be able to experience Ford’s Focus like never before with a new spot created by Y&R, Mindshare and Ford facilitated by TimePlay. This new and interactive campaign will take participants on a visual and musical journey that will connect them directly with onscreen content through their mobile device.
“We wanted to create something that everyone, not just those directly interacting with the technology, could take something away from,” explains Bruce Sinclair, Senior Vice President, Creative Director at Y&R Canada. “More than anything, this is a chance to give people a small taste of the future – to inspire their imaginations of what a theatre experience could grow to become. For Ford, it's a perfect opportunity to demonstrate their leadership in innovating new technology.”
The 60 second spot, airing before feature presentations, is made up of two parallel films – one featuring a guy and the other a girl. Audiences will use their mobile devices to choose who they see more of, in real-time. With two parallel films and four chances to interact, it's likely no moviegoer will see all 16 possible outcomes this holiday season..."
Excerpt
"...Brand pages will enjoy the same redesign as other profiles on Twitter (in the new “me” section) with two key differences:
- Brands will be able to customize a large header image that looks like it will span the entire width of the page, to display their logo and tagline more prominently than before.
- Brands can “pin” a tweet to the top of their timeline, which will include an expanded view of any multimedia that it may contain.
Here’s a screenshot of what the new brand pages will look like:
Excerpt from an original post on mediabistro.com
People always tell you to shoot what you love, and that objective led me to this project. I knew I wanted to photograph a subject that I cared deeply about, and to create a body of work that would make a positive difference in people’s lives… I decided that I would find and meet a gay man from every state, listen to their stories, and photograph them in the hope that I could turn that material into a book that would change people’s opinions and educate — the book that I wish had existed when I was a lad. I wanted to produce a profound collection of ordinary, proud, out gay men who would otherwise never find the spotlight.” ~ Scott Pasfield
read the full post & see more pics on brainpickings.org
From the site!!
"What is Cowbird?
Cowbird is a simple tool for telling stories,
and a public library of human experience.
We are a small community of storytellers, interested in telling deeper, longer-lasting, more nourishing stories than you're likely to find anywhere else on the Web.
Cowbird allows you to keep a beautiful audio-visual diary of your life, and to collaborate in documenting the overarching "sagas" that shape our world today. Sagas are things like the Japanese earthquake, the war in Iraq, and the Occupy Wall Street movement — things that touch millions of lives and define the human story.
Our short-term goal is to pioneer a new form of participatory journalism, grounded in the simple human stories behind major news events and universal themes. Our long-term goal is to build a public library of human experience, so the knowledge and wisdom we accumulate as individuals may live on as part of the commons, available for this and future generations to look to for guidance...."