The Legacy of Digital Storytelling

Museums archive things for the rest of us – and so it is with digital stories made in the North East’s Culture Shock! project. But what about the investment in equipment and skills – can we give a digital storytelling project a legacy too?

Good day at the Festival

A busy, inspiring and valuable day at the fifth Cymru Digital Storytelling Festival in Aberystwyth

Thanks for the lift to #DS5, Esko

I was still making up my mind – walk or taxi? Then a question from a stranger led to a lift to DS5

Linked thoughts

Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for May 18th from 11:19 to 11:19: Aperture 3: The Ars Review – Not just a review but a good overview of most of the new features in Aperture 3 – which is my photo editor/organiser of choice.

Linked thoughts

Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for May 11th from 18:36 to 18:36: LiveTypeCentral — Expansion Packs and More for LiveType! – A really useful set of tutorial on the use of LiveType. It usefully fills a lot of the gaps in the LiveType manual – of which there are many.

Linked thoughts

Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for October 21st from 17:21 to 17:21: Diego Goldberg :: The Arrow of Time – I find these family photo collection fascinating. The same day each year they photograph themselves. It reminds me of the film Dana Atchley used to show in Next Exit.

Culture Shock Stories online

Last year I trained several teams of digital storytellers who have since been running workshops for a project called Culture Shock. The first stories (over 200 of them) are now online. The site is smart and functional and well worth a visit. The stories are, of course,  a fascinating insight into life in the North […]

Linked thoughts

Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for October 15th from 12:15 to 12:15: UK adults’ media literacy | Ofcom – Interesting comparisons in this report to previous surveys carried out by OFCOM

Linked thoughts

Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for October 1st from 12:06 to 12:06: Place-Based Digital Storytelling Modules – National Parks of America – As the latest Ken Burns series about National Parks hits the screens on PBS television in the USA a series of web tutorials about place based digital storytelling has been created by […]

Another week in Dorset

I’m working with East Dorset Arts again this week training trainers in Verwood. Excellent facilities at The Verwood Hub make working working there a pleasure. Great people too. So if you live in the East Dorset area look out for opportunities to join a digital storytelling workshop there soon.