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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 […]

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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

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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.

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Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for September 10th from 09:07 to 09:07: A Storied Career – There's a free ebook available on this site. Worth a look.

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Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for July 8th from 06:42 to 06:42: BBC NEWS | Technology | Digital champion targets the poor – She needs to commission some digital "technology changed my life" stories.

Warming to iMovie '09

I have just compiled a section of my tutorial story “Affected for Life” using iMovie ’09. I’m warming to it. I began this exercise because the free download of iMovie HD is no longer available from the Apple site and attempts to install it on a new MacBook brings up an error message because iMovie […]

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Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for June 23rd from 23:09 to 23:09: BBC – Viewfinder: No more bright sunny days – The end of Kodachrome – a sad day. In this blog entry Phil Coombes captures something of the magic of using 35mm film – now all but lost in the millions of pixels […]

DS4 Festival of Digital Storytelling 2009 cribsheet

DS4 Festival of Digital Storytelling 2009 cribsheet. Here’s the summary of the DS4 Festival posted by my friend Gareth Morlais on his blog Aberth Digital Storytelling.