It’s not quite Friday, but here’s a hand crafted round up of what i-Docs has found on the web this week! 1. Another guest post from Jesse Shapins, unfortunately not on the i-Docs site this time, but over at PBS. Jesse discusses ‘How the Indie Audio Community Is Transforming Storytelling’ and packs in plenty of good examples to boot! Have …
Fotis Begklis is an Academic Developer specialising in Technology Enhanced Learning at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is involved in a variety of staff development activities for teaching and learning with technologies in Higher Education. Below are his slides from i-Docs 2012 where he presented his project which will become an interactive documentary which will be ready before the beginning …
Having recently presented A Tale of Two Johns at i-docs in Bristol we thought we would give a little overview of the project for those who weren’t able to see our presentation. Enjoy and feel free to follow the progress of the project on Twitter by following us @LondonQuest. The Concept A Tale of Two Johns is an interactive drama …
Below are Martha Ladly‘s slides and text from her presentation at i-Docs 2012. Open publication – Free publishing – More documentary Open publication – Free publishing – More documentary Martha Ladly is a Professor at the OCAD University in Toronto, Canada, and a senior researcher at the OCADU Mobile Experience Lab. She specializes in technology and design research, has been …
We are currently in the process of gathering the slides and presentations from this years i-Docs. Below are a couple we’ve already received from Charlotte Crofts and Jackie Calderwood. Geo spatial documentary presentation at i-docs 2012 View more documents from Charlotte Crofts Living Voices: bringing the landscape to life View more PowerPoint from jackiecalderwood
There’s so much out there, so here’s a few articles that caught the eyes of i-Docs over the past few days: 1. First up, a list within a list – ‘Six pros and cons of interactive documentaries’ – although the ‘cons’ are not really cons, more challenges which should push you to overcome them! “It’s not so much what building …
A guest post from our friends at 3WDOC: Recently returned from Bristol, where we have participated to the i-doc Symposium 2012, we would like to take this opportunity to thank Sandra Gaudenzi, Judith Aston, Maria Yáñez and Eva Dominguez for organizing this event dedicated to interactive documentary, and for inviting us! Here is a summary of what 3WDOC noted during …
Max has sent me this post on the participation and authorship panel from the touchpress website: http://www.touchpress.com. As a pioneer of content-led approaches to videodisc and CD-ROM, he really does know about the deep bedrock that lies beneath our feet. Over to Max: Just back from the most excellent i-docs conference in Bristol. I spoke at one of the early …
These notes are taken from a feedback session at i-Docs 2012, chaired by Arnau Gifreu with keynote Jigar Mehta. All the questions either came from the audience or Arnau, for more information about the #18daysinegypt project, visit: 18daysinegypt.com Three basic aspects for the continuation of #18daysinegypt: How we increase participation? When does a project end? How do we build a …
The i-docs 2012 hosted a very interesting debate about multimedia content editors. At the symposium were representatives from content editors Popcorn Maker, Klynt, and 3WDOC. The debate was very illustrative. In this article for my column The Fourth Bit in La Vanguardia, I highlight some aspects based on what it was presented and discussed there. Why talk about the HTML5 standard, about Flash, about programming …
So, after a couple of technical difficulties, here is the storify for i-Docs on the 23rd of March! Going to be adding to it throughout the day, refresh and watch it grow. [View the story “I-docs 2012: Friday 23rd March” on Storify]
Over the last year we have been witnessing the raise of new authoring tools that allows us to build an interactive documentary with no need of coding skills. Three of them are Klynt, 3WDOC and Popcorn Maker. On the second day of i-Docs Symposium we will have the opportunity to meet their creators, who will show us some projects made …
All the latest from i-Docs 2012, Bristol.
I write this from an eerily warm Cambridge, saddened by the fact that I cannot travel to Bristol for i-Docs. The group coming together is incredible, and while not physically present, I look forward to following the conversation virtually. As a provocation, Mandy invited me to write a blog post on Zeega — an open-source, HTML5 platform for creating interactive …
Arrival on Wednesday A fair number of people are arriving on Wednesday 21st at various times throughout the day. So we thought it would be a good idea to get everyone together in one place for a drink in the early evening. If you fancy meeting your fellow delegates in a very informal setting, come over to the Watershed Café/Bar …
