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So I’m trying out the new Digg site. I got an invite and I’m playing with it now. They even have a nifty auto submit feature which is why there is a random set of letters and numbers on the next line. Let’s see if the changes are enough to save it from fatal collapse  under its own user base

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Hey everyone, I’ll be attending #BCNIPhilly tomorrow to talk, listen and learn about the future of news. It looks like it’ll be a lot of fun and I’m considering presenting onMason.

If you want to follow my usual rapid fire live tweets, they’ll almost all be going up on the account I’ve turned on for live tweeting – @AramZS.

The Browser Future of Interactive Fiction

This April 1 two separate mainstream websites launched a prank that mapped adventure game-type controls to their website. This got me thinking, is it time to revisit how we build and play Interactive Fiction?
Both XKCD and Woot applied game elements to their website on Thursday. Woot’s appears to be  static HTML and more ‘choose your [...]

Sequence in Multimedia Narratives

How can we use order and placement within a multimedia package or interactive story to enrich the narrative?
I’ve been reading through Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics on and off these last few months and it strikes me just how important this book is to anyone dealing with multimedia, not just comic artists or aficionados. When you [...]

Reflections on CMANYC10 – Day 1

A few thoughts on Sunday at the College Media Advisors Spring 2010 National Convention. A lot more multimedia stuff this time around, a few great folks, but are we changing?
I’ve only done the CMA National Convention once before, about two years ago. At that CMA, it was mostly old-school sessions, very little relevant multimedia, a [...]

My 4 Step Social Media Strategy

I’ve written a great post for the UPIU Blog on my methodology for managing the social media presence of both UPIU and the Office of Student Media.
Glittering promises to transform you into a social media powerhouse overnight are scams. Focusing on a long-term method to grow your social media presence, though, is a good idea.
Many [...]


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