Crossing Gaps » links http://crossinggaps.com Digital Storytelling Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:03:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 A great set of sites for storytellers of… http://crossinggaps.com/a-great-set-of-sites-for-storytellers-of/ http://crossinggaps.com/a-great-set-of-sites-for-storytellers-of/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:36:28 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/updates/a-great-set-of-sites-for-storytellers-of/ A great set of sites for storytellers of all stripes. If you like a good story, you’ll enjoy this.

Tim Sheppard’s Storytelling Resources

]]> http://crossinggaps.com/a-great-set-of-sites-for-storytellers-of/feed/ 0 Like most lazy Saturdays I’m spending t… http://crossinggaps.com/like-most-lazy-saturdays-im-spending-t/ http://crossinggaps.com/like-most-lazy-saturdays-im-spending-t/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:03:54 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/updates/like-most-lazy-saturdays-im-spending-t/ Like most lazy Saturdays I’m spending the first half of the day doing site updates and writing copy (for the SXSW book among other things). I swear I’m unchaining myself from this desk in a few hours, we’ll see.

No I have absolutely no artistic talent, this is borrowed from the wonderful Freelance Switch and N.C. Winters.

]]> http://crossinggaps.com/like-most-lazy-saturdays-im-spending-t/feed/ 0 This point is relevant not only for mark… http://crossinggaps.com/this-point-is-relevant-not-only-for-mark/ http://crossinggaps.com/this-point-is-relevant-not-only-for-mark/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:33:23 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/updates/this-point-is-relevant-not-only-for-mark/ This point is relevant not only for marketers but for product designers of all stripes. You have to be epic, you have to do the “hard thing,” that someone else can’t or won’t do.

Your products are predictable. Your insights are recycled. You don’t bring surprise with you when you enter a room.

That’s why people are ignoring you.

Which used to be fine, because you could just buy attention for your brand or your company or your sales efforts. But that half-price sale on attention is now over.

– Seth Godin

]]> http://crossinggaps.com/this-point-is-relevant-not-only-for-mark/feed/ 0 Absolute truth, the story arc now involv… http://crossinggaps.com/absolute-truth-the-story-arc-now-involv/ http://crossinggaps.com/absolute-truth-the-story-arc-now-involv/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:09:20 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/updates/absolute-truth-the-story-arc-now-involv/ Absolute truth, the story arc now involves multiple media platforms working in concert with one another.

Let’s face it: we have entered an era of media convergence that makes the flow of content across multiple media channels almost inevitable. The move toward digital effects in film and the improved quality of video game graphics means that it is becoming much more realistic to lower production costs by sharing assets across media. Everything about the structure of the modern entertainment industry was designed with this single idea in mind-the construction and enhancement of entertainment franchises.

– Transmedia Storytelling

]]> http://crossinggaps.com/absolute-truth-the-story-arc-now-involv/feed/ 0 As entrepreneurs our job is to strive to… http://crossinggaps.com/as-entrepreneurs-our-job-is-to-strive-to/ http://crossinggaps.com/as-entrepreneurs-our-job-is-to-strive-to/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:09:58 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/updates/as-entrepreneurs-our-job-is-to-strive-to/ As entrepreneurs our job is to strive towards solving Hard and Very Hard problems, while constantly making our way through trivial ones.

Very Hard is the extreme of hard problems. You”ll often see both words capitalised for emphasis, even in the middle of a sentence. Indexing the entire World Wide Web and providing relevant search online casino results in millisecond response times is a Very Hard problem. Breaking commercial-grade encryption within practical hardware and time limitations is a Very Hard problem. Peace in the Middle East is a Very Hard problem.

- Understand Engineers: Feasibility

]]> http://crossinggaps.com/as-entrepreneurs-our-job-is-to-strive-to/feed/ 0 The Transcendent Man, a documentary abou… http://crossinggaps.com/the-transcendent-man-a-documentary-abou/ http://crossinggaps.com/the-transcendent-man-a-documentary-abou/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:33:31 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/updates/the-transcendent-man-a-documentary-abou/ The Transcendent Man, a documentary about famed futurist Ray Kurzweil

]]> http://crossinggaps.com/the-transcendent-man-a-documentary-abou/feed/ 0 @Steve Excellent example of self-publis… http://crossinggaps.com/steve-excellent-example-of-self-publis/ http://crossinggaps.com/steve-excellent-example-of-self-publis/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 20:09:21 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/updates/steve-excellent-example-of-self-publis/ @Steve

Excellent example of self-publishing from our friend Chris Guillebeau. Great topic, too! http://artmoneyguide.com/

]]> http://crossinggaps.com/steve-excellent-example-of-self-publis/feed/ 1 I tried to laugh. But it just hits too c… http://crossinggaps.com/i-tried-to-laugh-but-it-just-hits-too-c/ http://crossinggaps.com/i-tried-to-laugh-but-it-just-hits-too-c/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 18:39:13 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/updates/i-tried-to-laugh-but-it-just-hits-too-c/ I tried to laugh. But it just hits too close to home ;) http://www.davidairey.com/the-vendor-client-relationship/

]]> http://crossinggaps.com/i-tried-to-laugh-but-it-just-hits-too-c/feed/ 0 Reading up on Accessible Publishing… http://crossinggaps.com/reading-up-on-accessible-publishing/ http://crossinggaps.com/reading-up-on-accessible-publishing/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 08:56:36 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/updates/reading-up-on-accessible-publishing/ Reading up on Accessible Publishing

]]> http://crossinggaps.com/reading-up-on-accessible-publishing/feed/ 0 Seth Godin wrote a fantastic piece on th… http://crossinggaps.com/seth-godin-wrote-a-fantastic-piece-on-th/ http://crossinggaps.com/seth-godin-wrote-a-fantastic-piece-on-th/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 01:51:49 +0000 http://crossinggaps.com/uncategorized/seth-godin-wrote-a-fantastic-piece-on-th/ Seth Godin wrote a fantastic piece on the need for “publishers” in the digital world.

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