- In case you missed it. If you only click one of these links…
- Dwell redesigns! Every new site should incorporate video this well.
- NPR: Colleges want to cool admissions frenzy. “You should be honest enough to say, ‘Our school wouldn’t be a good choice for you, but you might consider the following schools.”
- 50 ways to become a better designer.
- Comhaltas. “Promoting Irish culture and music around the world.” Sweet.
- Art.Lebedev Verbarius clock. This will be on the wall of my studio.
- Art.Lebedev Upravlator. This looks like it would be a fantastic kiosk tool.
- Art.Lebedev Mus2 Mouse. Okay, now they’re just getting silly.
- Consumers balking at iPhone price. “Among the 26 percent of respondents who said they’re likely to buy an iPhone, only 1 percent said they’d pay $500 for it.”
- NYT: Working in France, in the style of Silicon Valley. I like Europe.
- Sci-Fi: Apple TV: where’s the outrage? I’m still not sold on the device, honestly.
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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