- Gaiman wins the Newbery. Still chuffed.
- Nike Coraline Dunks. Man, I want some of these.
- Vandermeer on strange noir. Next steampunk?
- VDM on strange noir II. New Miéville? Want!
- Eureka Unscripted returns. Now where’s the show?
- Sterling on the Republic of Letters. Eerie, that is.
- Dora Goss on James and Wells. Post-Victorian lit vs. pop/pulp. Awesome.
- Brushes. Fingerpaint on your iPhone!
- Flickr: iPhone paintings. See above.
- Birds on a wire on a wall. I kinda want to do this.
- 25 good Twitter follows for writers. Gratz Kevin!
- How to publish in a recession. Interesting.
- Facebook page stats. Interesting.
- Diamond’s minimum order increases dooming the direct market? Uh oh.
- Stanley Fish on academic isolationism. Not sure I buy this.
- Jaydiohead. Jay-Z + Radiohead = ???
- Transmediated comics. Good run-down of this summer’s franchises.
- Comics in the Louvre for the first time. Mais oui!
- Watchmen game will be in canon with comic. O RLY?
- Tomorrow Museum on why Dodgeball failed. Bang on.
- Russell Davies on the postdigital. Awesome.
- Russell Davies on the postdigital II. Awesome II.
- Wattson. I wish this were available in the US.
- Shapeways. 3D printing for the masses.
- Ponoko. Fabrication for the masses.
- Magcloud. Magazine publishing for the masses.
- Derek’s new lamp. Derek is of the masses.
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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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