Category Archives: NEW MEDIA

So the first expression of creativity was a dismal failure.  Why? Because I just refuse to follow directions.  It’s a personal thing with me; figuring I can jump ahead some steps in my frenzy to learn something new in a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I realized that I already had a New Media Category so I’ll likely lose the Hyperfiction one I just set up; although triple-thinking it, it would keep the project out separate from all the millions of other things that go … Continue reading → Continue reading →

First I categorized this entry under literature, but decided that everything is story, so I’d take it to the next level. This Sony reader gizmo due out intrigued me.  Even the $350 price tag seemed okay, compared to the price … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The 1998 movie Sliding Doors is on the Fox channel right now–started at noon.  We used this in our New Media class to present the forking paths life takes based on minute decisions made.  Good movie. Continue reading →

At long last!  Scratches will be available on February 26th. Guess I’d better catch up with Still life before then… Just haven’t had the head lately to respond to these narrative games, but I’ve been away from it too long … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t often read my own posts after they’re written…oh all right, if I thought they were particularly eloquent I might, but do check when I wonder if I’ve made sense or if a comment draws my attention back to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Feels strange and yet so normal, working on a project that makes tomorrow appear a deadline and makes me hope for snow. Just the skeleton of this, the Poetics/Cannery Row essay, would be better and more easily planned out perhaps … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ohmigod–Shrek is on!  I’ve been wanting to see this since it first came out. I love it already. The Three Blind Mice, the Dead Broad, er, Snow White–this is wonderful! UPDATE:  Absolutely amazing graphics, great script (this ain’t for kids … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Fiddling with Facade again kept it fresh in my mind this morning as I sipped my coffee, checked my e-mail on the laptop, and glanced every now and then at a movie on the television.  Dreamboat, a 1952 movie starring … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have given, as is my wont, blow by blow impressions of Facade in various entries over the past week rather than in a finish-the-book/game/work of art-then-review-it manner that is more customarily done by the pros.  That alone should prove … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I think that I’m going to try to wind up my exploration of Facade today and post some final thoughts on this most interesting and enjoyable project.  (I do apologize for not always providing the link within the many, many … Continue reading → Continue reading →