Category Archives: NEW MEDIA

One week away from the Hypertext 2008 Conference in Pittsburgh, PA and I’m pretty much ready for that with a presentation for the workshop headed by Steve Ersinghaus where I’ll be showing the process of my work with Storyspace and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Not without some pride and a lot of gratitude to Steve Ersinghaus for his eight years of subtle shoving and to Mark Bernstein for his opening up the paths into hyptertext for me via Storyspace, I am now up to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I thought it was bad enough years ago when I Googled "lump in breast" and was greeted with websites full of bare breasts and tongues.  This, somehow, is even sadder: Google "(surname) motorcycle accident": Save On Motorcycle Accidents. Great Deals … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just took another look at the Kindle reader and I suppose that if I had a lot of extra money, I might go for it.  But then again, my naturally frugal nature would still likely balk at the economics of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After twelve years (my, how time flies!) I have to change my home page.  Excite just gave me notice that they will no longer support stock portfolios on the home page.  Where to, then?  Maybe NetVibes since I have one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Took the Twitter widget off the sidebar here.  Since it’s just another condensed version of what’s happening, it seemed redundant. Besides, a girl needs some privacy. Continue reading →

Watching Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth and noticed a common film trick of introducing a new character into the story without showing him. In third person pov, we watch as the characters move within their world, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I think it’s time I moved my Storyspace adventures over to Hypercompendia, a weblog devoted to the arts of new media and hypertext in particular.  For one thing, as a learning experience the posts tend to get either glorious with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Seems I’m going to learn by trial and error(s) or maybe print out some of the Storyspace Manual pages or else I’m going to be knee-deep in empty writing spaces that appear to be breeding like rabbits. I know there’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Unlegalesed that means plotting and story.  In Storyspace, it seems that while your options are wide, wide open to follow wherever a thought leads you so that story winds back on itself and is ever-moving, unhampered by the tube top … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well I’ve learned how to do a few things and I’m trying to incorporate a story into the program just to learn and get comfortable with the software and the process.  My basic learning style is know what you want … Continue reading → Continue reading →