It’s been a bit of a busy 7-10 days, but I’ve finally committed to filling in the unfortunate blog deficit.
- I’ve been chatting a fair bit to Howard Webster, the creator, writer, publisher, organiser and driving force behind The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore, which is ‘second generation graphic novel’, in that it mixes comics, old black and white archive footage, and live action shot with actors including British thespian Colin Salmon. Even more interesting for me is the fact that all the assets from the ‘official’ production can be downloaded and used to create user content, with mash-ups of audio, video etc. And if that wasn’t enough, Howard has an annoying habit of just coming out with other ground-breaking ideas in the middle of a conversation. In a 30 minute catch-up he came out with two or three evolutions of the idea, all of which could stand on their own. And all of which were very interesting. I won’t say more, but I’m currently writing a feature on the project for Disposable Media, out on June 28, so make sure you check it out.
- I’ve also been contacted by Catherine Toole from Sticky Content about a variety of things, including her forthcoming presentation at Online Marketing 2007. I have to say, from previous experience, and the teaser on the Sticky Content blog, it’ll be one of the presentations worth seeing, as it’s rare to see someone combining a obvious passion for social media, with a balanced view of what can go wrong, and then coming up with the solutions that brands and managers often need spelt out for them. I’m just working out whether I can justify a day or two out of the office to pop down and give my support.
-Before this gets to epic length, I’ve also now become one of these accursed ‘evangelists’ for technology. (I’ll never use that term again, I promise). After upgrading my own aged laptop to Windows 2000 Professional (I’m a luddite geek), I suddenly twigged I didn’t have any decent Office-type programmes. No MS Word for example. So I went and downloaded Open Office.
Blimey. Everything I could need for a home PC, in one reasonably-sized download, and with no obvious problems as yet. Why would I ever bother with paying for similar programmes? The only thing I can see me doing in future is investing in a USB stick big enough to carry everything I need around with me.
