Are You Authentic Online?
Are You Authentic Online?... // au·then·tic (ô-thĕn’tĭk) adj. worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact – paints an authentic picture of our society conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features made or...
Read More
Talk: The Fragments of Play – Transocialmedia Entertainment
Talk: The Fragments of Play – Transo... // I was invited to keynote at the IADIS multi conference in the really tough summer environment that is Carvoeiro (a quaint Portugese coastal town & limestone cliff’d seascape on the Algarve). The conference (at the Tivoli...
Read More
Machinima Rivals Animation
Machinima Rivals Animation... // As is my curse I gave another overview introduction presentation last week on films made with games engines aka machinima. I then ran a workshop on the production process and techniques particularly looking at dedicated machinima...
Read More
TranSocialMedia Play, Experience & Alternate Reality Design
TranSocialMedia Play, Experience & Al... // Tran-social-media-play [tran-soc-shuh-mee-dee-uh-pley] noun, verb 1 noun – a new form, a means of collaborative communication through play in constructed shared ‘media-rich’ environments 2 verb – taking part...
Read More
The Phone – New Form Social Media Entertainment?
The Phone – New Form Social Media En... // Clip above from the earlier Australian version of The Phone in Feb 09 & interview with its producer Chris Berry here Interesting timing to receive a prod from the publicist of this show as I am in the middle of mentoring groups...
Read More
Tribalization, Socialized TV & Games: Seriously
Tribalization, Socialized TV & Games:... // With my Director of the Australian Laboratory for Advanced Media Production hat on I often front our workshops and seminars with a kind of ‘trawl’ across the area being presented by specialist speakers. This means a rather...
Read More
Aussie Social Media Drama Wins International Interactive Emmy
Aussie Social Media Drama Wins Internation... // A cross-post from the LAMP blog I also run: LAMP mentored ‘Social Media, Multi-Platform’ Drama Scorched won the coveted International Interactive Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences last night...
Read More
Letting Audiences Play with your Pieces – Participatory Film & Music
Letting Audiences Play with your Pieces &#... // There are a multitude of sites out there asking the ‘audience’ (grrr)  to submit films, music, scripts, stories, bits of their personal life and anything the brand or property feel will draw them into their branded...
Read More
Twitter Long Tail – Broadcastization & Pre-Twitter Reputation
Twitter Long Tail – Broadcastization... // Ever since I joined Twitter (GaryPHayes) I have been fascinated by the subtle ‘etiquette’ of being followed, following and timely updates (as well as the enormous growth and creative potential twitter now affords). It...
Read More
Games & Virtual Worlds are Dying? So What’s The ROI?
Games & Virtual Worlds are Dying? So ... // Dying? More in the middle of this post – Thought I would share my lil’ introduction slides from ad:tech 2009 earlier this week. It is such a short time (each panel is given 50 minutes) to cover such a vast area and myself,...
Read More
Multi Platform Social Media – diagram-by-diagram
Multi Platform Social Media – diagra... // Over the years I have been creating lots of confusing, busy yet at the same time, meaningful and insightful emergent media diagrams. These attempt to help the uninitiated heritage media folk, get to grips with a multiplatform, shifting-social-media-sands,...
Read More
Presentations – Adtech, LAMP, Banff, Portugal, Spaa and…
Presentations – Adtech, LAMP, Banff,... // It’s that time of year where things really start to kick-in. So on top of all my AFTRS lecturing, MA Supervision and LAMP R&D work plus commercial work via MUVEDesign and many consultancy sessions here are some nice breaks...
Read More