A talk on +City given at MIT8 Media in Transition Conference in Cambridge, MA, May 4 2013
+City: Data Visualization’s Troubling of the Public/Private Sphere
Designing for Attention: Transmedia’s New Narrative Practices Part 2
A Masterclass created for Transmedia SG, Singapore Media Academy, May 29, 2013
Added: Additional Info on Web Series Ruby Skye PI’s new broadcast deal with the CBC. See Slide 8.
Case Studies on Ruby Skye PI, The Karada & Zed.TO’s Byologyc
+city design: twitter data visualizations
+city twitter data visualization
Co-founded & designed by Faisal Anwar & Siobhan O’Flynn, +City is an ongoing series of research initiatives investigating the effect of social media on networked behaviour and in-world action. In the early phase of this project, the research focus began with the collective psychogeography generated by Nuit Blanche attendees during and after the event viaTwitter & content uploaded to Flickr, YouTube, and Vimeo documenting the event. Funded by a SSHRC Insight Development grant, +City developed and launched a beta archiving and analytical tool in the fall of 2011 to track and analyze twitter hashtag streams generated during the event. This initial project continued with the development of a data visualization app for iPhone and iPad, supported by and launched with the McLuhan 100 Conference in Toronto.
Degrassi! Transmedia, Convergent, Social, Mobile! New TMC Resource Kit Case Study
Degrassi case study: multi platform, transmedia, convergent, social, mobile – what hasn't Degrassi done? from TMC Resource Kit
Degrassi has now been a part of the Canadian entertainment landscape for 30+ years (2 years shy of Star Wars folks!) and it has a history of firsts in dealing with sensitive topics, language use, and consistent innovations in reaching out to a trans-generational passionate fan community.
The more I learned, the more impressed I’ve been with Epitome’s long term, consistent commitment to keeping this show relevant, ground-breaking and their success in developing new strategies with new platforms to support community engagement.
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Ignite Toronto 3: Siobhan O’Flynn – Mobile Fragments
My 5 minute Petcha Kutcha talk! what a crazy ask – 5 minutes, 20 slides, automatic timer – GO!
From 2010:
‘I advise on the design of digital narratives: transmedia, crossmedia, physical installations, interactive films & recently an interactive graphic novel. In 2006/07 I was the narrative design consultant on Late Fragment, a feature film/dvd that premiered at Cannes. I have advised on over interactive 65 digital works, many of which have gone on to win awards in Canada & abroad.
Having joined the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab in 2001, I continue to critically engage with the development of emergent forms in digital media and I have mentored in the Digital Development Lab multiple times and in the Melting Silos Program (NFB/SFU Praxis/Agentic) for the Development of Transmedia Content, both in Vancouver. I am currently programming Storytelling X.O, a full day event at FITC Toronto 2010 on digital storytelling today.’
“Psychogeography as Social Activism in Kat Cizek’s Highrise:The 1000th Tower and Out My Window
An academic essay written 2011, now available here:
http://lisa.revues.org/5703
“This research looks at the National Film Board of Canada’s multi-year, multi-platform interactive documentary project, Highrise/The 1000th Tower and Out My Window. This ongoing series of innovative documentaries is considered in terms of how emergent Web 2.0 technologies and platforms are providing new tools for documentary expression and for connecting with audiences as participatory content creators. The NFB Highrise project is also placed in historical context to an earlier NFB social change documentary project, Challenge for Change. By examining the methodologies of the contemporary award-winning projects, this research highlights the potential of web-based, interactive projects to support community agency and expression.”