There are few things that are as exciting for an aspiring creator as creating a piece of content that goes viral. I’ve had acquaintances who’ve sat glued to their screens for days following the spread and traction of something they’ve put out there (not that they - or I for that matter - would be…Read more Microprosumers – the Rise of the Meme Makers
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Overcoming Transmedia’s Challenges
Some weeks ago I read a nice write-up on the subject of transmedia storytelling over at Nicely Said. It had a fairly thorough dissection of the whats and whatnots of transmedia, of the history and of different examples (such as the usual suspects “Why So Serious”, The Walking Dead etc). The post looked at the…Read more Overcoming Transmedia’s Challenges
Patching the Patchwork
Photo by Diane Helentjaris on Unsplash So, as many others I’ve had quite a lot to do over the past six months. As the pandemic struck, some of our projects were immediately canned, and we right away tried to look at the situation as creatively as possible. There’s always a silver lining somewhere. We found…Read more Patching the Patchwork
The Creative Squeeze
Creativeness might be a less important search term on LinkedIn nowadays. It has, as so many terms before it, been used up to such an extent that it hardly means anything anymore to your average person. This is a bit of a shame, as creativeness is becoming an increasingly important trait in just about every…Read more The Creative Squeeze
The Art of the Ask
One challenge that has been with me throughout most of my active life as a content developer and producer has been the careful approach to the Ask. Whatever we’ve been involved in, it has always come up against the need to ask something of someone at some point. How to make this Ask, how to…Read more The Art of the Ask
Simon Staffans // Evolving Media 