Influential pioneer who defined the alternate reality entertainment genre worldwide. Sean Stewart is an award-winning science fiction novelist, a groundbreaking figure in transmedia storytelling, and the most experienced and influential writer of Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) in the world. A graduate of the University of Alberta in Edmonton and currently based in California, Sean has founded four genre defining companies including 42 Entertainment and Fourth Wall Studios, behind ARG campaigns including The Beast, I Love Bees, Year Zero, and Vanishing Point (Microsoft). In publishing, he has continued to push the envelope of the traditional novel with the transmedia Cathys Book, a New York Times and international bestseller currently published in twenty countries and a dozen languages around the world. For more information about this TEDxTalk or TEDxEdmonton, visit http://www.tedxedmonton.com.
Updates from July, 2010
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TEDxTalks "Bard 5.0: The Evolution of Storytelling"
Niekname
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The State of the Internet by JESS3
Nautic3l
Here is a cool motion infographic by JESS3 about the State of the Internet. JESS3 is in their own words “a creative agency that specializes in web design, branding and data visualization”. I like them :).
JESS3 / The State of The Internet from JESS3 on Vimeo.
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Power to the pixel!
Nautic3l
“Pixel - A pixel art documentary” is a documentary by Simon Cottee, about the power of the pixel in modern day culture, music and art.
Via BoingBoing
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Beaming again
Niekname
Ok, we all know what this is and what it can do, but at the end it has a little “wow” effect.
ENVISION : Step into the sensory box from SUPERBIEN on Vimeo.
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Graffyard
kirsten
Really nice project by streetartist Sweza. After the graffiti has been cleaned off by the local authorities, he places a QR Code in the exact location. So you can go back in time - scan the code with your mobile and you’ll see the “old” graffiti.


via bumbumbum
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Winnebago Man - The Movie
Nautic3l
Just watch
Via BoingBoing
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Banksy Tour
kirsten
Several Banksy works popped up in the US and Canada over the last couple of weeks.
Toronto

San Francisco

LA

Boston

Seattle, Chicago, Detroit

New York

Via Notcot / Highsnobiety
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Augmented ventriloquism
Arri
@ TEDxTokyo
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Eyjafjallajökull Time Lapse Video
kirsten
Time Lapse Video of the Icelandic Volcano Eyjafjallajökull by Sean Stiegemeier.
via hypebeast
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Guerilla paint action
kirsten
A group of cyclists dumped 13 gallons of paint on the road at Berlin’s busy Rosenthaler Platz, creating a series of colourful lines as cars drove through.

via abitare