Sessions at Skillswap seeking stories about Storytelling

Unscheduled

• Spacelog & story patterns: how to design experiences like you would a good book

  by Gavin O'Carroll

  We talk a lot about narrative and story, but what exactly is a story? What makes it move you? Starting with http://spacelog.org/, a brief look at some simple story patterns to make digital experiences that can inspire the soul.

  • Storytelling
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• The data will improve rockets

  by Matthew Sheret

  Narratives shape our journeys through data, and those stories don't have to be complicated to have a huge impact. All you have to do is think about your audience – your companions – and where you want to take them.

  • Storytelling
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• The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Telling a complex story online

  by Phil Gyford

  Exploring the ten year project to publish, collaboratively annotate and explain the 17th century diary on the web, and bring a historical character to life on Twitter.

  • History
  • Samuel Pepys
  • Storytelling
  • Twitter
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