Kickstarter is a really cool way to get projects funded through crowd-sourcing. The creators put out a video and description of their project and say how much money they need to get started – then, if you like the idea, you can help fund it with a few bucks. As far as I know, Socks, [...]

The other day, BoingBoing guestblogger Chris Arkenberg posted an interview with Behnam Karbassi of No Mimes Media. It’s a good read, highly recommended, but what jumped out at me was a breakdown of three different types of transmedia: franchise, marketing, and native. There is often much debate and confusion over what’s what in the world [...]

We’ve got some new stats thanks to a new survey out by Edison Research onFrequent Social Networkers. Americans are becoming more and more comfortable with using social media. Not only are more people using social networking sites (48% of people have a profile today compared to 24% in 2008 and 34% in 2009), but they [...]

For as much as we talk about how everyone is talking about transmedia. And for as much as we like to think people are figuring out these alternate reality game things… The SXSW panel picker went live today. Categories on the Interactive side include: Alternative Reality Gaming Categories on the Film side do NOT include: [...]

With ARGFest coming up, I was in the market for a hotel and/or conference facilities in the Atlanta area. Our original plans were to have the conference at Woodruff Arts Center – it’s an outstanding facility and would have made for one heck of an event. Unfortunately, they were not able to provide space for [...]