Last year, I wrote a post called “Your Life Is A Transmedia Experience.” In October, the post became the basis for a panel discussion event at the FutureM conference in Boston with me, Marta Kagan and Jan Libby. I have updated the deck from that panel, and am sharing here for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
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The Top 5 Social Creature Posts Of 2010
If you’re just joining us, here’s the top 5 things that happened here this year:
1. Why Iron Man Is The First 21st Century Superhero
For the past 70 years we have been living with a 20th century version of the superhero. Until now. Though the Iron Man character was originally created in the early 60s, his most recent incarnation is really the first Millennial superhero. (Then Jon Favreau, the director of Iron Man, retweeted it!! Craziness!)
2. The First 21st Century Vampires
Just as the new Iron Man has broken the mould constricting the superhero archetype, True Blood’s vampires offer a compelling commentary on our rapidly changing present through their own, archly extrahuman relationship to it. (MetaFilter gave it love, too.)
3. How The Internet Killed The Rock Star (…Not The Way You Think)
At this point, to say the Internet’s done away with anything else when it comes to music is, admittedly, a cliché, but, nevertheless, there’s one more, less-publicized casualty: the rock star. Zoe Keating agreed.
4. Your Life Is A Transmedia Experience
“Transmedia” has become the new buzzword for multi-platform narratives, but in the digital age, transmedia isn’t just how we consume entertainment narratives, it’s how we experience the narrative of our lives. This post later became the basis for a panel with me, Marta Kagan, and Jan Libby, at the FutureM conference in Boston.
5. How To Stand In the Face of Powerlessness For A New Generation
As a generation, mine has not known powerlessness. We’ve had so little practice at facing situations where we couldn’t just do something; at fighting them, at living through them. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is my generation’s unfortunate turn to figure out how to stand in the face of powerlessness.
Honorable mention:
The Glitch Mob Drops The New-Tron Bomb
This happened so late in the year that it didn’t quite have time to catch up, but my idea for a Tron:Legacy remix video scored to The Glitch Mob’s music and edited by Khameleon808 is still the 7th most popular thing that happened on Social-Creature in 2010. (It even got into Wired.com.)
Ps. Thanks to Boston Innovation for naming me one of “Five Fresh Faces Leading Boston’s Creative Revolution.” Though I seem to be splitting my time between Boston and LA the past couple of years, (I wish Facebook would let you put “It’s complicated” under “Current city”), it is, of course, an honor to play even a little part in any Boston-based revolution.
See you next year!!
Vote For My Panel at SXSWInteractive – “Your Life Is A Transmedia Experience”
If you have been digging what I write and do and think about — or if you’re simply lost on the internet and wondering what to do with the next 30 seconds of your life — Please vote for my panel at SXSW Interactive 2011! There’s a quickie little account setup first, but IT’S EASY, and I will love you for it!
Vote now: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7292
Here’s a neat-o slideshow about it:
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Also: if you’re thinking the subject of this panel sounds like something you might have heard me mention before, you’re right!
What The F**K Is Social Media NOW?
For the past two years, Espresso has taken a stab at answering a simple, compelling question: “What The F**k Is Social Media?” The answer has turned into a series of presentations that have been viewed over 750,000 times, translated into about 10 languages (including Russian, so I’ve finally been able to explain to my parents what it is I “do”), and proclaimed “a social media hit for its wit and its very convincing case for the raw power of social media,” by Mashable.
This year, I’m proud to say I helped research and cowrite the third installment in Espresso’s “blockbuster summer franchise.” Check it out!
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If you’d perfer a non-“parental advisory” rendition, the “radio version” is here.
These Decks Are Making Me Thirsty
Last month, we at Espresso launched “Connect or Die: How to survive in a Music 2.0 World,” the first in our “2.0” thought leadership series exploring the challenges and opportunities facing various industries as digital and social technology dramatically alter the consumer landscape.
This month, I’m excited to share the second installment, Drink 2.o: Anything But ‘The Usual’, where we take a critical look at the trends in the alcohol biz in the U.S., and also Canada. As with last time, I helped research and co-write these decks. Enjoy! (Ideally with a cocktail!)