I Am User Generated

“Content and technology are strange bed fellows. We are joined together. Sometimes we misunderstand each other. But isn’t that after all the definition of marriage?” ~ Howard Stringer

Pretty sure I think about this quote everyday. Everyday brings that tension, that struggle between content and technology or as I like to look at it, between story and innovation. Sometimes it even manifests itself between the collaborators. The designers are fighting the developers and the writers are battling the IAs but when it comes together it can really be special. So let’s try to build better marriages, shall we?

It’s great to see that Transmedia made it on to the list. The more I talk with people about what I do, the more I see the audience appetite to “read” stories over multiple platforms. I’m glad to see I’m not drinking my own kool-aid too much.
Also pretty excited about the TinTin movie coming out this year.

Two of my heroes appeared together on the Colbert Show to comically speak about a very serious issue. Copyright lawyer Lawrence Lessig joined Stephen Colbert to promote his new book: Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in a Hybrid Economy. Just as RiP: A Remix Manifesto alluded to, we are turning children into criminals with our copyright laws. Lessig takes it one step further and points out that in ten years we haven’t gain any ground in moving this issue further. Remixing is the building blocks of creativity.
Here’s the interview and of course, the remix of the interview.

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