Quick post from Digital Society, this neat little Mac shop in NYC. I ducked in here to look for the Canon Digital Rebel, which was out of stock at the Apple Store in Soho, but they don’t seem to carry ’em. Nuts.
Man, is it COLD out there. Ears frozen. Need hat. Unfortunately, my fedora is in Maryland. Rats.
Having fun with friends up here, though. Hanging out with Kate in the bookend time ’round her rehearsals. She made me this kickass Gryffindor scarf for my birthday, which I’m wearing today with big geeky pride. As for the rest of the time, I’ve primarily been working on the new Dreamsbay site. It’s kind of sad, I suppose, but it’s too bloody cold to do a lot of walking outside, so I’ve been sort of camping out at the not-a-Starbucks on the NYU campus. This is okay, I reckon – I’ll do some Christmas shopping and museum hopping later this week, when it’s not so bloody crowded (and, hopefully, not quite so arctic).
Anyway, the first day of my 26th year is going pretty well so far. Hope y’all can say the same. For those of you on the East Coast, here’s wishing you tons of cocoa and marshmallows. Me, I’ve got my peppermint mochas to keep me warm. And a little Hogwarts ’round my neck.
Later!
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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