Author Archives: geoffreylong

Geoffrey Long is a media analyst, scholar, and storyteller exploring transmedia experiences, emerging entertainment platforms and the future of entertainment as the Lead Narrative Producer for the Narrative Design Team at Microsoft Studios. He is an alum of the MIT Comparative Media Studies program, a FoE Fellow with the Futures of Entertainment community, and a co-editor of the Playful Thinking book series from the MIT Press. His personal site can be found at geoffreylong.com.

Man, sign me up.

If it’s true that Fyodor Nesterchuk hasn’t slept in 20 years with no negative repurcussions, man, there’s a serious opportunity for a breakthrough here. C’mon, you med students, hop to it!

Who’s with me?

OK, check this out. According to the BBC, a 20-year-old American is auctioning off advertising space on his forehead on eBay. For 30 days, the winning bidder will have their slogan, tattoo or whatever tattooed on his forehead. Bids are currently up to about $350 or so at last checking, so there’s a very real […]

Film recommendations from Kevin.

So Kevin sold me on “In Good Company” with only a few words, and then seeing the trailer cinched the deal. I’m so there.

I fall off the Net for two days and all hell breaks loose.

Wow, I can’t leave you guys alone for a minute. I took two days off from being online and Six Apart does indeed acquire LiveJournal (with a press release, a FAQ, a professional network introduction, and, of course, numerous weblog posts), Bill Gates calls those of us in the Creative Commons camp communists and the […]

Tink does such cool work.

My friend Tina does some seriously cool Photoshop work, as evidenced by her new piece, “The Pigs Go Visiting in the City“, which she’s just posted on Flickr. Creepy, to be sure, but definitely cool nevertheless.

A little something for the kitchen.

I can already tell that my future kitchen will be decorated in art from various coffeehouses I’ve visited across the country. This piece from Metropolis Coffee in Chicago will certainly make the list, if I can get in there before they all sell out. Update. I’ve been to Metropolis several times now, and I’ve got […]

Six Apart assimilating LiveJournal?

So Om Malik has posted a report that Om Malik on Broadband » Six Apart is going to buy Live Journal, and the whole blogosphere is afire with the news. What gets me is that I don’t really see the point – if 6A gobbles up the LJ community, the only major advantage I can […]

Kevin Smokler on Amazon!

How cool is this? My good man Kevin has finished his book and it’s now available for purchase at Amazon! Good on ya, Kevin!

What he said.

Josh over at Epistemographer just totally nailed my current malaise. I’ve been in creative input mode for a while now – although my output has been pretty strong for my freelance work, it’s been absolutely laconic when it comes to my writing. Another great New Year’s Resolution is to get my arse back in gear […]

Leia, not Leia.

Anything for those hot Texas blogger babes.