‘Remix Fiction’ interview – part 3

08.16.10 Posted in Interview by

Martin Aggett and I discuss Brain Candy, LLC’s collaborative commercial entertainment model.


“How to Build a Collaborative Commercial Entertainment Property”

08.12.10 Posted in Article by

I write about building collaborative commercial entertainment models by sharing how Runes of Gallidon was developed.


My Collaborative Commercial Entertainment Article in Issue 2.1 of ‘Ontologica’

08.12.10 Posted in Collaboration by

The second issue of Ontologica, which contains an article I wrote, has just been published. The article’s focus is an introduction to the considerations involved in creating or extending an entertainment property into the collaborative commercial space. I am pleased to see more properties being launched that are natively collaborative as well as commercial (in [...]


My SXSW Panel Picks

08.11.10 Posted in Digital Content by

For those interested in transmedia, there are some excellent panels being proposed by experienced creatives. I highly recommend the following: Maureen McHugh’s ‘ARGS Don’t Work: The Future of Transmedia Stories‘ Jay Bushman’s ‘Transmedia Artists Guild: New Media Needs New Representation‘ Brooke Thompson’s ‘Documenting your Transmedia Project (how to & why)‘ Andrea Phillips’ ‘Hoax or Transmedia? [...]


Remix Fiction Interview

08.02.10 Posted in Brain Candy by

Had the pleasure of being invited to sit down across the virtual desk that is Skype from Martin Aggett of Remix Fiction. Very grateful to Martin for giving me the opportunity to discuss Brain Candy, LLC on his show. Remix Fiction Television Episode #730 (Scott Walker) from Martin Aggett on Vimeo.


“Co-creating Value through Collaborative Entertainment”

05.16.10 Posted in Article by

A new Brain Candy, LLC marketing presentation that summarizes the approaches, philosophies, and framework considerations for co-creating value with audiences.


My conflicted relationship with transmedia

03.23.10 Posted in Brain Candy by

After a few months of deliberation, today I scraped the word “transmedia” from my company’s website. I didn’t do it to make some point or start a protest, and this post isn’t a manifesto, a call to action, a damnation, or an act of praise (it’s not likely to receive wide readership, anyway, much less [...]


Living in a Derivative World

09.17.09 Posted in Copyright by

I recently viewed a presentation by The Alchemists (here’s their blog) which included a mashup they made from a Brazilian film. I’ve never seen the film, but having watched the mashup – a hilarious sendup in which the characters are searching for the mysterious “Henry Jenkins” – I have a definite perspective about the original [...]


DOJ, a subsidiary of the RIAA

04.14.09 Posted in Copyright by

Wired just posted about yet another DOJ appointment having come straight from the RIAA legal halls. That’s FIVE RIAA appointments. I am struggling – incredibly hard – to reconcile this trend in DOJ appointments with an administration that paints itself as forward-thinking and technically savvy. The current U.S. copyright and IP laws are subsidizing broken [...]


Erth Chronicles

03.31.09 Posted in Copyright, Digital Content by

Just stumbled on an interesting site, Erth Chronicles, where Richard (James Johnson) is allowing artists to submit their original works for posting on the site. He’s the author behind the Erth Chronicles fiction (Book I, The Enemy’s Son, is available for purchase now), and he’s inviting artists to submit their works to him for posting [...]