While window-shopping on the iTunes app store for panoramic camera apps, I discovered a little-known 360° panoramic app from Japan called Pixeet 360. Quicktime VR experiences typically require expensive hardware, software and photographic know-how. Pixeet 360 leapfrogs all that by allowing anyone to capture and create these immersive experiences right on their …

In this episode of theorycast, I interview anthropologist Grant McCracken (@grant27) on his recent book, Chief Culture Officer. This interview took place at the Futures of Entertainment 4 conference at MIT, on November 21st, 2009. The video I captured from his book talk within the ROI of ROFL session panel is also included. From the ...

Over on the Google Buzz side of my joblessness story, friends have been reminding me of A Singapore Taxi Driver’s Diary, probably the only taxi driver in this world with a PhD from Stanford. I called him a genius because he’s managed to turn a downfall into an upturn (i.e. Seth Gordin’s The Dip)… ...

Around the start of 2010, I began hearing about this idea dubbed the3six5 project. A bunch of transmedia and emerging media folks discussed it with great fervor, over twitter and their blogs.So I took a look…frowned…then asked…“What’s the big effing deal?”Every day, a different person would step in and write a journal entry of what ...

I keep having these aspirations to have my own daily video show, but until it actually happens (yeah right!), I’ll just share recent links I’ve enjoyed. I’ve heard from some of you that this is what you like best from my blog… less talkie, more linkies!Sarien.net – Instant adventure gamingWelcome to Sarien.net, the portal for ...

As educators, teaching evaluations can sometimes make or break our careers as seen in this New York Times article. Artist Abi Huynh, from the Royal Academy of Art, the Netherland puts a new spin on the otherwise boring survey form.Don’t bother. The image is too low-res to print, so we’re encouraged construct our own versions.Source: ...

Sivasothi (@sivasothi) and Ivan Chew (@ramblinglib) tipped me off on the Singapore National Library Board’s new Facebook app, simply called ‘myLibraryR 16;. What’s interesting about the app is that is integrates much of our typical library transactions right into Facebook. At first we might wonder, “What’s the big deal about a Facebook app? …

Download theorycast.63 :: What is Transmedia? (.mp4 / 52mb), or watch this on Youtube, Facebook and Blip.tv. Subscribe to theorycast on iTunes.At the Futures of Entertainment 4 conference in MIT, I asked academics Xiaochang Li, Sheila Seles and William Uricchio of the Convergence Culture Consortium on their definitions of transmedia. As defined by Henry Jenkins ...

Me, my papa and John Larkin at NTU. See photo slideshow.Alex Halavais, John Hendron, and AcademicDave are just some of the education folks who have been exploring the future of learning, and how schools as institutions are going to have to adapt to stay relevant in an increasingly participatory media age.On 14th Oct 2009, as ...

As a cyber-socialite, I visited hyper-connected people, such as NUS biologist @Sivasothi (aka otterman) who enhances student interactions with blogs and Google Docs. That’s his workplace.From the searing heat of Singapore to the chilly silence of Buffalo, it’s time for me to get back to work. There are three things on my plate at this ...