Neat chart. Although, it’s missing the Canon PowerShot ELPH series. And I’d argue that the iPhone became a strong visual tool with the iPhone 4 before the 5.
The Australian airline Qantas aims to provide a unique experience by offering a selection of specially curated books, each of which is just long enough to last the duration of your flight.
Some forward thinking of providing media tailored to the environment it’s meant to be consumed. File under media moment.
When speaking about multi-screen storytelling, remember that screens have different contexts6, not only different capabilities. The same screen on which you carelessly watch videos at home becomes a closely guarded viewport when you’re watching a movie on a crowded train. The context in which people view stories is more important than the device’s specifications. When we tell interactive stories, we need to be aware of this, and embrace it.
File under Transmedia or Storyscaping.
Second Story was acquired by SapientNitro late last year and I’ve been attentive to learn more about their leadership style and culture within the company. It was with keen interest to hear Alex Wexler (SapientNitro EVP and Managing Director North America and Europe) and his perspective on a company’s culture and leadership:
I take great pride in the fact that I play a role in helping create that environment, in nourishing the culture so that people can lead better lives inside as well of outside of Sapient. That’s my greatest success.
This reference to “creating an environment” reminds me of a recent TED talk with Sir Ken Robinson on “How to escape education’s death valley.” Of leadership (in education), he says:
The real role of leadership in education — and I think it’s true at the national level, the state level, at the school level — is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility. And if you do that, people will rise to it and achieve things that you completely did not anticipate and couldn’t have expected.
Definitely worth a watch:
I especially appreciate the perspective of leadership not focused on command and control but rather fostering a climate, or environment, for growth and innovation. Wexler wraps up his interview with:
I firmly believe that people who work at Sapient are better friends, better parents and better spouses because of the way they work and interact at Sapient.
File under leadership.
Amazing stories, fiction and non-fiction, that come alive, not because of flashy interactivity or glossy photography, but because they embrace the true nature of the web.
I’m with you, Adam. Let’s do it!
More Central Park Loveliness. If you want to track this year’s SummerStage music acts at the Park, try SummerStageLove, a site I built specifically for that. And if you like it, please vote for it at the HackSummerstage challenge :)
This is what one might call a labor of love. Nicely done.
Who knew flowers through fences was a thing? I’m in.
