Comments on: Six apart http://chile.galangal.org/six-apart/ a website by liza daly Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marketing » Blog Archive » Marketing = conversations = storytelling http://chile.galangal.org/six-apart/#comment-12570 Marketing » Blog Archive » Marketing = conversations = storytelling Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:10:09 +0000 http://chile.galangal.org/six-apart/#comment-12570 [...] 21 Steps released to the interweb, a fictional modern-day 39 Steps told across Google Maps.I echo some of the thoughts of other readers when I say it feels a bit gimmicky, but nonetheless I could really see this type of fiction [...] [...] 21 Steps released to the interweb, a fictional modern-day 39 Steps told across Google Maps.I echo some of the thoughts of other readers when I say it feels a bit gimmicky, but nonetheless I could really see this type of fiction [...]

]]> By: liza http://chile.galangal.org/six-apart/#comment-12540 liza Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:41:09 +0000 http://chile.galangal.org/six-apart/#comment-12540 Conferences can be difficult -- people are often over-scheduled and there's limited time between talks. The week at ETech I spoke to people several times and they didn't remember talking to me before (I realized I did the same thing to others and I'm not even important). ETech is a fraction of the size of SXSW so that must be even worse. I had the best luck once I learned to be a little salesy about approaching people. Instead of introducing yourself like a normal human being, just go right up and say confidently, "We should talk." Then you have a window of about 30 seconds to make a pitch. It's not something I'm naturally good at but it was kind of fun once I got the hang of it. Conferences can be difficult — people are often over-scheduled and there’s limited time between talks. The week at ETech I spoke to people several times and they didn’t remember talking to me before (I realized I did the same thing to others and I’m not even important). ETech is a fraction of the size of SXSW so that must be even worse.

I had the best luck once I learned to be a little salesy about approaching people. Instead of introducing yourself like a normal human being, just go right up and say confidently, “We should talk.” Then you have a window of about 30 seconds to make a pitch.

It’s not something I’m naturally good at but it was kind of fun once I got the hang of it.

]]> By: J. Robinson Wheeler http://chile.galangal.org/six-apart/#comment-12527 J. Robinson Wheeler Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:25:53 +0000 http://chile.galangal.org/six-apart/#comment-12527 When I was at SXSW I went to a panel that had a guy from Penguin digital who was plugging We Tell Stories. What he was talking about in general with that division of Penguin, and wanting to tell interactive stories, sounded interesting, so I tried to approach him afterwards and talk about interactive story authoring from an IF perspective, but he was completely uninterested in hearing about it. He gave me a bored look and handed me a promotional card for We Tell Stories and basically ended the conversation, which was disappointing, but I guess not surprising. I meant to go back and look up the project when it launched, but I forgot what it was called until you posted this. When I was at SXSW I went to a panel that had a guy from Penguin digital who was plugging We Tell Stories. What he was talking about in general with that division of Penguin, and wanting to tell interactive stories, sounded interesting, so I tried to approach him afterwards and talk about interactive story authoring from an IF perspective, but he was completely uninterested in hearing about it. He gave me a bored look and handed me a promotional card for We Tell Stories and basically ended the conversation, which was disappointing, but I guess not surprising.

I meant to go back and look up the project when it launched, but I forgot what it was called until you posted this.

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