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Title:

Not the Same Old Story

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Organizer:
Jason Santa Maria, Happy Cog
Description:
If the web provides so many ways to connect with audiences, why are we all stuck telling the same story with our designs? Hear from a panel of storytelling experts on the importance of narrative and art direction online to break away from static and boring experiences.
Questions
Answered:
  1. How do you tell a story?
  2. What's the difference between telling a story online as opposed to other mediums?
  3. Does storytelling have a place on community-based sites?
  4. Is the web just a different medium where we should just let the content shine and the design fall back?
  5. The web is heavily powered by CMSs and templating systems. How does this affect storytelling?
  6. What role does design play in storytelling?
  7. What makes a good or compelling story?
  8. Do all sites need to connect with their audiences in this way? What are the exceptions, if any?
  9. What are ways we can tell better stories through design, or how can design and content work together?h
  10. Do we need to make Art Director a more common ongoing role for websites?
Panelists:
Ian Adelman (New York Magazine), Daniel Burka (Digg), Nicholas Feltron (feltron.com), Emily Gordon (emdashes.com), Jason Santa Maria, moderator (Happy Cog)
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Web / Interface Design
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Eve Simon
on 8/8/08
Jason's session last year was one of my favorites. I'll definitely be in the front row for this one!
Jeff Johnson
on 10/8/08
Im interested. have been noodling with bigness, and a general refusal to do anything i have done before elsewhere. Hence www.ctngreen.com
I think story-telling has no dependence on narrative though. The old-same-old ways of word cleverness just doesnt hold me anymore ... get tired of self-absorbed viewpoints from bloggers. Much prefer the next unexpected nugget of coolnews to feel like a discovery. Not to many sites can do that, the signal-to-noise is bad, looking to SXSW to please fill me up with something that is not the feel of empty.
Virginia DeBolt
on 14/8/08
This one will be a hit just because of the big names involved from the presenters.
Blu-ray Video Converter
on 21/11/09
What's in the world?
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