You can link and like but don't lick.

this post is in response to the dec. 7 web 2.0 digital storytelling class

Hey you know what I like? And by like I don't mean "like" like Facebook like?

For the record not this like.

I like the fact that Home Hardware give you the ability to "upvote" their products on reddit or "pin" their products on pinterest. I don't know anyone that will ever use these features (although I think there may be a case for pinners to use it) I find it awesome that a site like Home Hardware has these features. It's all about linking yourself into web2.0 I guess. 

I started watching the marblehornets video series too. 

 There's probably a few of you that are thinking w/e and a few of you that laugh, but I personally seem set myself up in a mood that causes me to get really stressed and nervous about these kind of videos. 

Well to avoid this blog from turning into a greatest hits theme collection of Korbyn's youtube videos I'll talk about using people. 

Dan Brown of youtube channel "pogobat" fame started a project a couple years ago letting his youtube subscribers control his life. It didn't work out too well.  He became kinda depressed and eventually quit and reformated his program, but what was cool is he continued telling the story of his life throughout the difficulties and eventually continued on making regular videos. 

And he's just one of the many stories of fame and fortune that YouTube stars have created for themselves. Although I really feel like I need to mention Allie from hyperboleandahalf fame. Her stories are frickin hilarious.

Oh boy Non-Narrative...

this post is in regards to my October 24th class on non-narrative stories
Hey non-narrative stories how you doing? Oh, you're not making any sense again? That's cool... You're just gonna tell me a story that doesn't make much sense and I'm not sure how it relates to your life? That's fine... No, I wasn't doing anything important, just watching Gangnam Style again for the 13th time. Yes, I know it was popular a month ago. Yes, I know that Thrift Store is 'in' right now. Yes, I know that you're telling me things about your life that doesn't make any sense.

Okay fine, two can play at this game.

Hey check it out I make movies.
Here's something I made.

This is a cat.

Here's another cat.

How about another video?

Yeah, non-narrative story this is my non-narrative story. Deal with it. It's a story it's just not narrative. It's a story about my day there's just no narrative elements to it!

Also in class I was theorizing that Dziga Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera was experimenting with montage stuff similar to Eisenstein's works. Well I was wrong. Vertov and Eisenstein kinda hated each other and thought each other were morons...  Also, during the Communist reign in Russia all 'forms' or 'genres' of film were banned as the government viewed them as not driving the point of communism across (it should be noted that Stalin was a film buff and loved collecting certain kinds of films).

So because of that we get to see the greatness of Vertov and Eisenstein, they were forced to make films that didn't fit a mold. Heh, they were kind of like hipsters with their ideas of not fitting the mold, however these guys were faced with death if they didn't follow the orders of the government whereas modern hipsters just kinda get made fun of if they fit a certain stereotype.


I should define a hipster... Here it is... from this source here
1.      a person who is hip.

2.

hepcat.

3.

a person, especially during the 1950s, characterized by aparticularly strong sense of alienation from most establishedsocial activities and relationships.

The Resurrection of the Point and Click Puzzler.

This post is in regards to the October 17, 2012 class in digital storytelling

Hey so we talked about tablet computing in class today! You know what that means! I'm gonna talk about all the cool things I think about tablet computing!

TADA! Source

I own an iPad second generation. I've owned it for about 18 months and while I may be typing this blog entry from my laptop I really truly would have no qualms typing it from my iPad. It's just when it comes to being fast, and linking things and adding images, well... It's actually not all that much slower. 

So why did I buy a laptop when I already had an iPad and it did everything I needed it to? Well... I needed to edit videos and photos and create certain graphics and the like. Unfortunately a tablet doesn't have the kind of power to do that. Yet. 

Now that Microsoft has released their new tablets with Windows 8 and the iPad has gone mini to compete with the range of Android tablets all the major tech giants have blurred the lines between their mobile phone offerings and computer operating systems.

If we made it any smaller you guys would
hate it and think it's dumb.
- EAT YOUR WORDS STEVE JOBS. Source

Which brings us to the great things about tablets. The stories. I predict we will have a rising surge in popularity of games like The Secret of Monkey Island, King's Quest, Museum Madness, and Pajama Sam. These games were popular in the late 80s and early 90s and usually involved puzzles being solved through clicking characters on a game screen. A perfect way to utilize a tablet. Those games were awesome but were beaten out by first person shooters and graphics-heavy games. They were great stories and intriguing puzzlers but unfortunately flash and excitement eclipsed their awesome nature.

I literally spent dozens of hours playing this level when
I was younger because I didn't know how to save my game! Source

Creating Some Characters

This post is in response to Oct. 10, 2012 class

In class we were given ten minutes to create a character and the friends and family affiliated with the character. Well, after looking at my notes I noticed that I kind of like the nameless character that I made up a few months ago. I have decided to name him Paul. 

His name was Paul.
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Some things to know about Paul. 

• He makes a living doing odd jobs mostly for old people in Elmira, Ontario 
• He has a few friends from high school and university days 
• Has a BA in Philosophy
• Interested in listening to stories told by other people
• lives by himself but spends most of his time with his girlfriend
• He's 25

His family is kinda antagonistic to him

• Father worked for Uniroyal his whole life. He's extremely nice but not the wisest person in the world
• His mother is timid but passively aggressive
• His sister constantly hassles Paul about his life but lives at home, is 28 and is a failed writer
• His brother is 23 is almost finished university and wants to become a pilot

I dunno what I could do with these characters but I feel like it could be the makings of a television show centralized around a small Ontario town. There would shenanigans between kids and mennonites I suppose. And there would be some standard coffee shop philosophy banter. Maybe CBC would like to pick it up as the next Corner Gas?