This week's readings are all over the place. After a talk by Clay Shirky, I read up on him; I missed a conference that I'd have liked to have gone to; and I followed up on some old topics of interest.
- The Story of Justin Hall, as "Putting Everything Out There" - The first chapter from Scott Rosenberg's book about blogging. I went to school with Justin Hall, and everything I read in the article seems aptly described. This should be required reading for anyone who wants to be knowledgeable about the history of writing on the internet.
- The Escapist Magazine - How a Board Game Can Make You Cry - "Serious games" done well, and well told.
- The Game Education Summit Schedule - The week after GLS, I couldn't possibly make this conference. Too bad; it sounds like it was pretty interesting.
- Fiction Reaches a New Level - The upcoming game Dante's Inferno is going to set back the clock about 5 years on trying to get games recognized as artwork or even a storytelling medium. We can do better than this. The article is actually pretty kind, and mostly focuses on how exceptional this case is.
- twitter before twitter, by Clay Shirky - a remarkably prescient piece. He doesn't mention twitter, but you might as well find/replace it in there.
- Ken Robison says schools kill kids' creativity - another TED talk.
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