Authors — Lance Weiler
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Twine Unboxing
Last year I wrote about Twine, an easy-to-use sensor kit that broke out on Kickstarter by raising 1,500% over their initial ask. The interest in Twine was so strong that their goal of $35k ended up bringing in over $500k. The concept taps directly into the “internet of things,” where interactions involving everyday objects are given a voice. Since contributing to the project, I’ve been waiting anxiously for my Twine to arrive. In December, it finally came and I immediately put it to work in a storytelling context with my students at Columbia University. Listen to your world talk to […]
by Lance Weiler on Jan 2, 2013 -
Culture Hacker: Is Story Simply a Utility?
Ext: Night – Suburban Cul-De-Sac – In the not-so-distant future Welcome to the quintessential suburban neighborhood — manicured lawns, two cars in each driveway and a bluish hue flickering from each window. Inside, families watch screens in a state of entertainment bliss, enjoying vast catalogs of content as they shop to their hearts content inspired by what they see onscreen. For well over a decade, this has been the dream of cable, telcos and satellite companies. The promise of merging the best of what the Internet and TV have to offer has been attempted by players big and small — as […]
by Lance Weiler on Nov 1, 2012 -
Culture Hacker: Scarcity and Abundance in the Digital World
Scarcity and Abundance in the Digital World By Lance Weiler.
by Lance Weiler on Jul 19, 2012 -
Culture Hacker: Igniting the Imagination of Many
by Lance Weiler on Apr 17, 2012 -
Listen as Your Story Talks to the Internet
Without a doubt, this is an amazing time to be a storyteller. We have moved beyond the simple democratization of storytelling and production tools. Funding, marketing and distribution solutions are commoditized, providing filmmakers numerous opportunities to bring their work to an audience. And now a new phase is arriving, one that merges technology with the creative process. Filmmakers will soon be able to take advantage of a world of connected objects in what has been termed the “Internet of things.” And in this environment, as always, there will be a need for good storytelling to provide a level of understanding, […]
by Lance Weiler on Jan 15, 2012 -
Culture Hacker: What if 5th Graders Ruled Your Storyworld?
What If 5th Graders Ruled Your Storyworld? By Lance Weiler
by Lance Weiler on Oct 23, 2011 -
Dawning of the Story Hack
by Lance Weiler on Jul 19, 2011By Lance Weiler -
Culture Hacker: Let’s Take the Audience Outside
Within the space between social networks and our increasingly ubiquitous mobile devices lies a new opportunity for filmmakers.
by Lance Weiler on Apr 17, 2011 -
Culture Hacker: A Storytelling Pandemic
by Lance Weiler on Jan 24, 2011
A storytelling pandemic. By Lance Weiler. -
CULTURE HACKER: A STORYTELLING PANDEMIC
Originally printed in our Winter 2011 issue, grab a free issue of Filmmaker at Sundance to be a part of Pandemic 1.o. When the phone rings I’m feeling a bit nervous. The voice on the other end is slow and calculated. “We can do 30,000 but it will take 10 weeks. In order to get it in time for Sundance we need to order 500,000 and ship from China… We’re going to have to find another way.” Not quite your normal Sundance prep conversation, especially when the items in question are bottles of water. But these are not regular bottles […]
by Lance Weiler on Jan 18, 2011
