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New, Easy to Use, 4-Dimensional Storytelling Tool

Monday 02.04.2013 , Posted by

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If you were ever one of those kids who buckled under pressure whenever you had to present something to the class no matter how prepared you were, then you will wish you had Meograph when you were in school. Meograph is a new app intended for journalists, students, teachers, and travelers to make four dimensional presentations. As the story is told, with voice recording capabilities, visuals like embedded youtube videos and pictures are presented simultaneously over GoogleEarth maps and a timeline at the bottom of the screen. Teachers all over the country are adding Meograph to their lesson plans and students are creating interesting, interactive presentations in half the time. [Read more...]

The real stories of the silk Rail road

Thursday 08.23.2012 , Posted by

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Often, photographers capture beauty of landscapes, of faces, of artistic expression, but more often than not, the stories behind the photos are not told. Randy Lin and Dimitry Levdanski are setting out to go beyond the two dimensions of photography.  Their project titled “Silk Rail Road” is setting out to capture the incredible beauty and landscapes of the rail road that runs from Astana, Kazakhstan to Bejing, China that runs along the old Silk Road.  Covering 2,500 miles, this journey will go well beyond the natural beauty of this incredible region.

See their Kickstarter here.

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Cowbird: A Beautiful New Way to Share Your Story

Friday 12.09.2011 , Posted by

It seems like anything that world renowned storyteller Jonathan Harris touches we fall in love with… his newly launched project, Cowbird, looks to beautifully revolutionize the way we share stories online. Similar to a self-generated version of his Balloons for Bhutan, the brilliantly designed website aims to be “a community of storytellers, focused on deeper, longer-lasting, more personal storytelling than you’re likely to find anywhere else on the Web.” [Read more...]

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