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What I Do

I’m a practitioner of Domain Driven Design, designing Webs, aiming to tell stories with data, and make data from stories.

The Mythology Engine

The Mythology Engine was a prototype developed by BBC R&D in 2009-10, which explored the idea of creating an accompaniment to broadcast drama on the Web. Having worked on a similar idea in my 10% time, I was asked to join the R&D team to co-produce and provide information architecture & domain knowledge support.

Storybox

The Story Box is a framework for writing and experiencing stories on the web. It is designed to give authors the ability to express their stories in a structured format, and take advantage of that structure by offering the opportunity for more in-depth exploration, for instance through multiple character perspectives on a scene.

Ontologies

As part of my work with Linked Data, I’ve authored and co-authored a number of ontologies, themed around narrative, comics and education.

An Ode to Red Dead Redemption

I decided to write a short piece on how I fell in love with Red Dead Redemption, and why few other, more recent ‘free-roam’ games, have failed to live up to it, in my mind.

The Literary Platform

Quick update, I’ve been asked by Leila Johnston, editor of The Literary Platform, to write a few pieces around research & development in storytelling and narrative. I’ll be looking at developments inside and outside of the BBC, hopefully pointing people in the direction of a few projects they may have missed, and trying to bring together some disparate themes for an editorial/publishing audience. The first piece is up now, and looks at developments around the changing interactions between writers and audiences.

Second piece – The Stories in Enchanted Objects

Third piece – Telling stories to our computers

I hope they’re of interest – feel free to get in touch if you’d like to discuss any of the themes I uncover.

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