7 posts tagged “showtime”
Season 2 of This American Life TV show starts on Sunday but because of my job I have already seen the season premiere and it is really quite amazing, something that could not have been done on the radio show. Good work, TAL - looking forward to another amazing TV season!
Showtime did a fun promotion yesterday, turning fountains in 14 cities around the US RED.
I took some pics during my lunch break . It was neat but with all that goes on in Times Square at any given hour it was hard to make a real 'splash' .
In Chicago they used red gels to illuminate the fountain at night - amazing.
RedBuckinghamFountain_2, originally uploaded by BrokenBat.
More pics here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/dexter/pool/
this is hi-friggin-larious!
This American Life group blog is finally here!
I mean, HERE (link)!
TAL fans have not had a place to hang out with each other online before now and already people are starting to peek their heads in to check it out, so I know it's going to be a fun and lively group. Been working with Jorge at TAL to come up with ideas to make this a really fun and engaging space. He has given me some insight on how they come up with stories in meetings and through a so-called 'slush pile' of ideas that they get pitched ( that is so gross sounding, may I suggest 'fun folder' for the future?). We discussed how TAL fans (including myself) would probably get a lot out of going through a similar process together, helping each other to come up with ideas and inspire each other to craft great stories. And the rest is history (the present, actually). Will be looking forward to seeing what develops there!
Speaking of attractive. The new tv series at Showtime is The Tudors and it is full of attractive people in beautiful costumes. I have had the pleasure of working with some of the ever-helpful members of Team Vox to create a blog and group for The Tudors. Mena even helped us design a unique Vox theme for The Tudors in two colors!
AND we were able to get full legnth episodes streaming within the page!
Back in the day (here i go again), when I first started working with online video, embedding entire episodes of TV shows (from premium cable?!) into a blog was unimaginable. So now, not only is a network providing content for free and without advertising online, they are inviting people to add their responses to a collective group blog and helping to promote everyone's blogs?! That's just crazy!
We are also going to be posting some weekly discussion topics related to each episode to spark some discussion on the larger issues of Tudor era history. Thankfully, we have a Tudor history buff in the office because I am hoping to get myself a little educated as well.
The L Word community in Second Life requested a pole.. that's right, a pole for dancing on.
Who are we not to give it to them?
And here we have a kind of embarrassing photo of my avatar doing a rather provocative dance on said pole.
I really didn't think I would actually have such feelings for my 'self-as-avatar'; but someone tipped me so, hey!
These are the kind of moments where I am proud of my current gig.
Here are a few more snapshots from a Saturday night at the SL L Word dance club. It's a pretty hoppin' place. Mari met me there, we were talking on the phone the entire time and cracking up! Very Interactive TV-type experience.
Today was the grand opening of The L Word in Second Life. This is a sort of sim-type game where a lot of people can log-on at once and kind of just hang out in an online environment. The L Word has a great orientation area where people land when they first sign up, it makes it very easy to learn how to walk around, talk to people and even change your clothes. I had a blast helping people get started, and talking with some of my Showtime coworkers via our avatars. It was all very funny. I can't wait to see how this space develops as it gets more populated and promoted. One my missions is to get people to run their own events in the space, help people use it as a forum for their own ideas, art, music so that it becomes more than just a marketing tool, but an actually useful space for people.
