Examples of Digital Text Production Using Twitter for story-telling Collaborative story-telling Remediating Classic Literature Twitter personas Kinetic Type Blogs Critical / Analytical Blogs Creative Blogs Graphic / Artistic Renderings of Text Animation that privileges language Further Reading / Resources Tools Text and Code Production (alphabetical)

Examples of Digital Text Production

Using Twitter for story-telling

• Collaborative story-telling

• Burton Story
• Tim Burton curates submissions to tell a story, 140-characters at at time
• http://twitter.com/#!/BurtonStory

• Remediating Classic Literature

• @gregorsamsa tells the story of Kafka's "Metamorphosis"
• http://twitter.com/#!/_gregorsamsa
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Twitter personas

• @<insert name>Hulk - @FeministHulk, @AdjunctHulk, @DrunkHulk etc. - Authors adopt a violent, smashy persona to comment on social issues, etc.

Kinetic Type

• Vimeo Kinetic Typography Channel
• http://vimeo.com/channels/kinetictypography

   

Digital Poetry

• Electronic Literature Collection, Vol I 
• http://collection.eliterature.org/1/
• Electronic Literature Collection, Vol II
• http://collection.eliterature.org/2/index.html
• For both collections, check out the works categorized by "appropriated text" and "database" in particular.  

Blogs

• Critical / Analytical Blogs

• http://feministing.com/

• http://www.gearfuse.com/
• http://grandtextauto.org/
• http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/
• http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/

   

• Creative Blogs

•  Notice that each of these blends a critical stance with creative expression:

• http://rhizome.org/

• http://www.neural.it/
• http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/

Graphic / Artistic Renderings of Text

• http://burgerwaanzin.nl/

Animation that privileges language

Xtranormal Animations

• Generally satire.  Great list of academic ones here: http://chronicle.com/article/So-You-Think-an-English/125954/

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg

Further Reading / Resources

• "Why Gawker is Moving Beyond the Blog"
• http://lifehacker.com/5702409/
• New Media authors talk about their work and the software they use
• http://www.well.com/user/jmalloy/elit/elit_software.html
• Brian Croxall Tutorial on building interactive timelines
• http://briancroxall.net/TimelineTutorial/TimelineTutorial.html

Tools

Text and Code Production (alphabetical)

• ADRIFT Developer  
• Interactive fiction toolkit
• http://www.adrift.co
• Between Page and Screen Epistles
• Make your own AR epistles. The author has stated that she is looking forward to seeing people hack them. 
• I have some pre-printed marker cards if anyone wants one. ~kim
• http://www.betweenpageandscreen.com/epistles/new 
• Blogging 
• Wordpress, Blogger
• http://www.blogger.com
• http://www.wordpress.com 
• Tumblr  
• Booktype
• Free and open source software for publishing across multiple platforms; allows multiple authors
• http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/booktype 

• Byword
• Multi-platform text editing tool 
• http://bywordapp.com/ 
• Cheap Bots Done Quick
• Build Twitter bots with replacement grammars
• http://cheapbotsdonequick.com
  
• Chrome Developer Tools 
•  Inspect, debug and optimize Web applications.
• https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/ 
• Code Academy
• Interactive lessons include general intro to programming, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, and Ruby.
• http://www.codecademy.com/
• CommentPress
• A wordpress plugin / theme that lets readers comment on specific passages of your blog posts. 
• http://futureofthebook.org/commentpress/
• Cool Text
• http://www.cooltext.com 
• CyberMachine.org
• Very basic browser-based cryptography tool 
• http://cybermachine.awardspace.com/encryption.php
• CyberMachine.org Review
• Draft 
• https://draftin.com/
• "Easy version control and collaboration"
• Drupal 
• Content management system
• Editorially
  
• Collaborative Writing 
• Evernote  
• note taking system allows for multi-dimensional organization of content 
• freemium model  
• Fake Tweet Builder
• Generate fake tweets and discussion threads
• http://faketweetbuilder.com/
• Flaming Text    
  
• Web-based tool for creating logos, buttons, and animated text.
• Font Combinator  (Becky Ivey)
• http://font-combinator.com/
• web-based tool intended for publications that allows you to alter font of pre-written text to preview the outcome.
• Fsymbol  
• Text based website centered on text formatting.  
• FutureMe.org  
• Write email to yourself and choose the date when you want the email to be deliver to you
• GitHub 
• Build Software together
• online collaborative platform for code
• https://github.com/ 
• Go!Animate 
• make animations 
• subset: DomoAnimate - make animations of the character DomoKun
• http://domo.goanimate.com/
• http://goanimate.com/
• Review of goanimate
• Google Earth Story-Telling

• Using Google Earth to create a digital story.   
• Use of multiple media platforms within Google Earth.     
• http://www.google.com/earth/index.html 
• Grammarly
• Online spell and grammar checking application that helps users find and correct English writing issues.    
• Can sync with Microsoft Word, and Grammarly Lite can sync with Facebook, Twitter, etc.       
• http://www.grammarly.com/  or http://www.grammarly.com/lite/FAQ/
• Hubspot 
• Online marketing and analytic platform 
• http://www.hubspot.com/
• iA Writer 
• iPad/iPhone app that minimizes distractions for lengthy writing
• http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ia-writer/id392502056?mt=8
• Indent.txt
• Script/Sublime Text 2 plugin that turns an indented text file into a formatted unordered list hierarchy in HTML
• Inform  
• "a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language "
• http://inform7.com/
• Harrison's Inform Tutorial Code
• Inklweriter  
• "inklewriter is a free tool designed to allow anyone to write and publish interactive stories. It’s perfect for writers who want to try out interactivity, but also for teachers and students looking to mix computer skills and creative writing."
• http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter
• Inkling Habitat
• Tool for publishing media-rich ebooks on multiple platforms; currently in closed beta, but you can request access
• http://www.inkling.com/habitat/ 
• Review 
• JS Fiddle
• Tool for testing HTML, CSS, & JavaScript with capability for peer reviews.
• http://www.jsfiddle.net  
• Keynote
• slideshow presentation creator
• http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/ 
• Kinetic Type
• Kinetic Typography Tutorial http://www.crookedgremlins.com/09/01/2008/kinetic-typography-tutorial/  
• LetMeTweetThatforYou
• Generate authentic looking, but fake, tweets
• http://lemmetweetthatforyou.com/
  
• LitLift
• Character/setting/note maker for writing fiction
• MailChimp
• Use MailChimp to design and send email marketing campaigns
• www.mailchimp.com 
• Markov Chain Generation    
• Randomly generate new text from a source
• Medium_  
• "You write beside and with other people. This means your posts link to each other, your ideas bump into each other, and instead of living on an island somewhere out on the web, you’re part of a dynamic whole, where each part makes the others better" 
• https://medium.com/about/9e53ca408c48
• Micro-blogging
• Plurk 
• Tumblr  
• Twitter
• Noteshelf   
• iPad notebook app
• Ommwriter
• A distraction-free writing app similar to Zen Writer. http://www.ommwriter.com 
• OpenFrameworks
• http://www.openframeworks.cc/about/
• "openFrameworks is an open source C++ toolkit designed to assist the creative process by providing a simple and intuitive framework for experimentation. The toolkit is designed to work as a general purpose glue, and wraps together several commonly used libraries"
• Open Office
• MS Office like producing tool package
• Puff v2.00 
• Steganography tool that for audio, video, and image files
• http://www.softpedia.com/get/Authoring-tools/Authoring-Related/Puff.shtml 
• Puff v2.00 Review
• quietwrite Chrome app
• distraction free writing 
• QuietWrite  review
• Penultimate
• handwriting app for the iPad
• http://evernote.com/penultimate/ 
• PhraseExpress

                 - Auto text replacement tool, allows to type in abbreviations, etc. and will fill in complete blocks of texts as well as pull up applications

                   using text shortcuts.

                 - http://www.phraseexpress.com/

• PiratePad  
• Real time collaborative text editor.
• http://piratepad.net/front-page/  
• Pligg CMS
• Open source content management system
• http://pligg.com/
• PressBooks 
• Free webbook, ebook, printbook and PDF creation
• http://pressbooks.com/ 
• Processing 
• "Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions."
• http://processing.org/
• Prompts
• iPad app that creates writing prompts
• http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writing-prompts/id417683378?mt=8
• QR Code Generator
• http://textmechanic.com/QR-Code-Generator.html 
• Quest
• Create text adventure games and interactive fiction
• http://textadventures.co.uk/quest 
• Random String Generator
• http://textmechanic.com/Random-String-Generator.html 
• RiTA
• "A software toolkit for generative literature"
• http://www.rednoise.org/rita/
• Reddit(Shumaila Kidwai)  
• Scapple  (Becky Ivey)
• http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple.php 
• "An easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them." 
• Scratch
• Create interactive stories by downloading free software on your computer
• http://scratch.mit.edu/
• Scribe
• Scribe is an authorship tool that assists with keyword research, link building, and content optimization. Scribe is available online, as a WordPress plugin, and will soon be available for Microsoft Word.
• http://scribecontent.com/ 
• Share As Image
• Turn images or text into viral, eye-catching micro-content that you can share in seconds.
• https://shareasimage.com/
• Simitator (Perla)
• Makes fake tweets and Twitter messages
• http://simitator.com/generator/twitter
• Sophie 
• Create multimedia books: "allows users to create complex networked multimedia documents without specialized training"
• http://www.sophieproject.org/
• StoryCanvas
• "(Novice-friendly Authoring of Plan-based Interactive Storyboards)"
• http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~jskorups/wiki/academia/storycanvas
• Storify.com
• Not really sure where this belongs - it creates stories out of multiple media formats...
• "Turn what people post on social media into compelling stories. You collect the best photos, video, tweets and more to publish them as simple, beautiful stories that can be embedded anywhere."
• http://storify.com/  
• Patti example S12 http://storify.com/pattimick88/occupy-dallas
• Teux Deux 
• Highly usable text to-do mobile and web browser app
• http://teuxdeux.com 
• Textify.it
• It turns images into text.
• http://textify.it/
• Trollem Ipsum   
• generate random text based on certain writers
• Twaitter
• create and schedule tweets in the future
• http://www.twaitter.com
• Tweepi
• Follow and unfollow specific users
• www.tweepi.com    
• Twine  (Lori, Spring 2016)
• create interactive or  non-linear stories
• http://vimeo.com/5010370
• TypeKit 
• Web font library and editor
• Typekit.com
• Typetester
• Compare fonts for the screen, and can compare up to thirty six different font styles at one time. 
• http://www.typetester.org

• Voki 
• Make talking avatars to embed in blogs, etc.  I generally find these avatars annoying and almost without exception I will leave a website that has one.  However, I suspect you guys can find some ways to use them for smart things that turn the convention on its head. ~kim
• http://www.voki.com/
• Review
• Wattpad  (Lori, Spring 2016)
• "Wattpad is a place to discover and share stories: a social platform that connects people through words. It is a community that spans borders, interests, languages. With Wattpad, anyone can read or write on any device: phone, tablet, or computer."
• http://www.wattpad.com/stories 
• Wide Ruled
• (A Friendly Interface to Author-Goal Based Story Generation) 
• http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~jskorups/wiki/academia/wide_ruled 
• Wikispaces 
• Write or Die 2 (Chas Culpepper)
• Productivity tool with consequences.
• www.writeordie.com 
• Wordpress 
• Blog and website design tool 
• https://wordpress.org

• Wordle (Kathleen Prewitt)

• Create "word clouds" from text you provide.
• http://www.wordle.net/
• Review 1
• Review 2

• Xtranormal

• You type in text, it does the animation.  

• http://www.xtranormal.com/
• Review
• Zen Writer
• Productivity tool that's minimalistic.
• http://www.beenokle.com/zenwriter.html