Gold rushwriterspresentation 2013

• 1. Dancing in the DatasphereTom Johnson2013 Gold Rush Writers ConferenceMay 3-5, [email protected]@jtjohnsonFB: Tom Johnson1

2. Whos who and whats up? Who writes Who has sold work? Use Windows or Mac?2PoetryShort storiesNovelsNon-fiction booksJournalismBlogs 3. Survival Dynamic Process of Life and Intellectual Life Data In Analysis Info Out Dynamic info environment Changing all of the above factors Changing how we work, publish, sell We know nothing (Well, possibly very little) Something was happening while we slept.What was that and how do we cope? Constant learning, trial and error. Keep the good, discard the not-so-good3 4. Morning Menu Finding rich research sites Programs to remember (and, later, return tothose sites) Tools to bring the always necessary "truth" toyour writing Social media Facebook, Twitter, Linked New digital tools for writers -- note-taking, organization, editing and proofing Wrap-up: Innovate the story presentation4 5. Criteria for note-taking tools Browser-based Multi-platform Save to desktop AND Cloud Price Privacy restrictions and degree of sharingtools [e.g. specific files, total folder, totalsite/archive?5 6. Save those notes OneNote -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/6 7. Save those notes OneNote -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/ Evernote - http://evernote.com/7 8. Save those notes OneNote -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/ Evernote - http://evernote.com/ Google Docs -- https://drive.google.com/#my-drive8Links to Google Drive(Cloud Storage) 9. Save those notes Comparison of notetaking softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_notetaking_software Note Taking Freeware -http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/productivity/fwnotetaking.html OneNote -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/ Evernote - http://evernote.com/ Google Docs -- https://drive.google.com/#my-drive Workflowy.com -- https://workflowy.com Scratch pads Notesync -- www.notesync.com/ Inkpad/Notepad - http://www.inkpadnotepad.com/9 10. Getting Ready Saving your digital waypoints Bookmarks10 11. Save those places Diigo -- https://www.diigo.com/11 12. Save those places Diigo -- https://www.diigo.com/ Tucows.com - http://tucows.com12 13. Save those places Diigo -- https://www.diigo.com/ Tucows.com - http://tucows.com Livebinders -http://www.livebinders.com/shelf/my13 14. Adjusting to Google Google Advanced well hidden Not on Google.com Use:http://www.google.com/advanced_search Old search: used + sign to get multiplebut specific words on results; - to negatesearch term.14+Wisconsin +badgers -cheese 15. Getting Ready Alert tools Change detection -https://www.changedetection.com/15 16. Getting Ready Alert tools Change detection -https://www.changedetection.com/ Google Alerts - http://www.google.com/alerts16Use words orphrases inquotes 17. Getting Ready Alert tools Change detection - www.changedetection.com/ Google Alerts - www.google.com/alerts 10 Twitter Tools that Help You Work Smarter -www.twitip.com/10-twitter-tools-that-help-you-work-smarter/ Wikipedia Live Monitorwikipedia-irc.herokuapp.com/17 18. Getting Ready Alert tools Yahoo Alerts -- http://alerts.yahoo.com/ Yotify -- http://www.yotify.com/ TweetBeep - http://tweetbeep.com/ Project Muse -http://muse.jhu.edu/about/tools/content_alerts_tools.html18 19. Adjusting to Google Power Searching with Google -www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/course/ps/course.html Google Advanced Search Dates, etc. - www.google.com/advanced_search Google Books Ngram Viewer -http://books.google.com/ngrams19 20. Adjusting to Google Dates: Go to http://www.google.com/advanced_search20 21. Adjusting to Google Dates: Go to http://www.google.com/advanced_search Google Public Data:http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory21 22. Adjusting to Google: Ngram Power Searching with Google -www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/course/ps/course.html Google Advanced Search Dates, etc. - www.google.com/advanced_search Google Books Ngram Viewer -http://books.google.com/ngrams22 NB: Lots of books Percent of booksWhy this tool? Is the vocabulary of your periodcorrect? Are there more appropriatesynonyms? Is the topic of interest in theperiod? 23. Wayback Machine Internet Archive - http://archive.org/web/web.php23 24. TV News Archive24 25. Rich history sites British Library Newspapers www.bl.uk/welcome/newspapers.html25 26. Rich history sites British Library Newspapers www.bl.uk/welcome/newspapers.html The New York Times The New York Times Article Archive containsNew York Times articles dating back to 1851. The archive is divided into two search sets:18511980 and 1981present.26 27. Rich history sites British Library Newspapers www.bl.uk/welcome/newspapers.html The New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/*/ The New York Times Article Archive contains New York Timesarticles dating back to 1851. The archive is divided into two search sets: 18511980 and1981present. Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/index.html27 28. New tools for writers Dynamic data and maps28 29. New tools for writers Dynamic data and maps29 30. New tools for writers Writing Apps Scrivener (Windows and Macs) --http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.phpExcellent pack of writing tools. Use images Docear http://www.filetransit.com/view.php?id=128087 Program integrates mind mapping with writing. Docear lets you import PDF annotations (bookmarks, comments andhighlighted text). This way, a documents most important information can beeasily organized. If more information is required than the bookmark orcomment itself provides, Docear can open the PDF on the page thebookmarks points to. Second, all information is structured in a mind map. Informationmanagement in a mind map is much more effective and efficient than usinga simple list or social tags.SEE VIDEO HERE -- https://www.docear.org/software/screenshots/30 31. New tools for writers Writing Apps Scrivener (Windows and Macs) -- www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.phpExcellent pack of writing tools. Use images.31www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php 32. Scrivener videos32 33. New tools for writersDocear - www.filetransit.com/view.php?id=128087 Program integrates mind mapping with writing. Docear lets you import PDF annotations(bookmarks, comments and highlighted text). Ifmore information is required than the bookmark orcomment itself provides, Docear can open the PDFon the page the bookmarks points to. Second, all information is structured in a mindmap. SEE VIDEO -www.docear.org/software/screenshots/33 34. New tools for writers Dynamic maps Visual statistics Timelines Dynamic publishing Reader participation Fanzine Building characters backstory Voting34 35. New tools for writers Dynamic maps Visual statistics35 36. Faber Digital36 37. New tools for writers Dynamic maps Visual statistics Timelines Dynamic publishing PrintDigital FormsBi-directional participation Reader participation Fanzine? Building characters backstory? Voting on characters, storyline?37 38. New tools for writers Dynamic maps Visual statistics Timelines Multiple streams Maintain your plot Tell your story38 39. Timeline tools TimelineJS: http://timeline.verite.co/ Uses Google spreadsheet as database WNYC Vertical Timeline: http://johnkeefe.net/the-thinking-behind-wnycs-new-vertical-timeli ProPublicas TimelineSetterSlideshow approach with a navigation bar on top; shows series ofevents in the timeline. Cards" below that can be customized toinclude multiple media: photos, slideshows of photos, videos, maps,document embeds, etc.It can also handle multiple parallel event series on the sametimeline.http://lenagroeger.s3.amazonaws.com/timelines/timelines.html39 40. Faber to publish Arcadia a digitalnovel by Iain PearsOctober 11th, 2012Faber is set to publish Arcadia, a new novel byIain Pears. Involving a multi-layered story ofhistory and time, it is conceived and written fordigital publication and will be first released in apurpose-built app for mobile devices built by Faberand Iain Pears in partnership.40 41. Digital Story Telling Take advantage of digital tools as a way torevolutionize journalism but stay true tostorytelling. Snow Fall, Pulitzer-Prize winning featurepackage as a "new organic way ofreading"41 42. New story-telling Social Network42 43. New story-telling - Timelines43 44. New story-telling- embedded, dynamic graphics44 45. New story-telling embedded multi-media45 46. Digital Story Telling Take advantage of digital tools as a way torevolutionize journalism but stay true tostorytelling. Snow Fall, Pulitzer-Prize winning featurepackage as a "new organic way ofreading Insecurities of age through the eyes ofGoogle Suggest46 47. Selling yourself AND your work Tools for Amateur Authors to Connect with Fans Video Chat Video chats with only one to four people at any one time. Set a weekly or bi-monthly schedule for video chatting. Social Media Dont use each social media site for the same exact content andpurposes. Dont use every social media site in existence. Thats overkill.47 48. Selling yourself AND your work Tools for Amateur Authors to Connect with Fans Question and Answer Sessions Ask your fans some questions too! Switch between live Q&A Sessions and ones that are just listedon your website. Answer interesting questions with interesting response. Dontbore your readers. Limit your responses to a few sentences because most answerswont take a novel to explain.48 49. Dancing in the DatasphereTom Johnson2013 Gold Rush Writers ConferenceMay 3-5, [email protected]@jtjohnsonFB: Tom Johnson49