That Creepy Camera: Lifelogging Lessons Learned

“What’s that you’ve got there?” the barista asks, tapping his chest. I don’t need to look down to know what he means. “It’s a lifelogger, it takes a picture every … Continue reading

The Original Robocop Was A Christ Allegory

The Original Robocop Was A Christ Allegory

The original Robocop, released in 1987 and directed by Paul Verhoeven, was not only one of the best science fiction films of the last three decades—"a brilliant comedy operating in the guise of an ultraviolent action movie," as Tom Scocca described it on Gawker—it was also a Christian allegory. At least according to Paul Verhoeven himself who, in a 2010 interview, referred to his resurrected robot hero as "the American Jesus."

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Let This Periodic Table Of Storytelling Destroy Your Writer’s Block

Let This Periodic Table Of Storytelling Destroy Your Writer's Block

Writing is many things: a job, a hobby, a personal imperative, an act, an art, a gigantic pain in the ass. But is it a science? The Periodic Table of Storytelling breaks down narrative elements into a familiar form—though one that liberal artsy folks probably haven’t thought about since high school.

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Narrative Clip Review – A wearable camera with context

Can you remember what you were doing last week? How about last month, or a year ago? Life-loggers like Narrative’s Clip promise to make that possible, a wearable camera snapping … Continue reading

Moment Camera turns Glass into intelligent life-logger

A new Google Glass app that turns the wearable into an intelligent life-logging camera has been released, Moment Camera, promising to automatically figure out the best times to capture a … Continue reading

Narrative Clip life-logger finally shipping

Narrative, the life-logging crowdfunder formerly known as Memoto, has finally begun shipping its Clip clip-on camera. Delayed by hardware glitches and manufacturing issues after raising, at $550,000, more than eleven times the amount it initially targeted on Kickstarter, Narrative’s Clip is now shipping out to the first backers, though the company warns that it may […]

Narrative Clip life-logging camera hiccups again

The path from Kickstarter to customers is seldom smooth, and life-logging camera company Narrative (née Memoto) knows that better than most, announcing another hardware issue today that will delay shipping for early backers. According to a message sent to early supporters on the crowdfunding site, issues with camera quality, PCBs, and some of the casing […]

Narrative Clip: Glass, wearables, and the next Memoto chapter with CEO Martin Källström

Three million dollars in the bank, a new name – after a little trademark tussling with Motorola – and less than a month from shipping: things have suddenly become very exciting for Narrative, the freshly rebranded Memoto lifelogging camera project. After raising more than eleven times the target amount in its initial Kickstarter campaign, hardware […]

Memoto lifelogger renamed Narrative Clip ahead of Nov 1st release

Lifelogging camera and Kickstarter success Memoto has rebranded to Narrative, with its freshly-named Narrative Clip wearable set to begin shipping from November 1st. The startup was forced to change its name after being notified it “conflicts with a similar name in the market”, opting for Narrative instead as the camera silently records life stories. Meanwhile, […]