Some number of years from now, the technology may exist for cars to drive themselves.

Some number of years from now, the technology may exist for cars to drive themselves. This could save thousands of lives a year (90 percent of fatal car accidents involve human error).

But getting the technology right won’t be enough. Governments and courts will have to figure out lots of new legal and regulatory issues. One key question: If a driverless car crashes, who’s liable?

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ProPublica is still the cool new kid in investigative journalism— less than five years in the game, and they’ve got the best toys, plenty of talent, and everyone wants to be their friend.

ProPublica is still the cool new kid in investigative journalism— less than five years in the game, and they’ve got the best toys, plenty of talent, and everyone wants to be their friend. And that doesn’t just apply to journalists. The investigative journalism outfit’s big data projects draw interest from programmers too. That’s why the Engineering and Computer Science departments at UC Berkeley asked Jeff Larson from ProPublica’s News Applications team, to talk about the new ways that coding is helping tell stories.

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Check out the podcast edition of our recent Google Hangout with Brian Clark of GMD Studios.

Check out the podcast edition of our recent Google Hangout with Brian Clark of GMD Studios.
From the orignal show notes:

At last year’s StoryWorld Conference in Hollywood I had the honor of meeting Brian Clark (@gmdclark) of GMD Studios, longtime publisher of IndieWire and one of the leading designers and thinkers in the world we often refer to as “transmedia”. Brian gave one of the last talks at the conference, a talk on what he called “Phenomenal Work”, in which he applied the principles of the movement known as Phenomenology to examine the work that creators and storytellers have been empowered to do thanks to the New Media revolution.

It would be hack to say that the talk was phenomenal, but sometimes you have to call it like it is.

Monday night’s Transmedia LA meetup focused on the Streamy and IAWTV award winning webseries The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.

Monday night’s Transmedia LA meetup focused on the Streamy and IAWTV award winning webseries The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. This transmedia powered adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is one of the greatest examples of independent transmedia production around today. (For more on the show, see their earlier post.)

The panel was moderated by Turnstyle’s own Noah Nelson and featured series co-creator and executive producer Bernie Su was in attendance at Monday night’s event along with co-executive producer Margaret Dunlap, producer Jenni Powell and transmedia producer Jay Bushman. Su, Dunlap and Bushman are all part of the show’s writing staff.

Check out notes on the event at Transmedia LA.

In yesterday’s Hangout we talked a lot about Tugg, Inc., the Austin based film start-up that brings classic and new films to theaters on an on-demand basis.

In yesterday’s Hangout we talked a lot about Tugg, Inc., the Austin based film start-up that brings classic and new films to theaters on an on-demand basis. As Miss Dial filmmaker @DavidHSteinberg mentioned, the service came out of beta this week and have upgraded their website.

Tugg, Inc. is proudly touting a film library of over 1,100 films–which, sadly, cannot fit in anyone’s pocket– that can be screened in hundreds of cities around the United States. We’ll be catching up with Tugg co-founder Nicolas Gonda at SXSW next week.

The complete press release trumpeting their one-year anniversary is included after the jump.

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Update: The archived version of the Hangout is now available.

Update: The archived version of the Hangout is now available. Check after the jump for excerpts from Tribeca’s Storyscapes press release, announcing a new curated space for transmedia projects at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 17-28th in New York City.

The Tribeca Film Institute has made a big commitment to educating filmmakers in techniques that reach beyond traditional cinema narrative and into the realm of “digital, interactive storytelling”. They’ve launched the TFI Sandbox, as a resource gathering point for creators and producers who want to get involved in the growing field we call transmedia production.

We’ll talk with Ingrid Kopp (@fromthehip), Director of Digital Initiatives at the Tribeca Film Institute about TFI’s new venture, how the perception of transmedia has evolved, and the changing roles of film institutes in the new media age. LIVE, right here on this page, at 11AM PST / 2PM EST. Join the Hangout discussion LIVE at Turnstyle’s G+ page, or via Twitter (@turnstylenews or @noahjnelson).

UPDATE: We’ve added the portions of the PRESS RELEASE announcing Tribeca’s STORYSCAPES and other programming after the jump:

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Today on McNelly & Nelson we’re talking about breaking into movie theaters.

Today on McNelly & Nelson we’re talking about breaking into movie theaters. Not with crowbars, but with Tugg, the on-demand theater booking service that is helping independent filmmakers get theatrical distribution for their films. Hangout airtime: 12:30PM PDT.

Join Lucas McNelly (@lmcnelly) and myself (@noahjnelson) as we speak with writer-director David H. Steinberg (@DavidHSteinberg) about his film Miss Dial, which is headed to select theaters thanks to Tugg ahead of its VOD release. Also joining us will be friend of the blog Gabriel Diani (@gabediani), who will talk about his own experiences with the film festival circuit and indie distribution. [More guests may be announced, watch the feeds!]

Get a creator’s eye view of the process. Join the Hangout discussion LIVE at Turnstyle’s G+ page, or via Twitter (@turnstylenews).

Note: you aren’t going crazy, this is a rescheduled and expanded version of a postponed event.

This Ryan Holiday post about this New York Times article would be a lot better if he didn’t spend the top half of it whining about how he was covering how evil Facebook is first.

This Ryan Holiday post about this New York Times article would be a lot better if he didn’t spend the top half of it whining about how he was covering how evil Facebook is first.

In fact, I’m going to kidnap the next tech writer who whines about how they were there first and tattoo “Hipster” on one cheek and “Troll” on the other.

There is a certain kind of myopia that comes from living out on the edge. Instead of assuming that everyone else is stupid, perhaps it would be wiser for these tech evangelists to consider why more people are not aware and what effect that has on the world.

99% Invisible is, as producer Roman Mars tells it, a “tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world”.

99% Invisible is, as producer Roman Mars tells it, a “tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world”. Don’t let the “tiny” fool you: there’s nothing small about the ideas Mars explores.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the bygone Red Cars– the Los Angeles Pacific Electric Railway– and the way that rail line reshaped the destiny of LA. A story of conspiracies, strange marriages, and bad urban planning! Check out the episode page, it’s got a host of great images and more. No, really, check it out.

Side note: Roman can snark about the LA freeways all he wants, but at least we don’t have to deal with the Bay Area’s bridges. -NN

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Before we get too excited, the new festival that Sundance is starting isn’t actually going to happen in Los Angeles next weekend.

Before we get too excited, the new festival that Sundance is starting isn’t actually going to happen in Los Angeles next weekend. It’s called Next Weekend, because it is centering on the NEXT < => section of the festival’s legendary programming.

Over the past few years the NEXT < => division has been home to films like Bellflower and Sleepwalk With Me. Up and coming independent voices, the kind of programming on which Sundance made its reputation. The new festival will use not only the newly acquired Sundance Sunset Cinema, but a number of famed venues around LA. Including the famed Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the hugely popular summer screening series.

Which is your clue for when Next Weekend will actaully be: Aug. 8-11, 2013. Four days of ” screenings, parties and artist programs that celebrate the renegade spirit of independent filmmaking.” From the press release:

NEXT WEEKEND will kick off with an outdoor screening Aug. 8 at Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The weekend-long festival will be headquartered at Sundance Sunset Cinema in West Hollywood Aug. 9-11. On closing night, Aug. 11, the festival will expand to venues across Los Angeles including the American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre, Cinefamily, MOCA, and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.

Read the complete release after the jump.

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