Didi's Blog

About transmedia and other pretty cool stuff

Dear phone, I miss you

I’ve been living without a phone for two days now. Not because I want to or because I think it enriches my life. No, my phone-less life is not exactly voluntary. Or successful. I would trade a kidney for my smartphone. During a weekend break my phone got stolen at a beach party. When I…

IDFA Doclab: From naked artist to naked truth

IDFA is back in town. The International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam hosts their new media program IDFA Doclab for the 10th time. At the Doclab expo it’s all about undefined non-fiction storytelling. You can experience 30 differing, interactive documentaries for free at the expo at the Brakke Grond. I have been wandering there for quite some…

Zappmissie: Lost in the Game. Foto: annemieke van der togt

Another Zapp mission: Lost in the Game

Virtual reality games, gladiator fights and live stream escapes, it’s all part of Lost in the Game, a fictional storyworld that manifests itself in many different ways. It has become an annual tradition, after the Zappendael Case, the Hidden Island and the Secret of Eyck, Zapp brought a new and exciting mission this year. For…

Flight HS13: a chat box instead of a black box

Yes, the brand new television season has started and I’m happy to participate in another KRO-NCRV transmedia drama. Flight HS13 (originally Vlucht HS13) is not just a thrilling television series, it has an interactive twist. In the first double episode of this thriller series we meet Liv, who’s life falls apart when she hears the…

Why storytelling and VR are a great match

As technology is evolving, so is the way we tell stories. Virtual Reality is becoming more and more accessible and storytellers are experimenting with it. Storytelling and VR might be the perfect match. Still, some people in the industry find it hard to believe that watching films on the Oculus Rift is going to be…

Like faces competition

To like or not to like? That used to be the question. It was as simple as that. Until today, when Facebook globally launched 5 new reactions. The extension of the like button has the additional options: love, haha, wow, sad and angry, “to allow people to express a deeper range of emotions.” Our digital…

Join another club

I was shopping at H&M the other day and it was announced about 37 times that everyone should join the H&M club with the H&M app for special offers. Membercards, club apps. Not at the gym, but at every ordinary retail store. The Love Your Body Club™, IKEA Family, ICI Paris XL Privilege Card… Retailers…

Down the stream

It’s been four years already since I threw out my CD collection and my lovely 3-CD stereo system. I fully switched to Spotify and I am still very happy with that decision. I don’t even have MP3s anymore, I mean, why would I? I don’t want to own music, I just want to listen to…

Popcorn Time vs. Netflix

Pak de popcorn er maar vast bij, want het gekijf is weer begonnen. Stichting BREIN heeft de afgelopen weken zes Nederlandse websites uit de lucht gehaald waar de illegale streamingdienst Popcorn Time werd aangeboden. Tim Kuik, directeur van BREIN, zegt hierover: ‘De sites zijn een soort illegale winkels, die verbieden we. Maar de klanten die…