Unblokt (social storywriting) - It's Done!
A few weeks ago I mentioned Unblokt, a little Web 2.0 app that presents you with two sentences, and you write the sentence inbetween. It was created by my friend Sean O'Hagan, who aimed to produce a novel written bit by bit in this way, by people from across the internet.
Well I just checked, and it looks like the Unblokt novel is finished! It is by turns gripping, hilarious, and downright silly. Here is an excerpt in the dramatic style:
And elsewhere:
There's some really entertaining stuff in here that's going to make great bedtime reading. Congratulations to Sean and to all who participated.
Well I just checked, and it looks like the Unblokt novel is finished! It is by turns gripping, hilarious, and downright silly. Here is an excerpt in the dramatic style:
"What do you think of it?" Why did he even care what I thought? I wanted him out of my head forever! I stopped thinking. Feelings floating... Drifting ever onward to that warm safe place where I can be loved again. That was a good thought.
And elsewhere:
I thought, maybe one day I will know everything about everyone. But I know I never will. My messiness clearly upset her. She stared at my room despairingly.
"Here, I'll move my roommate's dead dog so you can sit down," I said.
There's some really entertaining stuff in here that's going to make great bedtime reading. Congratulations to Sean and to all who participated.
2 Comments:
hi Jon,
Do you want to take a crack at this problem put forth by Nivi.
Optimize your Attention Stream with del.icio.us
http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/optimize-your-attention-stream
By Rajan, at 10/04/2005 1:01 a.m.
Hi Rajan - Very interesting idea. I've done something along those lines, but it is a Ruby script, not an easy-to-use web service.
By Jonathan, at 10/04/2005 9:30 a.m.
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