“Determined to find a more open, transparent way to chart shared human experiences, he retreated into solitude, altered his approach, and developed a new digital storytelling platform called Cow Bird. The platform, which he plans to release “soon,” encourages people to tell long-form stories online using photos, sound maps, timelines, videos, and casts of characters. It then spins a larger “meta” tale from their commonalities. With Cow Bird, Harris aims to revive letter writing in the digital era—providing the Internet generation with a deeper, more reciprocal means of communication than shouting into a disconnected social media void.”

— The Never-Ending Story | design mind

1:02 am  •  24 August 2011