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Lance Weiler
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Over the last few days, I’ve had numerous conversations about how to bring people together virtually. In a time of social distancing, many are wondering how to best connect and collaborate in an effort to avoid slipping into a state of isolation. Below are some links to help you navigate uncertain times.

Steam’s new indie festival lets you try 40 upcoming games for free
Steam’s new indie festival lets you try 40 upcoming games for free
The Steam Games Festival is returning for a spring edition starting today to feature indie titles from developers who lost the opportunity to show off new projects at the Game Developers Conference. The 40-plus game demos are all available via Steam and will be until March 23rd.
www.theverge.com
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SPECIAL VIRTUAL GATHERING - MARCH 26th
On Thursday, March 26th Columbia DSL is hosting a special speculative design meetup. Join us for the first in a series of online events that invite storytellers, futurists, game designers, systems thinkers, makers and hackers from around the world to connect, create and learn together. For more details click here.
Above Image credit - Stuart Candy, Future Cone, Dunne and Raby, Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming (2013)
KAWS Just Entered the Augmented Reality Game With Giant Virtual Sculptures That You Can See—and Buy—in 11 Major Cities
KAWS Just Entered the Augmented Reality Game With Giant Virtual Sculptures That You Can See—and Buy—in 11 Major Cities
KAWS has unleashed 12 monumental augmented reality sculptures around the globe and is selling editions of his companion figures in AR.
news.artnet.com
Google Lets You Visit the World’s Most Famous Museums From the Comfort of Your Couch
Google Lets You Visit the World’s Most Famous Museums From the Comfort of Your Couch
While nothing can replace the experience of going to a museum and observing art face-to-face, technology has given us an alternative way to get our cultural fix without leaving home—through virtual tours.
www.apartmenttherapy.com
Video Game Lets You Make Video Games
Video Game Lets You Make Video Games
A video game can be as dense as a puzzle or as expansive as a universe, but it always makes a god of its maker. The creator is, after all, responsible for the rules and boundaries of a world, everything from the force of its gravity to the color of its sky to the temperament of its creatures.
www.newyorker.com
TikTok Told Moderators: Suppress Posts by the “Ugly” and Poor users
TikTok Told Moderators: Suppress Posts by the “Ugly” and Poor users
The China-based social media company also has policies censoring various forms of political speech, leaked documents reveal.
theintercept.com
We’re not going back to normal
We’re not going back to normal
Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever.
www.technologyreview.com
Even With Social Distancing, People Are Finding Ways To Connect
Even With Social Distancing, People Are Finding Ways To Connect
As social distancing becomes common practice because of the new coronavirus, people are finding ways to stay connected and fight isolation.
www.npr.org
How to Watch Netflix with Friends While Social Distancing: The 3 Best Ways to Share Streams
How to Watch Netflix with Friends While Social Distancing: The 3 Best Ways to Share Streams
Wondering how you can watch Netflix with friends while social distancing for the coronavirus? Here’s everything you need to know.
decider.com
Rising Instagram Stars Are Posting Fake Sponsored Content
Rising Instagram Stars Are Posting Fake Sponsored Content
Tapping through Palak Joshi’s Instagram Stories recently, you might have come across a photo that looked like standard sponsored content: a shiny white box emblazoned with the red logo for the Chinese phone manufacturer OnePlus and the number six, shot from above on a concrete background.
www.theatlantic.com
The creator of 'Hunters' caught the attention of Amazon and Jordan Peele with an 80-page series bible and enough ideas for 5 seasons
The creator of 'Hunters' caught the attention of Amazon and Jordan Peele with an 80-page series bible and enough ideas for 5 seasons
Amazon Prime Video’s new drama series “Hunters,” which follows a group of Nazi killers in the 1970s US, has some big names attached to it. Al Pacino, fresh off an Oscar nomination for Netflix’s “The Irishman,” stars as Meyer, the boss of the group.
www.businessinsider.com
Resources
Design, prototype, and build voice apps.
Design, prototype, and build voice apps.
Visually design, prototype and publish Alexa Skills and Google Actions without writing code. Voiceflow is used by thousands of designers, developers to create Alexa Skills. Voiceflow powers 6% of the worlds Alexa Skills. Build your own today without coding.
www.voiceflow.com
Interested in Story & Code?
Exploring new forms & functions of storytelling
Exploring new forms & functions of storytelling
Columbia DSL has a global prototyping community of storytellers, game designers, creative technologist, academics, activists and makers. We host virtual gatherings, share resources and collaborate on projects that mix story and code. We look forward to collaborating with you!
columbiadsl.mn.co
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Lance Weiler
Lance Weiler @lanceweiler

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