via http://couros.wikispaces.com/Digitalstorytelling

Try a Story Idea Prompt
So if you are stuck for ideas, here are some prompts:

    * What was your favorite childhood pet?
    * Where was your most memorable vacation?
    * What topic most inspired you in grade school?
    * Where is a place in the world you'd like to visit?
    * What is the most adventurous thing you have done?
    * Who was an influential authority in your subject discipline?
    * Or just describe a collection of things such as
          o Five attributes of a great writer
          o The top technology gadgets of the future
          o Most important discoveries in your field
          o Favorite cars, vegetables, flowers, tools
          o Collection of things that don't belong

Why is it I have such a hard time writing down stories?

via http://www.openculture.com/2009/05/getting_hired_and_fired_by_the_new_yorker_as_told_in_tweets.html

"Kathy Sierra is the author of Creating Passionate Users, and has been interested in the brain and artificial intelligence since her days as a game developer (Virgin, Amblin', MGM). She is the co-creator of the bestselling brain-friendly Head First series (winner of the Jolt Software Development award in 2004). She is also the founder of one of the largest programmer community web sites, javaranch.com. Much of the theory and practice behind "passionate users" began when she developed and taught the first Interaction Design and New Media courses at UCLA Extension's Entertainment Studies Department, and at the IBM New Media Center at Universal Studios Citywalk. A former master trainer for Sun Microsystems, she has spent the last few years helping others learn to apply brain-friendly techniques to inspire and maintain passionate users. Resources Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, by Salen and Zimmerman"

"What ensued was sheer hell. Chemo, surgery, radiation. Mouth sores. A throat so raw he could barely swallow. Nausea so severe he couldn't concentrate enough to read or even watch TV. "I spent nine months in a room trying not to throw up," he says. The treatment wrecked his saliva glands and his taste buds. He lost 40 pounds."

Mentioned: Silverlight, ManyEyes, Notable Hans Rosling presentation at TED, MediaStorm

"We received hundreds of essays in response to our query about what anchors and unsettles our Catholic audience. So we asked some of you to speak about your tradition. The moving reflections we heard prompted us to depart from our usual format and bring you a fabric of voices from the Church itself."

"There have been several excellent Apollo astronaut memoirs, especially Gene Cernan's "The Last Man on the Moon" and Jim Lovell's "Lost Moon," which was made into the feature film "Apollo 13." This one is still the most honest and reflective of them all. It extends a tradition of the aviator as litterateur into the age of space travel."

"Through out this book, the author describes his feelings and experiences about being an astronaut, what it's like to fly in space, what he did, what he saw and all the numerous sacrifices he and his family made so that he could be an astronaut. His experience of being alone while orbiting the moon is exhilarating. All this done in a very non-technical and jargon free way."

I saw this last night with Bob at Reel Pizza. Michael Collins has the most screen time, Alan Bean is animated and funny. They're all great. It's all about Wonder. "The surviving crew members from NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words."

"Leonardo’s numerous equine studies, manuscripts on the Sforza monument, specific scholarly writings, equine anatomy and other subject matter (see Artist’s Statement) were studied. Akamu’s years of living and studying in Italy were critical for this creation. During this period, seven assistant sculptors were hired to transfer precise measurements from the finished model to the 2 ½ story rough clay enlargement. Nina’s innovative approach devised a specific enlarging technique using a laser pointer as well as a communication system for the assistants. This novel concept was critical during the enlarging process. The creation of the life-sized clay model, the clay enlargement and the finished bronzes within the foundry took almost three years and involved approximately 60 artisans. The 24’ finished bronze sculpture was put on public display on the grounds of Tallix foundry for the weekend prior to its being flown to Italy. Over 60,000 people arrived inundating the small town and creating a massive five mile traffic jam. 6San Siro Milan On September 10, 1999, exactly 500 years to the date after the destruction of Leonardo da Vinci’s colossal horse, the modern tribute to Leonardo "