Hi, I'm Thom. I created the Masters in Immersive Mediated Environments (MIME) in the department of Telecommunications at Indiana University. MIME is a program dedicated to interactive storytelling and computer game design which draws on existing talent and classes from a variety of departments and schools at Indiana University: Fine Arts, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Music, Business School, Theater, Journalism, Folk Lore, School of Library and Information Sciences and Instructional Design.
I've presented workshops on a variety of MediaJazz: 3D modeling, game design and interactive storytelling at the Canadian Film Center; the University of Wisconsin; the Summer Institute in Integrated media at the University of Vermont; Art, Faith, and Social Justice at Marquette; Digital Bridges at Western Michigan; Brooklyn College; Stanford's Digital Media Academy; the University of Texas at Austin; ACM-HCI in Atlanta; the University of Hawaii; American Association of Multimedia Designers; the International Television Association; Museums and the Web and the Museum of the Person in Brazil.
My interest areas are information as art, visual interface design, 3d modeling and animation, digital storytelling and computer game design, public access system design, adaptive reality, and information design for farmers.
I have a Ph.D. in Libraries & Information Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, Ca.
My work experience has ranged from New Orleans to Kivalina Alaska, 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle to Yogyakarta, Indonesia on the Equator for the Un and many places in between.
Compatriats
- Dory, the poet
- The Mime program
- GameZombie.tv
- Bjorn Ottoson
- Vic's FlatRedBall
- FunderStormGames
- Will Deloney
- Chris Booker
- Marc Carlton
- Josh Fleetwood
- Mike Green
- Asym, the Game
- Hao-Design
- Dan Wolfe Design
- Studio Cypher
- Cesar Kobashikawa
- Ardea Arts
- ROX
Classes & Workshops
- Game Design 101
- Art, Entertainment & Information
- 3D modeling and Computer Animation
- Interactive Storytelling and Computer Game Design
- Citizen Media for Social Change
- Living in the Information Age
Writings
- Brazil's Museum of the Person
- Psst, wanna do a phrontisterion??
- When customs change, writing changes
- Violence, Games & Art
- My Lunch with Annie Lang: Children, Violence, Imitation (and a darned good house salad)
- LOL: Lots of Luck? Laughing out Loud? Or, learning Outside the Lines ...
- Rip, Mix and Burn ... an Education
- Cmdr. Laurel's Tricky Decision
- If Baboons Ran Schools
- Ich bin ein Illiterati
- Why Grand Theft Auto is wonderful for teaching ethics and morality
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