As a little girl, I used to go religiously every Sunday looking at antiques with my parents. Whilst they would look at “proper” antiques, I’d be given £1 to spend on antiques of my own. Before long, I’d taken to collecting postcards… all of which had to include images of dogs. Note, I think this may also have been around the time that I was leaving letters all over the house begging for a puppy!

At least 20 years on and I’ve just re-discovered them along with cigarette cards. I thought it might be nice to post them here to share with you. The first is one of my favourites.

It seems amazing that in a world where privacy is everything, people used to rely upon words on a postcard… visible to everyone to see.

From what I can make out, I think it says:

Dear D,

Thank you for pretty we received this morning unfortunately it has been cracked right across in the post. I walked over to see Annie & Tom last evening. It looks rather stormy here today but has not rained yet. I suppose it is saving up for Saturday.

Fondly & with love from

Your Percy

Longest day today.

Hopefully you’ve enjoyed these as much as I have. If so, I’ll post some more over the coming days.

i had the pleasure of being asked to host a workshop for the students of the multi platform writing course held in cardiff by cyfle last week. the writers participating on the scheme were some of the best BAFTA award winning television writers in wales, who have credits for doctor who, torchwood and casualty. i felt very insignificant in comparison

the writers came together to launch an online drama series – each have vast experience of writing for different platforms but wanted to learn more about harnessing social media to build a community around the project and to try new tools and techniques to “spread the word” and “gain some love”.

the project that they’re working on is really interesting and turns the traditional drama/film model on it’s head. the concept of the project is that each of the writers comes up with a character, the thread that all pulls them together? a self-help group run by the guru. each of the characters has real world facebook, twitter, myspace accounts and blogs etc. the characters are gaining real world friends and holding conversations – taking the story into real life.

it was really interesting for me to get involved with a project that is challenging the boundaries and merging the lines between online and real world experiences. i drew upon head trauma as a case study for the course which integrates real world gaming, interactive and film. the lead up to the film involved secret screenings, participants had to await tips on twitter, facebook, myspace etc.

the project can be seen at www.breakfree2009.co.uk where each of the new episodes will be posted a couple of times per week. i know that i’ll be eagerly watching to see what happens with the development of the project. thanks to rhys and the guys for making the workshop so enjoyable!

i’ll be posting my slides below, but i’m afraid they’re mainly images, so might not teach you that much… it’s just how i roll