Requirements for #LifeCasting
You have no idea how difficult it can be to break down a situation enough to figure out why it worked the way that it worked. I know this shit works, I've been doing it for a while - but still ... need formula. What is intuitive for me, will definitely not be for others.
I also have to balance the fact that I still cannot pay anyone anything. I eventually want to take this project to a house, where peeps can literally do what I did ... sign their permission slip to be unapologetically awesome, have access to a car for meetings, have food, water, minimal clothing ... and just see what people do with it. I have incredible faith that if the casting can be just right, this will be a bitchin experiment. See, if people's basic essentials are just covered I think magic can happen. Of course basic essentials are different to everyone. I'm a minimalist in the very extreme sense. I'm not expecting necessarily others to do the same ... but get pretty close.
Either way, that is neither here nor there, focus Jen focus ... This is going to have to be done in stages. I know only what I know because I've done it, and I've had some totally bitchin corporate sponsors to help with equipment. I don't have equipment for everyone just yet, but I am confident in the near future that will change. People are inspired by action. I just have to start this thing already!!!
Stage 1 Requirements:
- 1 Randombling a day. It's a 5 minute unedited random stream of consciousness. Give me the word fuck written over and over for 5 minutes if you have to. I get it, shit happens ... but getting you in the habit of writing will break through a lot of barriers. I don't want journalists, I want you to write these things like you're talking to either your diary, or your best friend. Keep it INCREDIBLY personal, and true to your own voice. I don't expect everyone to have "dude, gnarly, bitchin, and radical" in their vocab. You be you, I'll be me. Let's be awesome!
- FourSquare account. It keeps you very present and makes you more conscious of your surroundings, and DEFINITELY enables some rad story telling. For example, you check in at the LA County Jail ... dude, I KNOW I'm going to want to read your post later.
- Public Twitter. Who has a private twitter anyway? So weird ...
That's going to be it for stage 1. I'm going to come up with some posts on training lifecasters, and even create interview questions for you guys to introduce yourself to everyone before coming on board. You HAVVEEEEEEEE to be honest in lifecasting. We want the good, the bad, and the ugly - all in real time.
For stage 2, I want to incorporate livestreaming, FlipCams and or video editing. That is eventually where I want all of this to lead, as I know it worked on LiveVideo. BUTTT!! I'll take what I can get to just get this bad boy launched and get some feedback from peeps.
Super stoked man! I have reached out to the people I want on board, and oddly enough - it is going to be all females. 4 very nerdy females from 4 very different walks of life. I'm very curious to see how this is going to go.
Going to send out emails officially inviting the chicas now, and hopefully we'll have this up and running in about a week or so. Pretty stoked man!! Again, we're also working on a website redesign to be able to manage all of the posts, so we'll be shifting from a single news feed. So don't worry, all the other featured content and writers that you enjoy will also be here. Just adding some moreeee flaavvaaaaaa!!! Yum Yum Gimme SOMEEEE!!!
#nerdsunite INDEEEDDD!!!
