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[Ben Kolb]

Hi everyone

 

Thanks for coming yesterday, just wanted to share some of the links we looked at:

 

http://www.childofmine.wateraid.org/ - thanks for sharing Becca!

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek

http://neomam.com/interactive/13reasons/

https://ihatetomatoes.net/happy-25th-birthday-game-boy/

http://poppyspend.britishlegion.org.uk/

 

Mun-Keat has a lot more and I think there might be notes somewhere amongst the group!

 

I’ve not shared the links to the BHF ones because (except the 2014 annual review one) they’re not public yet but can send round the final versions when they’re up.

 

Looking forward to the POST Smerf-wig at Westminster!

 

Cheers

 

Ben

 

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[Rebecca Heald]

Ah cool stuff! Did anyone have any comments (including negative) about the WA one? Would be really useful as we're building another now around an Indian project, but no worries if not of course :)

Hope y'all had fun,

Becca

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[Regnier, Michael]

I’ve made a Google doc with my notes and links to most of the things we looked at. Feel free to edit it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fj23phwNfegIswNrQhgN813IX_SQhcZrQgAIBwHYFo4/edit?usp=sharing

Also pasted below for the casual reader… Please note the call for ideas for Smerfcon II at the end!

Smerfwig, 12 May 2015

Hosted by British Heart Foundation

Discussion: Scrolly scrolly!

There is a big trend to make websites that visitors have to scroll through to read or engage with, whether that is scrolling down the page to read a feature, or scrolling to make an animation proceed. Despite their apparent popularity with digital publishing companies, there are some issues for us if we are thinking about making one.

For example:

• What shelf life does scrolls scrolls have, especially if they are hard to update?

• Accessibility? Do they work on old versions of Internet Explorer…?!

• How does the reader know what is clickable?

Ben (BHF) shared some in-house projects using scrolly formats.

BHF scrolly link (we saw two other projects that are not yet public)

annualreview2014.bhf.org.uk

There are a number of free and paid platforms for building scrolly websites. Immersive (used by BHF for one of their projects) is a free version of a service called Shorthand, used by the BBC and the Guardian.

Scrolly platforms

http://shorthand.com/

http://immersive.sh/

readfold.com

atavist.com

But while these platforms can help you make whizzy content, do we know the analytics? Has anyone ever read through one of these the whole way?! Do the whistles and bells distract the ardent reader? Is it anything more than “the new audio slideshow”?

Mun-Keat (Wellcome Trust) spoke about Mosaic’s presence on Medium, a blogging platform referred to as "Tumblr for grown-ups" by some of us! There are lots of longform articles on Medium - it’s well-suited to it. Fold is a new platform, developed by MIT, but we can't really see the point of it; Atavist is nice, has features like timelines, audio files (speech/music)...

Wellcome Trust scrolly links

medium.com/mosaic-science

digitalstories.wellcomecollection.org/pathways/1-mindcraft/1-mesmer

It is easy to get lost (not always in a good way) in these immersive features. Navigation aids are important, whether a site ‘map’, timelines, a mountain, etc...

Non-Smerf organisations’ scrolly links

www.childofmine.wateraid.org

https://ihatetomatoes.net/happy-25th-birthday-game-boy/

poppyspend.britishlegion.org.uk

www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek

http://grantland.com/features/sumo-wrestling-tokyo-japan-hakuho-yukio-mishima-novelist-seppuku/

www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/scaling-everest

features.japantimes.co.jp/hellokitty

pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/bat-for-lashes/

www.bbc.co.uk/iwonder

www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/10/25/chasing-bayla/.../story.html

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/Asia/satellite-photos-Japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?_r=0

In conclusion: these scrolling websites look cool, but we are not sure they are actually useful. Tools abound for doing them relatively cheaply (compared to the reputed $1million it took the New York Times to make Snowfall), but make sure you have a story to tell and that you know why you want to engage people at this depth.

Next meeting:

Henry (POST) to host at the Houses of Parliament in July.

Bonus topic: Smerfcon II

Not discussed in any detail, but there was some positive discussion on the email list some time ago about organising another half-day conference for Smerfwig this year, and if it is going to happen, people will soon have to step up and volunteer to take on the following roles:

Core admin team, including someone to act as treasurer, to organise date, venue and marketing (3 or 4 people)

Content organisers (at least 4 people, 1 (or more) for each session if we follow the same format as 2014)

Perhaps part of the next meeting could be set aside to decide on content and for volunteers to come forward! In the meantime, please start putting forward session ideas over the email list.

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[Ben Kolb]

These notes are great – thanks Michael!

 

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[Benjamin Thompson]

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Nice one, Michael, very useful! Good to see you all last night.

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[Arran Frood (BBSRC, SO)]

+3’d. Was really looking forward to linkies and this really helps.

 

Great job guys, and for Ben for hosting. Sorry I couldn’t make it I really wish I could more easily (bit tough here these days).

 

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[Henry Lau]

Hi,

Thanks for the notes and thanks for hosting Ben.

Here's the link to the Doodle poll for Smerfwig does Westminster. I went for sometime in the first half of July and I'll close the poll at the end of the month.
http://doodle.com/wcqcv285xwtnmi7b

Henry

[Benjamin Thompson]

Morning team,

Just working out one of the long-standing things on my to do list: filming consent forms. Does anyone have an example of one you could share with me? We've pulled something together, but any examples of best practice would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Ben

[Kat Arney]

This is a really lovely example of how to use Scrolly medium well:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/14/opinion/100000003682003.mobile.html?WT.z_mob_rel=1&_r=1

Also a great story too.

K

 

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[Marianne Baker]

Hi Ben,

Here's our University one, hope it helps - I'm sure there are far more pro ones floating about, be interested to see!
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Morning team,

Just working out one of the long-standing things on my to do list: filming consent forms. Does anyone have an example of one you could share with me? We've pulled something together, but any examples of best practice would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Ben

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[Regnier, Michael]

Whereas this one, not so much: http://endless.horse/

[Looi, Mun-Keat]

lolz.

On the NYT one, that is nice. I agree, after the Snowfall experiment, I think they’ve really got down how to use the medium well. Quite liked this one too: 

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/the-jockey/#/?chapt=introduction 

[Levey, Simon P]

This is also nice. Not seen a navigation tool like this before.

http://beeresistant.com/  

[Arran Frood (BBSRC, SO)]

Nice, I do like the hexagon spinner thinger at the side. As you say, a novel way to navigate.

[Marianne Baker]

Hihi,

Is there a link to that red-background falling-pound-coin scrolly we had demo'd at a previous meeting?

I really liked that and keep wanting to show people but don't know if it went online/is still online..?

Thanks!

M

[Ben Kolb]

Think you mean our Annual Review page…

 

Here’s the new one: http://annualreview.bhf.org.uk/

 

Sadly that one “Big Change” is now gone! Perhaps there’s a way to see a cached version…

 

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