A Conversation with Steve Wyshywaniuk, Product Director for StoryMaker

2014-11-10T22:50:43+00:00November 10th, 2014|Tags: , , |

A Conversation with Steve Wyshywaniuk, Product Director for StoryMaker

oslofreedomforum:

Steve Wyshywaniuk is co-creator and product director of StoryMaker, an open source app that enables anyone to create a great story with their mobile phone. Steve taught a workshop on telling stories well for activists at the Oslo Freedom Forum.

How is your work relevant to human rights?

I find that story is what gets people to actually do something, to respond to a call to action. Information is important, but if you can also tell a compelling story, you can get people to move. Potential storytellers often feel disempowered by complicated technology or the process of creating a boiled-down version of their experience. But there is a basic craft for storytelling, and it is something that anybody can pick up. The spirit and ambition »

2018-03-27T09:04:44+00:00September 14th, 2013|Tags: , , , |

I did the math earlier and found out that the total cost of this kit is 760 dollars, which is 40 dollars less then the first minidv camera I bought without any accessories.

The video this produces is broadcast quality HD, the content can be edited on the camera itself (with storymaker!), and it can even be posted online* from the field with a micro-sim card inside of the phone.

Sometimes I forget just how cool my job is, and I don’t really have a good answer for why I don’t blog about it more.

*which can be done securely as well, as we have a custom tor-youtube uploader which works with orbot if you have it installed.

2018-03-27T09:15:30+00:00April 17th, 2013|Tags: , , |

The work I’ve been doing for the last year is in the wild. If you’re interested in playing with our beta, go check out “StoryMaker” in the Google play store now.

At the moment there’s no iOS support. Sorry iPhoners. I still love you.

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