How to Work with a Technologist

Department Heads From The Start:1) Art Director2) DP3) Costumes4) Composer5) Sound Designer6) Editor

7) Software Architect?

Culture of Collaboration

Culture of Collaboration

Stuff Everyone Can Do:TwitterFacebookFoursquareBlog SoftwareFake siteApp “builders”Social Samba

Technology vs. Products

Stuff Everyone Can't DoProjects Conceived With Technology

http://www.collapsus.com/

Collapsus

http://www.doclab.org/2010/highriseout-my-window/

Highrise

http://www.himherandthemfilm.com/

Him, Her and Them

Pandemic 1.0Sundance 2011

●Many Data Sources●Algorithms●Live User Interaction

Future Mate: 1st StoryHack Winner

●Queuing●Data Integrity●Eventual Consistency

Technology Feeds Art

Story Technology Story Technology

New Tools

Technology as as asset

Technology as as asset

Practicalities

Tech DepartmentQuite likely more than one person:●IA●Graphic Design●Systems Architecture●Mobile App●Web Front End

Tech Department under Tech Lead.

Tech Lead understands:● Speed and timeframe● Open source? Licensing● Relying on current companies

● Data Ownership● Technology Ownership● Changing Terms & Conditions

● Scalability issues

Understands how to:●Break down problems●Find answers●Find right people●Delegate

"…But how do you tell the robot what to do?"

"I don't tell the robot what to do. I switch it on and it does what's in its nature"

Mark HarrisDirector, Platform EngineeringBroadcastrhttp://www.broadcastr.commark@broadcastr.com