IG Live can be pretty hit or miss. But what makes it miss? During quarantine, we watched a ton of our friends, families and colleagues take to Live and took notes on what did and didn’t work. There are some user-behaviors we saw we could streamline, but the actual user interface was an obstacle in itself too. We took time to design around the issue and were able to produce a fun IG Live show that was sharp and entertaining to watch.
And if you haven’t already:
Write-up & Video by Kuya David
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(Re)Introducing: The Poetry Clash
Is poetry slam the end-all, be-all spoken word competition format? Five years ago we tried to address this, but would soon leave the idea to pursue building the Pen Clique podcast. But with lock-down giving us ample time to develop ideas, it’s time we reintroduce to the world: The Poetry Clash.
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How (and Why) We Built a Podcast Studio
WE’RE BACK! During our hiatus, we’ve been building a whole podcast studio to record audio, AND shoot both video & photos, as well as upgrading our podcast gear, all in prep for the relaunch on July 10th, of the most poppin poetry podcast in the GALAXY! (Purchase links included to all gear)
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Let’s Design Poetry: How to Make Visual Art From Poetry
Originally live-streamed 5th of August 2019, we took the text of a poem and went through the design and build process of turning poetry into a visual for Instagram. This was our first time live-streaming a Photoshop work session, so we’re still learning how best to present and record this type of content. That being said, thank you for bearing with the low-res footage and look forward to us doing this again hopefully on a weekly basis!
