Worth Clicking: Rooftop Films, Google Glass, “Breaking Bad” & a Puppy

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Our friend @koci talks about what Google Gass means for the future of street photography. [TIME - LightBox blog] Rooftop films and the spirit of Brooklyn summers. [POV blog] KickStarter weighs in on Spike Lee’s campaign. [nofilmschool] CNN, Time, Al Jazeera, and Netflix have announced new documentary units. Why? [POV blog] Apple is negotiating with production studios and networks to provide content for a television set that would emphasize apps over cable TV. [Quartz] Breaking Bad’s science advisor fact checks some of the show’s greatest chemistry moments. [GigaOm] For hunters of good type. [typehunting] I Forgot My Phone [YouTube] 10 life lessons from Esquire’s “What I’ve Learned” interviews. [Brain Pickings] And just for fun… A puppy plays with a doorstop. [wimp.com] OK one more… The greatest Price Is Right “come on down” ever. [YouTube]

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MediaStorm’s 2009 Workshop Dates Announced

Dates for the 2009 MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshops have been announced: Workshop Four: March 7-13, 2009 - Application Deadline: Friday January 23, 2009 Workshop Five: May 2-8, 2009 - Application Deadline: Monday March 30, 2009 Workshop Six: August 8-14, 2009 - Application Deadline: Wednesday July 1, 2009 The MediaStorm Multimedia Reporting Workshop in New York City is an intensive, hands-on educational experience in advanced multimedia storytelling. Over the course of a week, participants will work in three-person teams, reporting and editing in collaboration with a MediaStorm Producer to create a multimedia project for distribution across multiple platforms. Each team will produce a professional-quality, ready-for-publication multimedia story. See the site for more information, or to apply for the Workshops. Projects from past Workshops:

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