Jack The Twitter

a case study in building

an online character and
how they tell their story.

The Black Operatives Department

Becoming Jack
Jack is a monster & psychotic
Twitter Stalker. He likes
Prokofiev, liver and hunting
down location based tweets.
He documents his fictional
encounters on a google map 

Getting into character

 Streams

Platforms
Character
Aggregators
Components
Passports

The nuts & bolts

Birth
To do anything online
your character will need
an Email. Fact. 

Passport
Blog
The focal point of the
story. This is where
everything comes together.

Platform & Stream

Facebook
A collection of relevant
“likes” from the character.

Aggregator & Stream

Last.fm
An emotional component
to the character. What
kind of music is he
listening to? What’s his
mood?

Platform & Stream

flickr
Another, secondary
narrative touch point.
What does the character
“see”? Where is he?

Platform
Friendfeed
This is a narrative
aggregator using filters to
gather relevant character
information from the web.

Aggregator & Stream

Delicious
Another aggregator used
to feed friendfeed and
facebook.

Aggregator & Stream

Youtube
Peformance. This is where
the character becomes
“physical”.

Platform & Stream

Twitter
Situation/context based
“digital improvisation”.

Platform & Stream

Narrative
Example I.

Digital Improvisation.
Stream
Narrative
Example II.

Performance
Performance
Narrative
Example III.

Digital Improvisation
Digital Improvisation
Part 1.
Digital Improvisation
Part 2.
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Creative Commons
BY-SA License.
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