i just sent a few thingslemme know if that wasn't any good
― MAYBE HE'S NOT THE BEST THIGH SLAPPER IN THE WORLD (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 4 January 2015 05:40 (nine years ago) link
why not gifs? even mellow subtle gifs
― gr8080, Sunday, 4 January 2015 05:58 (nine years ago) link
i would do it if i was good at the mellow subtle stuff, but i'm just not. this is mellow for me:
http://i.imgur.com/84b8aP2.gif
boogiteeboogiteeboogitee
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Sunday, 4 January 2015 06:14 (nine years ago) link
policy on swearing
― local eire man (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 January 2015 06:52 (nine years ago) link
this reminds me of lots of old web 0.5 art concepts, but in a good way!
― celfie tucker 48 (s.clover), Sunday, 4 January 2015 15:19 (nine years ago) link
policy on swearing is to go ahead and do it if it's important for the story, i guess.
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Sunday, 4 January 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link
thanks, s.clover, and you should contribute a story!
i have a few in already, and up to 45 volunteers. if i can get to 60 i may do 30 stories on the day of the launch, and then have 30 more ready for the first update.
made me think of you z - http://gimletmedia.com/episode/the-anxiety-box/
― shmup....smug....shmub....shmug.... (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 January 2015 23:17 (nine years ago) link
I'm in for this if it's not too late to sign up.
― example (crüt), Thursday, 8 January 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
My voice is totally shot due to illness and likely to remain shot at least up through the deadline. You can have my spot.
― how's life, Thursday, 8 January 2015 23:49 (nine years ago) link
hahaha, listening to the anxiety box now. i do have a few unused domains that i registered, but i fully intended to use them at the time! (i.e., the permanently sidelined channel2014). i have some friends who are like that dude for real though, in terms of domain registration addiction.
crut - not too late! can you send me an email? [MODERATOR REDACTION] at gmail
how's life - if you still want to contribute something after you feel better, feel free to send it whenever because there will be an update with new stories at some point.
i'm at 57 participants now. i'm still unsure whether i should just include all 57 stories (or however many i end up getting) at launch, or to go with just 30 and then stockpile the remainder for the first update.
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 January 2015 01:01 (nine years ago) link
You've mentioned 30 before. Just out of curiosity: why that number? Would you 'curate' and pick the ones best in your eyes, or make it random? Or do you feel having nearly 60 stories on there is too much for a randomized website thing?
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 9 January 2015 01:12 (nine years ago) link
30 is pretty arbitrary, but it equals about 15 minutes, and that's about how much new content I'd like to include for each update. So about 15 minutes on launch day, and then for the first update, add another 15 minutes.
I'll keep adding stories as long as I get them - if there are 1000 on there that are in the random selection pool, I think that would be fantastic.
As far as curating goes, that'll change over time, I think. For this batch that I'm receiving (about 1/3 ILXors, 1/3 old friends of mine, and 1/3 people that know of me through conferencecall.biz) I'll try to include every story. If this ever takes off and strangers start submitting, I would hopefully be able to just accept the very best stories, but that of course depends on how many I receive from strangers. If I do a big call for stories and only get a handful, I would just use them all, but if I got 100 or something (yeah right, but let me dream) I would be able to pick the cream of the crop.
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 January 2015 01:22 (nine years ago) link
are you getting a story from Kai
― The Understated Twee Hotel On A Mountain (silby), Friday, 9 January 2015 01:31 (nine years ago) link
proooobably not!
i did receive the horse_ebooks story though, so that made me feel pretty good
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 January 2015 01:38 (nine years ago) link
Clear enough ZS, thanks. Will get cracking on mine this weekend!
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 9 January 2015 01:40 (nine years ago) link
starting to gather around a coherent visual theme (maybe). if i can figure out how to code it, i think i'm going to switch to only one randomized element - 30 second video files - rather than layering audio tracks over GIFs. that will allow me to create short visual accompaniments that are at least somewhat relevant to the story you're hearing. videos will probably still be made up of looping elements, but having it in video format will allow me to make slower transitions, add the title on the top of the story, insert something temporarily 20 seconds into if needed, etc.
we'll see how long i stick with it but i like the idea of focusing on two elements per story. like in this case the story a history of the table purchases that this guy has made over many years, so it combines a wood texture with passing clouds. i dunno. *wings it*
http://38.media.tumblr.com/95053bfccfc1b826e0e0288bce66c52a/tumblr_ni1jen4yR51qdmmiqo2_500.gif
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Monday, 12 January 2015 01:51 (nine years ago) link
30 seconds is a very short time for a rambling kinda talker
― local eire man (darraghmac), Monday, 12 January 2015 12:38 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i'm a rambler myself, but i finally managed to get one down to 29 seconds.
i've put up a very professional looking placeholder at thirtysecondstories.com
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Monday, 12 January 2015 14:05 (nine years ago) link
oops, make that thirtysecondstories.com
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Monday, 12 January 2015 14:06 (nine years ago) link
ha
― gr8080, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
Can I just say ZS you send the best emails and email reminders? <3
Jfc though. Thought a 213 word write down of my story would hack it. Tried recording it, reading it aloud, and didn't get any further than a fifty odd words. Insane. 30 secs is a crime! Thought I could fit way more into it than I actually can.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 23:34 (nine years ago) link
Condensed down to 150 words and when reading it aloud it's still a minute instead of 30 secs. Time is fucking w/ my head here.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 23:42 (nine years ago) link
I found no way to do this other than experimenting while recording the shortest story I could think of then going back and stripping out all the words
― local eire man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 23:44 (nine years ago) link
Yeah that's what I am doing right now. Down to 127 words, 46 seconds. Off to kill more darlings.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 23:48 (nine years ago) link
ZS, can I call you a "Gifted Internet-artist" online without remorse? Because I would like to tbh
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:14 (nine years ago) link
Brought it down to 80 words and it fits the 30 secs. Will record tomorrow when not lol sleepy or lol drunk.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:32 (nine years ago) link
Ah OK the 80 word guide is helpful. I've gotta edit a bit and then try mine out loud.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:37 (nine years ago) link
It's a tough nut to crack when trying it out! I thought 160 words would fit in 30 secs, turns out only 80 will make it when you don't want to be sounding like a chipmunk.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
I am boring but would contribute coding help if it's needed!
― Baruch Olbermann (Leee), Thursday, 15 January 2015 01:04 (nine years ago) link
I am glad to see all you respectable people also procrastinated. Phew!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 15 January 2015 01:07 (nine years ago) link
before this only very tall buildings had thirty second stories
― Aimless, Thursday, 15 January 2015 02:13 (nine years ago) link
and few people in buildings with at least 32 floors even VISIT the 32nd story. EVER. they don't know what they're missing.
i am trying to fix the video code and i'm having hilarious moments of ineptitude. also i have a knack for creating coding conundrums that are like UFO visits. they're fantastic and no one believes me. my current thing is that i finally figured out how to play the video full screen in the background automatically, but after celebrating for a few minutes and then reloading the page, it reduced the size of the video to half the screen, and the buttons on the website no longer work. it's baffling. so it worked perfectly, then upon every subsequent reload no longer works. i confirmed with my main squeeze that i was not insane and that it did work the first time, and never again, even though nothing changed except reloading the page.
i think the whole situation is heightened because i've been reading emmanuel carrere's the mustache and i feel like i'm the guy in the story.
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 January 2015 02:31 (nine years ago) link
also amory blaine you are way too kind and no, please do not, and if you, may you feel MUCH REMORSE!
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 January 2015 02:47 (nine years ago) link
Try clearing your cookies? It's the browser version of turning it off and then on again. Work sometimes!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 15 January 2015 02:51 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i tried that! i think maybe it's the css somehow? i deleted out a few lines that were under the video tag, and that fixed it (for now).
anyway, basically i'm just dealing with a neverending series of stuff like that. but listening to neon lights so everything is good
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 January 2015 03:06 (nine years ago) link
Just pump your hands in the air like your little screen name dude and you'll make it through!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 15 January 2015 03:38 (nine years ago) link
I recorded about 10 takes and sent ZS 8 of them, I could hear myself getting progressively drunker as they went on
― gr8080, Thursday, 15 January 2015 05:03 (nine years ago) link
You know what, I want to tell my one good story for this, Karl do I still email you to get instructions
― The Understated Twee Hotel On A Mountain (silby), Thursday, 15 January 2015 06:27 (nine years ago) link
I am delurking to say this project should be very fun.
I found it fairly okay to do it in 30 seconds, I did three takes and they were all in and around 30/31. My tip would be to think of it more like a haiku or something more surreal. I was surprised to feel like I could allow some space even within the 30 seconds.
Though admittedly my story was about a time I counted to 25 - after the first line it kinda told itself.
― Moyes Enthusiast (LocalGarda), Thursday, 15 January 2015 08:31 (nine years ago) link
guys i worked an event tonite on the 32nd floor of a hotel
― gr8080, Thursday, 15 January 2015 08:34 (nine years ago) link
while you were up there did you hear any good...well you know
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 January 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
/dadjoke
silby - got your email, and I'll send you some instructions in just a bit.
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 January 2015 14:16 (nine years ago) link
a lot of my dadjokes are attempts at far side jokes but i can't quite get there
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 January 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
sounds like you're practicing your dad jokes!
i was going to do this but i didn't know if they were supposed to be true stories and the thought of strangers hearing my intimate true stories in my own voice made me queasy
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 January 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
Sent! Yay!
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, 15 January 2015 22:36 (nine years ago) link
BCC'd myself but not getting it, please let me know if you received it ZS
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, 15 January 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
hmmm - haven't gotten it yet, at least not at my gmail account. if you sent it to my zach at thirtysecondstories.com account, i'll check it when i get home from work and let you know.
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 January 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
it's kind of fascinating to listen to the stories and hear what people choose to talk about and how they go about fitting it into 30 seconds. hopefully that'll end up being interesting for others as well. i received a submission from my 4-year-old niece that no one is going to be able to top, though. it's 7 seconds long and leaves an unforgettable mental image.
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 January 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link
!
― gr8080, Thursday, 15 January 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
<3 these
― drash, Monday, 20 July 2015 22:52 (eight years ago) link