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"Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary The Beagle Diary was later used to write Darwin's famous book 'Voyage of the Beagle' (1839). The narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836. Darwin describes each day of the voyage, some in intimate detail, during the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe."

"Daytum is a project that allows users to construct their own data driven narratives. By tracking and visualizing data from aspects of their lives, users paint a statistical portrait of themselves. The results are surprisingly engaging and reveal the kinds of details you never find on a Facebook profile. The Little Prince famously observed that adults only understand the world via numbers - perhaps we should replace our Facebook profiles with Datum pages?"

* Gettina started (a tour of the tools) Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights. Tell your story now digitally. - Leslie Rule, Digital Storytelling Association

"How Alfred Hitchcock can make you a better storyteller" ... If you have a quote, an interview clip or an interesting exchange that makes your story compelling, include it to give the story more life and bring more intensity to the narrative....