Category Archives: characters

Tech Noir Talk

I fed our tech noir cast of characters to the two annoying podcast hosts from Notebook LM so that they could discuss how groups of them might work together.

https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/01615d4d-37f2-4789-9bb1-43374db0b787/audio

They spitball several ideas, none exceptionally creative, but maybe it can be used as a starting point. How do people in the class see their characters interacting? Is there an issue or a scenario around which they can connect?

Our Cast of Characters

We have quite the Cast of Characters for TechNoir106. The lineup includes:

  • anti-hero
  • corporate samurai
  • femme fatale
  • gangster
  • hacker
  • hard-boiled detective
  • innocent bystander
  • powerful millionaire or politician

from across time and space. Many people enjoyed the assignment, although there was some frustration with not being able to save the responses locally. I wonder if there is a way to do this with Google Forms. I also wonder if there is a less tedious way to reformat spreadsheet information into a document. I’m sure there must be, but it may not be within the limits of my spreadsheet jockeying skills.
Nevertheless, we have a great group and it will be fascinating to see how they interact.