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24 alternatives to Building Nexcast Intermission: How to Spin a Story

We flip the script and show how much framing matters

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Building Nexcast Intermission: How to Spin a Story launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1ZJ
   Zuck.js, a JavaScript library that lets you add Stories everywhere▲339

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Building Nexcast Part 6: What's Up With Podcasting?▲62

   Many strangers give us their take on podcasting

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   WeWrite▲90

   Crowdsourced Storytelling

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Building Nexcast Part 5: A Long Road Ahead▲64

   Man down

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Building Nexcast Part 2: How it Began▲61

   Anything but normal...

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Frame.io 2▲196

   A radically reimagined way to collaborate on video

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Building Nexcast Part 9: Form the Team / Fend off the Trolls▲61

   Some moves are being made...

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Building Nexcast Part 1: Schooled by Silicon Valley▲74

   Part 1 of the journey building the podcast app and platform

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Inside Podcasting▲126

   Curating the resurgence of the spoken word

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10GA
    Gnomecast – A Linux Chromecast GUI with transcoding and subtitles▲176

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Building Nexcast Part 4 - Community▲62

    Exploring community with Eric Willis, Josh Muccio & more

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Scripted▲140

    The new way to create original content

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Framer▲121

    Prototyping tool for animation and interaction

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Design Life - 001: Why We Have a Side Project▲92

    Filling the female design podcast gap

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Building Nexcast Part 3: Keeping Afloat▲57

    Startup life ain't easy...

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16EG
    Eng.gd - an experiment in Backbone to easily tell engagement stories▲11

    2013 · eng.gd · its alternatives →

17. 17
    WriteTheScene▲67

    Realtime storytelling with strangers

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Humani: Jessie’s Story▲76

    A conversation-based narrative game

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19MF
    More feedback for Show HN stories▲57

    2018 · development.kitchen · its alternatives →

20. 20TT
    Taking the Emmys by Storm (screencast on how to develop with Storm)▲93

    2011 · storm.twitsprout.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Demuxed: Ep. #2, Adaptive Streaming & DASH▲55

    Podcast for & by engineers working with web video

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22SP
    Storylane - People sharing things that matter▲33

    2012 · storylane.com · its alternatives →

23. 23OJ
    Odyssey.js: New open source tool to weave interactive stories▲9

    2014 · blog.cartodb.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Story Wars▲83

    Writing stories together

    2014 · its alternatives →

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