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Template may mean:

• a stencil, pattern or overlay used in graphic arts (drawing, painting, etc.) and sewing to replicate letters, shapes or designs
• a pre-developed page layout in electronic or paper media used to make new pages with a similar design, pattern, or style
• Form letter, a predefined letter which retains its primary intent when individually customised with variable data or text.

Computer science and information technology[link]

• Template (file format), a standardized non-executable file type used by computer software as a pre-formatted example on which to base other files, especially documents
• Template (C++), a tool for generic programming especially in the C++ language
• Template metaprogramming, a programming technique used by a compiler to generate temporary source code
• Template method, an object-oriented design pattern
• Template processor, a system that combines a template with data to produce an output.
• Template (word processing), a standard document containing layout and styles used to configure word processing software
• Style sheet (web development) or master page on which you can globally edit and format graphic elements and text common to each page of a document
• Web template or web template system, a master page used to produce web pages
• A main document from which mail merge documents are created

Manufacturing[link]

• Mechanical template, used to cut and shape a product, such as:
  • a die (manufacturing)
  • a mold

Molecular genetics[link]

• a strand of DNA which sets the genetic sequence of new strands
• a strand of RNA which translates genes into proteins

Miscellaneous[link]

• Template (racing), a device used in car racing to ensure that the body of the race vehicle adheres to specifications

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Talk may refer to:

• Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
• Speech, the production of a spoken language
• Interaction, face to face conversations

Software[link]

• Google Talk, a Windows- and web-based instant messaging program
• talk (software), a Unix messaging program
• AppleTalk, an early networking protocol designed by Apple for their Macintosh computers

Music[link]

• Talk (Yes album)
• Talk (Paul Kelly album)
• "Talk" (song), by Coldplay
• "Talk", a song by Tracy Bonham on the album Liverpool Sessions
• Talk Talk, a popular British rock group active from 1981 to 1991
• "Talking", a song by British rock band The Rifles
• "Talk", a song by Redgum from their 1986 album Midnight Sun

Other meanings[link]

• Talk (film)
• Talk (magazine)
• Talk show, a broadcast program format
• Talk radio, a radio format
• Talk (play)

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Elan Lee (born 1975) is a game designer who is widely regarded (along with Jordan Weisman and Sean Stewart) as one of the creators of the genre of Alternate Reality Games.

Biography[link]

Lee started his career as a character designer at Industrial Light and Magic, where he worked on several motion pictures. In 1998 he became lead game designer at Microsoft Game Studios, designing and directing games for the PC and Xbox. While working for Microsoft he was involved in the development of The Beast, to promote the Steven Spielberg film A.I.^[1]

In 2003 he co-founded 42 Entertainment, a design company in the new field of the Alternate Reality Games (ARGs). 42 has created multiple ARGs, including, I Love Bees to promote the Xbox game Halo 2, and Year Zero, to promote the Nine Inch Nails album Year Zero.

In 2006, he co-founded (with Dawne Weisman) edoc laundry, a company designed to produce ARGs using clothes as the primary platform. Consumers decipher the codes hidden within the garments and input the results into the game's main website to reveal pieces of a story about the murder of a band manager.

In 2007, he founded Fourth Wall Studios, an entertainment studio aiming to develop and publish a wide range of entertainment experiences, from single-player adventures that blend with reality, to massive real-time experiences that play out all over the world.^[2]

Credits[link]

• Year Zero (with 42 Entertainment): Designer (2007)
• The Vanishing Point (with 42 Entertainment): Lead Designer (2007)
• Last Call Poker (with 42 Entertainment): Lead Designer (2005)
• I Love Bees (with 42 Entertainment): Lead Designer (2004)
• The Beast: Lead Designer (2001)

Acclaim[link]

2005[link]

• I Love Bees received an Innovation Award from the International Game Developers Association
• I Love Bees received a Games-related Webby.

2007[link]

• W3 Best in Show Award (Games and Gaming: Campaign)^[3] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Gold Award (Games and Gaming: Campaign)^[4] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Gold Award (Events: Campaign)^[4] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Silver Award (Entertainment: Viral)^[5] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Silver Award (General Interests Variety: Game or Application)^[5] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Silver Award (Social Networking: Game or Application)^[5] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Silver Award (Games and Gaming: Game or Application)^[5] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Silver Award (Entertainment: Campaign)^[5] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Silver Award (Strange and Unusual: Site)^[5] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Silver Award (Marketing: Site)^[5] for The Vanishing Point
• W3 Silver Award (Best Visual Appeal: Site)^[5] for The Vanishing Point
• Davey Award^[6] for The Vanishing Point

2008[link]

• Cannes Lions Grand Prix Award (Viral Marketing)^[7] for Year Zero
• Cannes Lions Silver Award (Integrated Campaign)^[8] for Year Zero
• Webby Peoples Voice Award (Branded Content)^[9] for Year Zero
• Webby Peoples Voice Award (Integrated Campaigns)^[9] for Year Zero
• Clio Award (Bronze)^[10] for Year Zero

External links[link]

• IMDB
• Ignite Talk

Notable Interviews[link]

• Gamasutra: Elan Lee's Alternate Reality
• Joystick Interviews Elan Lee of 42 Entertainment

References[link]