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I'm an award-winning writer, photographer and web editor from Washington, DC.
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DC Shorts – It’s On!
I’ve been involved with the DC Shorts Film Festival as a film and screenplay judge for the past couple years. It’s such a good time. The movies are interesting, the parties are awesome and there’s a very friendly, constructive buzz about the … Continue reading
Friday’s Links
Here’s what interested me this week: Murky Coffee Strikes Low Blow As any visitor to DC can attest, this area is not known for customer service. Still, threatening a customer’s privates is probably not the way to encourage repeat visits. … Continue reading
SnagFilms Rocks
Ted Leonsis, rich with AOL money has been plowing his considerable fortune into the documentary business. Today, he launched a new web site called SnagFilms that allows you to watch great documentaries for free online. One of the first docs … Continue reading
Screenplay Updates
It’s been a busy summer and I’ve continued to write and enter screenplays in contests. Accept All Changes This somewhat saccharine short script is about a romance between a bike courier and a bored technical writer. I was inspired to … Continue reading
Friday’s Links
Here’s what interested me this week: Ghost Bike in Honor of Alice Swanson This was an awful tragedy in an area I know well. A young woman on a bike was killed by a garbage truck near Dupont Circle. Metro … Continue reading
Should Government Employees Blog?
This is 2008. Everyone these days has a blog. Yet, within some sectors of government, there is resistance to using this not-so-new communications tool. Why? What are the “perceived risks”? We don’t trust our employees. This comes across in two … Continue reading
Me, Schmap and the iPhone
Schmap publishes a series of local city guides. They found some of my pictures of DC and elsewhere on Flickr and used them (with my permission) in their local guides. They just released Schmap Guides for the iPhone, basically iPhone optimized … Continue reading
Friday’s Links
Here’s what interested me this week: How to Shoot EventsI was an event photographer last night for Art-O-Sound at Artomatic. (Pictures coming soon.) This post had some good advice about taking photos without being a jerk. Just a Govy Getting … Continue reading
Does the Novel Really Need Improvement?
Interesting story on ReadWriteWeb on an online novel in a new publishing format called “Quillr.” The book is a supernatural thriller called Here Ends the Beginning. The book is basically a mashup of text, video, photos and music. How is this different than … Continue reading
Friday’s Links
Here’s what interested me this week: Apartment Therapy I wish I knew how to decorate. Maybe this site will help. Tweet Scan Find out what people are talking about in Twitter. Apparently, it’s Eurovision. Best Places to Work in the … Continue reading