Trying to see the future of digital media.
I recently attended SXSW Interactive, a conference on new media in Austin, TX, from March 7-12. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the brightest personalities of emerging technology.
Taking place on three floors of the Austin convention [...]
SXSW Interactive 2008
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:blogging·career·social media·sxsw
Hollywood 2.0
November 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
A fascinating post by Marc Andreeson on rebuilding Hollywood in Silicon Valley’s image. Here’s his inspiring conclusion:
However, in the event of a long-term strike, out of the ashes of the traditional model would — I believe — come the birth of certainly dozens, maybe hundreds, and possibly even thousands of new media companies, rising phoenix-like [...]
Tags:career·filmmaking·screenwriting
Blogging Under Your Real Name
July 24th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
An excellent post by Penelope Trunk on blogging under your real name. As someone who’s been online in one form of another since 1996, I couldn’t agree more with her advice.
As I said in my comment, blogging is a great way to increase your visibility online through that arbitrer of importance these days, [...]
The Mini-Retirement: Costs and Benefits
May 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
In his book, The 4-Hour Workweek, author Timothy Ferriss discusses the idea of taking a “mini-retirement” while you’re still young enough to enjoy it. His point is that we Americans have it all wrong. We work hard through our youth to save up for a retirement in old age. That seems [...]
Tags:career·filmmaking