Success Comes in Sixes
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Bob and I have long said that the more that people around you succeed, the closer it's getting to you. In a community of artists, when the industry grows, we all benefit. So tonight, it was exciting to ...
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Flipper Nation Refuses to Die
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008Flipper Nation lives on, no matter how many times we try to kill it. I've done some Google-sleuthing and found that Flipper Nation is going to be nominated (or at least honorably mentioned) for the 12th Annual Webby Awards. Further research informs ...
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We Signed a Deal
Friday, March 14th, 2008Big news of the day. We just signed a deal to write, direct, and produce a new comedy series, shot and delivered online in full HD for a new independent online video site. The site itself is still ...
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Great Day
Thursday, February 21st, 2008On this blog, we talk our thoughts on online media, as it relates to other people. But today was a great day for us. Most days, you get up and work hard and hope that you're headed in the right ...
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History of Visual Communication
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008You could either sign up for an "intro to art" class at UCLA/Extension, or you can read this. Motionographer points us to an academic (and an amazingly short and readable) study of "The History of Visual Communication."
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The Best of Online Video News
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008One of my classes in film school required me to get a subscription to the Daily Variety instead of buying text books. This was before blogs and online editions and the school was in Boston, a wonderful city that ...
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Get a life. No wait, don’t.
Thursday, January 10th, 2008When I was pursuing an acting career, I was putting in long hours, neglecting friendships, spending every last dollar on books & classes. I told my concerned parents, "I am sacrificing my 20s to have a career in my ...
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New Script Mag Article with Afterworld Creator Brent Friedman
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008Check out the new Script Magazine issue for Jan/Feb featuring our third article for the publication -- an interview with Brent Friedman, creator of multi-platform series Afterworld. AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE: Q & A with Afterworld series writer-creator Brent Friedman by Robert Gustafson ...
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Innovation
Thursday, December 20th, 2007The Economist has a nice little bio on Evan Williams, the creator of Blogger and Twitter, who ideas that are wildly popular and are allowing people to change the world of communications. Among the nuggets in the piece: "Radical constraints, he believes, ...
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Who Cares About You?
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Seth Godin leads us along a blog path that features a discussion on self-promotion. Self-promotion, ultimately, should be about sharing your talents and ideas and serving others' goals. Creating joint ownership of an idea is an important way ...
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