Movie Production Update: It’s a Wrap! (Almo$t)
It was a three-day shoot in hot weather, in an old garage with no power and minimal airflow, but they pulled it off.
Help my son make another short film!
If you've enjoyed my poetry, hosting, blogging, and/or tweeting over the years, or I've helped you professionally in some way, and you've wondered how to say thanks with more than a like or comment, your moment has arrived!
2023 in Review: A Few of My Favorite Things
2023 was a pretty good year for my personal relationship with immersive media, though. I enjoyed a range of new-to-me books, games, movies, and TV, while also uncharacteristically diving back into some old faves when I needed a bit of comfort food.
Five Things: February 16, 2023
"A dim future for big publishers is not a dim future for readers." Five things for February 16, 2023. That's it! That's the excerpt.
Five Things: February 2, 2023
"Accountability rolls downhill in Corporate America." Five things for February 2, 2023. That's it! That's the excerpt.
Why DRM is a Toothless Boogeyman, Ebooks are like Video Games, and Amazon is the Winner
It's not a huge stretch to posit Amazon as the reverse-Valve of the ebook world, constantly pushing the envelope in unexpected ways, aggressively experimenting with pricing, developing a core of popular franchises, while staying focused on delivering and optimizing the best consumer experience.
The Problem With Klout? It Has None
Therein lies the real problem with Klout. While its Topics feature is an intriguing attempt to add a much-needed contextual layer to its linear scoring and might have some long-term potential (most likely as acquisition bait, to complement PostRank or Radian6?), overall, it's a pretty useless, Foursquare-style gamification of the worst aspects of Social MEdia.