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The cheaper it is to create something, the easier it is to profit. That’s common sense. That’s business basics. That’s logic. So why, at a time when anyone can start a business or create and distribute media from scratch, do we still pursue venture capital and beg advertisers for sponsorships? Because all of our business [...]
In January, I started bookmarking articles and videos I thought were exceptionally insightful, entertaining or relevant. Reviewing them all at the end of the year would be too daunting, so here are some of the highlights I stumbled across in the first 3 months of 2010.* (NOTE: I expected to summarize January through June here, [...]
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Screenwriter John August recently blogged about the Bechdel test, a (somewhat) tongue-in-cheek way to determine a film’s level of feminism. It consists of three questions you can ask about any film: Are there two or more female characters with names? Do they talk to each other? If they talk to each other, do they talk [...]
If you write, speak or perform for a living, you need an audience. Without one, you don’t get paid. (Hell, online, you still don’t get paid even with one. But I digress…) Your audience is one way to validate your success as a communicator. But your audience is also a trap. If they love you, [...]
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I just finished the first book I’ve devoured in more than a decade. Mark Harris’s Pictures at a Revolution details the making of the 5 Best Picture nominees at the 1968 Academy Awards, from their initial concepts through their critical and public reception. Two of those films, In the Heat of the Night and Guess [...]
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