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Aug
26

Why I’m Ruthlessly Downsizing My Life

Justin on August 26th, 2011

I’m a process-based person.  I love lists.  I also love a good curriculum, because I thrive on following directions (or improvising my way past them) and on meeting or exceeding other people’s expectations. So, last night, I did something shocking — to me, anyway. I removed Sports Illustrated from my bookmarks toolbar. For Want of [...]

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Aug
23

Part 1 of My 2-Part “Web Series Advice” Interview on Web Video Chefs

Justin on August 23rd, 2011

Amani Channel, host of the online video magazine Web Video Chefs, interviewed me last week about my long, strange trip as a web series pioneer. In part one of our 2-part interview, we talk about my shows Something to Be Desired (which I created in 2003) and The Baristas (which was spun off from STBD [...]

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Aug
22

Accidental Business Advice from Spider-Man Creator Stan Lee

Justin on August 22nd, 2011

How many of your ideas have been overnight successes? Oh. Sorry to hear that. But hey, don’t give up. You might just be on a lifetime odyssey toward incredible success.  And you could do worse than to remember a word of advice from a guy whose creations were once unceremoniously destroyed by mothers around the [...]

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Aug
1

Harry Potter’s Surprise Ending

Justin on August 1st, 2011

I may have been wrong. See, back in 2005, I gave up on Harry Potter. I’d never read the books, so giving up on the movies was easy.  And by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I’d had my fill of wooden child actors, creaky plots and my friends insisting that “the books were [...]

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Jul
13

The Problem with Being Good at Something No One Cares About

Justin on July 13th, 2011

If you haven’t heard, the US Women’s soccer team is in the US Women’s World Cup semifinals.  They got there by beating Brazil, traditionally one of the global powers in soccer, in a thrilling comeback that was settled by a shootout.  It was, by all accounts, one of the most dramatic exhibitions in recent US [...]

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