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Mar
15

My 12 Takeaways from SXSW 2012

Justin on March 15th, 2012

This year, I finally attended my first SXSW conference.  After years of intending to go, followed by years of deploring it from a distance (see #4 below), I decided to dive in — and, as I’d hoped, I really enjoyed it. (DISCLOSURE: What really made me pull the trigger this time? My girlfriend Ann was [...]

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Sep
2

Q&A Interview with Frank Rose, Author of “The Art of Immersion”

Justin on September 2nd, 2011

From the audience’s impact on the making of LOST to the eerie web promotions for The Dark Knight Returns, our media is becoming more immersive by the day.  WIRED contributing editor Frank Rose noticed this trend and embarked on a years-long voyage to connect the digital dots.  His goal was to discover why we’re demanding [...]

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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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Aug
13

5 Ways to Fix & Fund Your Own Ideas

Justin on August 13th, 2010

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 [...]

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Jun
28

Diversity in Media: How the Web Wins

Justin on June 28th, 2010

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 [...]

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