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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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Armchair Sociology, My Social Media POV, Storytelling 3 Comments »
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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Armchair Sociology, Freelance Tips 2 Comments »
Aug
10

Are We the Generation That Destroyed the Concept of Communication?

Justin on August 10th, 2011

I’m guilty. I don’t really read for pleasure anymore, and rarely for insight. Instead, I skim, in the vain hope that I’ll stumble across a piece of information that’s worth paraphrasing and sharing with my followers.  This makes me less of an audience member and more like a member of a relay team, who’s more [...]

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Armchair Sociology, My Social Media POV, Storytelling 16 Comments »
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
28

How My Broken Blog Led to Me Getting Interviewed on the CBC

Justin on July 28th, 2011

A few weeks ago, my blog imploded.  For whatever reason, my backups weren’t actually backing up, and one day I awoke to a tweet from a reader informing me that none of my posts existed anymore. That’s never good. So I contacted my tech guy, Shawn Smith, who’s been saving my digital ass since 2003 [...]

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Blogging, My Social Media POV 8 Comments »