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I’m fond of finding ways to fund projects that don’t involve traditional investors or advertisers. One of those avenues is Kickstarter, a crowdfunding resource for creative endeavors. It lets a project’s audience become its investors. So I thought I’d give it a try. The Backstory In 2003, I created Something to Be Desired, a web [...]
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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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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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Last year, Barrett Garese wrote a thought-provoking essay about the future of film, TV and the web. When I realized my response to his post was longer than a single comment ever should be, I blogged my response on my old blog. One week later, I relocated from Blogger to WordPress and most of my [...]
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A few nights ago, The Streamy Awards happened. The results — and the ceremony — pleased almost no one. If awards can’t even please the people creating them, there’s a problem, and it starts with the basic goal: Who are you doing this for? Are the Streamys meant to be an award for web creators? [...]
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