December 2011
2 posts
Can someone please tell me why logic, virtue, personal finance and ethics are no...
– Me
February 2011
4 posts
The Current State of the Middle East
In order to give you a full understanding of what is currently taking place across North Africa and the Middle East, allow me to first give a brief background on why the Middle East is politically the way it is today. The history may seem boring but stay with me and it should hopefully pay off.
It has been theorized that in order for a nation’s citizens to live at peace together they must have...
January 2011
4 posts
Net Neutrality Explained
Hey all, I posted this on the IAWTV forums in response to a question someone asked and thought it would be of use to everyone…
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As a potential candidate for the IAWTV board and an economics minor in college, I wrote my thesis on the institution of...
October 2010
1 post
June 2010
1 post
March 2010
4 posts
TV Academy Foundation's Rising Professionals is a...
It’s official. After months of hard work, Gabriel del Rio, Jacob Rhodes and myself have seen the fruits of our labor pay off. Through the development of the TV Academy Foundation’s Rising Professional Committee, we hope to enhance access to the Academy for the wide spectrum of television professionals by opening new in-roads to members through mentorship opportunities and mixers...
Feed Your Ears
February 2010
3 posts
TV Writers: SEO Your Scripts!
By: Matt Meeks
published: February 24, 2010 5:17 pm
One of the beautiful things about the Internet is that anybody can now market themselves and their content in exciting new ways; and, many are doing a great job of it. One look at Felicia Day’s work over the past three years will tell you that there is something to this whole Internet business. She has built a solid brand for...
January 2010
3 posts
Currently Reading
For those who wish to obtain power or protect themselves from those who seek it.
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green
Never Outshine the Master
Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies
Conceal your Intentions
Always Say Less than Necessary
So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it with your Life
Court Attention at all Cost
Get others to do the Work for you, but Always...
Letter from a friend in Haiti
I’ve heard rumors that the wireless carriers can take a cut of your txt message donations, so please donate here: http://mercycorps.org/
We are safe. The country is in ruin and chaos. We lost so many friends. Our work place was flattened with all my students inside. I had just given them a class and told them “see you next week.” I pulled some of their body’s out of...
December 2009
39 posts
Feed Your Ears
“Carmensita” by Devendra Banhart
When I was a child, I used to wonder if your perception of color was entirely different from my perception of color. We all see the same spectrum, but do we process it the same way? I’m happy to be wondering this again. There is something both mysterious and beautiful in imagining the world through your eyes…
Thoughts on Web TV Conferences with Yuri...
yuribaranovsky: I love web TV conferences because it’ll be like one talk will be WEB TV IS FAILING the other is TV IS FAILING WEB IS KING and they all have charts
me: hahah
yuribaranovsky: and nobody cares :( To hear more of Yuri’s thoughts on things check out his blog.
This Year in Television and Technology →
Ian Blaine, CEO of thePlatform, and SVP of Content Publishing, Comcast Interactive Media discusses the past year in Television and TV Technology and what is in store for us in 2010.
Hey Brands, Word Up!
How brands and marketing have to adapt to real time “word of mouth” from @LeWeb ‘09.
Social graph optimization is the new SEO.
- Seth Sternberg, co-founder of Meebo
Dropping Knowledge
You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.
Kahlil Gibran
Feed Your Ears
Feed Your Ears
Start watching five minutes into the video. The music is so beautiful you might cry. Not that I did, but you might.
Lessons in Entrepreneurship
“Find something you are passionate about and stay focused on that passion. But in your focus, be as diverse as possible.”
Hoboing
Im not sure if hoboing is a word. Maybe its hoboin’? Eitherway, that is what Seasick Steve (featured above) makes me want to do. Under the grizzled exterior, there is a certain romance to the life Seasick Steve lives. He seems to be a man who knows his place in the world, and that place is the world (at least the parts of it that serve whiskey). Needless to say, I’m hooked.
The News of the Day
Chris Albrecht leaves NewTeeVee for Machinima
Saul Hansell leaves New York Times for AOL
Boxee unveils long awaited Web TV set-top box
I grow hungrier for Irori Sushi by the minute
Wired talks online TV pilot model with 15 Gigs (w00t!)
Tiger Woods reinforces my argument for why Swedish models should instead date me