December 2007
98 posts
forgot how much i enjoy paul’s botique, especially The Sounds of Science. “waxing and milking all of ya’ll square-heads”.
Seth's Blog: That doesn't make sense →
Just stumbled upon an indoor bocci ball place in Los gatos. Sweet.
Henceforth, Take Thou Eyes Lain Upon Thee Visions... →
Back when I was a student in college, I took a poetry-writing course that turned out to be on of the biggest influences on my writing career hawking hamburgers, pickles, pre-need funerals, and other earthly consumer and business-to-business goods. It was taught by a visiting professor. I don’t remember his name, but I was told he was a published poet. Early in the trimester—it even could have been...
November 2007
40 posts
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I bring my wife food from work, and it makes her happy.
Scortched Nuts →
Part 1 – Marketing a Movie in the web era All it took was the lack of most things present in todays marketing arsenal. No name, No press release, No Ben Affleck„, just that feeling of wanting more. Using mystery on the internet to stir up buzz isn’t new, but what is new is that a major release movie is being marketed that way – with great success. Originally released without a title and...
Genius vs. Smart →
Smart people care what other people think. If you’re smart you probably listen to what your peers say about your work, and you make improvements based on feedback. You tweak and adapt your work until the majority of people who see it like it. That’s just smart. A creative “genius,” whether a film maker or writer or whatever usually doesn’t care what other people...
Head is spinning after a long day of work.
I probably would have killed that →
From time to time I see a great ad, whether it be print/online/TV, that I probably would have killed in the concepting stages. I would have shot it down, put the kabosh on it and relegated it to the idea wastebasket. So how does one kill a great idea? In my head here’s how I see it going down: I imagine my partner and I sitting down at a coffee shop the evening before we present. After...
IBM patent could pause your DVD movie for "a... →
Simply Irresistable →
As we go about the business of attempting to persuade and engage on behalf of brands, our ability to create, recreate, manipulate and enhance entire worlds, to spin stories that span the globe, to fill visual fields with stunning, spectacular, mesmerizing imagery—all in brief chunks, fractions or multiples of a minute—this ability seems no longer to be bound by technology, but only by imagination...
Just saw a man w/ a parrot on his shoulder in the coffee shop. Californicated.
What Gandhi can teach us about advertising →
Most people don’t know this, but Gandhi wasn’t just some sappy peaceful dude who’d sit around smiling. He was a sharp lawyer who had a mind for spreading a message. He was non-violent, but not passive. He devastated an empire by taking residence in people’s minds. He had his message spread by causing civil disobedience that got talked about in the international press and word of mouth. That’s the...
Ran up local foothill today. Great view from the vista, but brutally tough run.
Twitter as phantom limb →
Take a moment to view a 10 minute documentary I created for my last class, Ethnographic Documentary. The name of the short film is Phantom Limb and it explores twitter and its many uses. Below is the description I wrote for the screening What are you doing? It is a simple question that may have a profound influence on the way in which we communicate, and it is the question that greets twitter...
How to tell if it’s going to be a bad day (and... →
Part of my mission as a writer is to collect and communicate success strategies of people more successful than myself. But Fridays are great days to deliver less than stellar news. And, I believe that it is best to be prepared. Watch out for these telltale signs that things won’t be going your way in the near future: 1. You get a free copy of Who Moved My Cheese. It’s sitting there, right on your...
Tim Wu, Freedom Fighter →
Blockbuster CEO Lays Digital Video Path: Financial... →
TED | Talks | Larry Lessig: How creativity is... →
Just saw a dog w/ dreadlocks. Californicated.
Another trip to the hot tub, and some rum. Got our stuff today. Actually sleeping in our bed!
twilly: Just had a hot tub and ate a good meal at Los gatos brewery. Just a Midwestern boy getting californicated.
twilly: Day two. 75, sunny. Went on a 4 mile hike/run in the hills.
twilly: Update: found at least one bar that is w/in walking distance of our place open until 2am. Bonus: it’s Irish.
twilly: Made it to san Jose. The drugs worked…on the cat, not me.
twilly: Sitting next to 300 lbs man, in the last row, with our cat. Some grand exit.
twilly: I cried today. First time in 20 years. I was in a cab to ohare. Sad to be leaving Chicago.
twilly: Just finished twitter documentary. Per usual, ran into a technical glitch last minute that kept me up.
twilly: Two cigars later, i’ve said goodbye to more people. Sad, excited, and smelly breath.
twilly: Sitting on the floor of an empty apartment. There is something tranquil about not having any stuff.
twilly: In Michigan w/ parents. My father said “bounty”. Great word.
twilly: Movers just took all our stuff. We now live as if camping for the next 8 days.
twilly: Wondering if I should trust a mover w/ no front teeth to be careful w/ our stuff?
Research-Based Web Design & Usability... →
twilly: Slept til 9am, met w. lawyers, watched 3 episodes of heroes, worked out. Great first day off.