November 2011
FCC down FTC call next. Brain overwhelmed...
Fried
Hugo vs. The Muppets ...the Muppets as messy and...
The difference between Hugo and The Muppets was that The Muppets was better. Hugo was prettier… The Muppets was better. The difference between so much of the indie culture. Subtlety, skill and pretty art are not a substitute for humanity. So many hold overs from the NYC film & art scene have lead us away from what makes a great film… ..not a cold, great, aloof, moving painting.
The mistake of the paradigm shift.. telling...
The biggest mistake embedded in this paradigm shift is hanging on to the idea that scaling from singular over-simplified basic list interface will be easier in the long run than going complex..with ease of flow, openness to multi-form interface and scaling slowly. This was led by VC’s who were looking for single step up financial reward. Many scaled services are now stuck in a bad list...
Humility needs to not destroy your credibility. ...
“If you are too humble, people will start believing it.” -Old saying in Turkey (via John Maeda) me - I use to have this problem with my work and Ed Stone use to tell me over & over..”..don’t know who brainwashed you to not recognize how good you are but stop being weirdly humble.. You aren’t doing anyone any favors” Finally learned it a couple years...
Hyv & Tu-Is
Hypervideo must be layerable, transportable, interoperable and scrollable for many, many reasons.
Klout only suffers from showing what is not...
Have to be honest.. Klout is the tip of the iceberg. Klout only suffers from what 90% of the praradigm shift is in this start-up industry- Predominantly fictional correlations between popularity, technical gymnastics & virtual location numbers and (emotional, appetite,utility) motivation for market.
A good analogy would be a highly 3-D proficient crazy visual effects film that wants to...
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
If you have not read the book “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” and viewed the visual images within it… I recommend (especially if you are a filmmaker or game developer) you do. It is the book Scorsese has made into “Hugo” ..which I give him credit the book is visually stunning and a challenge to represent in a different visual (yet related to story) medium. My...
Another round of personal threats.. Oy.
Just a little note to the people who send me threats about IP … I am the guy who for a decade has fought and worked putting his life where his mouth is working on a new business model where everyone makes out with free sharing of content. While most others on both sides focused on just their own side. So …please.. Sorry , but shut up.
The comments on this article are as informative as...
http://www.fastcompany.com/1796382/mog-ceo-on-artist-payments-its-like-a-black-hole
RIP the Queen of the dragons.
I remember discovering a book at the Anna Parker branch of the public library when I was 8 years old that kept me reading a whole “adult” book in three days straight for the first time. It, to this day, influenced such work as Wynter and The Legend of Heaven. That book was The White Dragon. RIP Anne McCaffrey. I only hope you know how much you have expanded humanity’s...
Most artists and complex production...
Web companies are right in defeating the bad SOPA/PIPA bills but that doesn’t mean the licensing and piracy false allegations on both sides have gone away.
Artists and producers most likely will come back with either the web if they make changes to businesses making $$ and not giving back or making clear approval checks that they can raise ad dollars, revenue, and membership charges (as...
Okay.. holy crap. I think The Muppets may be the...
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_muppets/
the dam is about to break (I think it has to do...
You know things in the internet sphere… are about to change massively when you get called from two different music label Biz Dev officers in three days.
When content architecture gets cubic.. it gets...
again and again I will say it.
Ugh enough is enough.
I know… I know.. not supposed to talk about religion and politics… but Jesum H. Crow…
If Jesus was alive today…where do you think he would be? You think he’d be in the GOP? You think he would be in the Tea Party? You think he would agree with some of the things coming out of these idiot church leaders mouths? You think he would agree with 400 people in our...
A "Scory" & The Storycube Hyv work
Love this “Scory” stuff some of the Storycube Hyv is working on. “Like a 4dimensional contemporary version of an opera as amusement ride that follows you.”
Hard for me to keep mouth shut but as I am...
Have to just squeak out from behind the curtain… The projects out of The Storycube Hyv … I have no words .. Like stepping into future. Really proud of the height of these guys goals and sights.
HyvScreen
I think ..This green screen layering production process is going to change the world of AR & in so doing..film/tv/game industry. #in
My biggest mistake - I will go down in history as...
My biggest mistake - I will go down in history as the guy ..who when Mike Williams took him to lunch (after I just got put under contract with NBC) and told him about a series idea where a bunch of “gay guys help a straight guy” … I said… “aren’t they just gonna make him seem gay?” Who knew gay would be attractive to women… and trendy.
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Some people will say walls should be doors, out of...
Nothing slows over-zealotry than when the fire spreads to the zealot’s house.
What's good for the DMCA is good for everybody I...
13 hrs I have gotten emails and calls from a wave of people in policy makers/positions about removing the indemnity of violating software licenses, copyright & patents for innovative content creators. Let’s see if web developers, VCs and open advocates put their $ and arguments where their mouths are.
The bar is film, not the Internet.
Most of the content creators around me working on the Hyv stuff will tell you I will voice strong opposition when they set the bar near anything being made for the Internet right now. We must be Much..MUCH better than that.
Indies. The ugly step children.
When we renegotiate the bad #SOPA & #PIPA bills (and they are bad) we need to throw in content creators innovating new structure for a better revenue and communication model will be cleared of license, patent, and image misuse on the web etc.. You see content creators especially independent ones are not allowed any exception to copyright infringement.. if we do a film about the Firefox ...
and people wonder why the two biggest CEO's in...
…uhm …hint: I am vocal..not crazy.
Wow ...who said this 6 months ago..that's right...
http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-needs-to-bet-the-entire-company-on-this-product-2011-11
I knew the moment they bought them it was just for the sound sync tech.
Even with sound sync tech.. if we build a listening device (as we are) they do not have the first in ..first out production contracts. It is about story architecture placement. The new world and web will be led by content...
Tim Tebow
“Tim Tebow”. That’s all. If that isn’t the most complex riddle (or sadly imperatively focused out of fear of himself heroic tragedy) we have seen …I don’t know who is. Vegas odds are his life is a Greek tragedy really. No, seriously.
Me- doing something wrong on the screen.
Just watched the breakdown scene from Math, (Turing biopic) … there is something very surreal about watching it. A little like the first time I saw Leaving Las Vegas… and turned to the person sitting in the theater next to me as my character was on screen. A feeling of overwhelming emotion/guilt/fear/apologies.
ugh.
I got 7 DM’s back already this morning telling me that if Rep.Issa comes back with an anti-piracy bill of ANY kind they will fight it. (Along with several choice words) These are the people who got us the bad bill we have on the table. They are not grounded in understanding of any of the subject they argue.
Time for indie film and tv creators to suddenly...
Time for indie film, journalists, crews, musicians and tv creators who risk their entire careers and struggling lives on building content in the best way for people… to suddenly re-evaluate who their “friends” are. Don’t be duped by organizations that want to use your content for free to make money (or enlarge their payroll or reach).. spinning that it is all good for you to give away...
Balance people... you got a bad bill because 1/10...
& people who don’t think piracy is hurting the entertainment industry (& Yes SOPA is a bad bill) or it’s the studios fault.. I’m indie.. lots of indie duped that piracy was helping them to find out now..they lost out. To those who argue that piracy isn’t devastating to many many people… I have a few people I want you to meet…maybe you can pay their...
The Autumn Kardashians
Quote of the year from student : “DL, That Autumn Heart movie was that written about the Kardashians?” me- “yup,..no, just inspired.. poor Rob Kardashian” rofl.
If people had just listened and didn't think web...
Transparent browser/window hypervideo layering w/integrated reference & retail wd have changed the $ model & likely avoided SOPA/PIPA #fewlistened Now we will have proprietary versions of that and open will be left behind. Could have been a completely different scenario if people had just listened.
The hub/2ndScreen .. A new knowhow
I will remind people IntoNow’s (Yahoo bought) sound tech which will be key to syncing screen’s was also created/founded by a “non tech” guy who worked for.. Drumroll ..NBC.
407 .............
I know it sounds crazy (as Rob has told me) but the 407th “animal in my head” …or script…just got emptied out onto the page. People wonder how I work all night. If I sleep new (or sometimes old) characters wake me up to get out of my head anyway.
Why we needed interoperable transparent layered...
Bottom line -Browser-based, layered hypervideo (along with hypertext) reference and retail opportunity would have gone very far to remove the problems that are forcing the hands of Congress.
Sad days... No one is right in the Congressional... →
