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DIY Days Philadelphia

07.30.09 @ 12:04PM Tags : diydays, lanceweiler

Zack and I are headed to Philly for DIY Days. Head on down, it’s free (register here).

DIY DAYS is a totally FREE conference/unconference for everyone in film, music, design, gaming and software development who wonder how to sustain themselves in challenging economic times. Centering on how to fund, create, distribute and sustain the creative work of media artists, the conference is a diverse day of speakers, panels, case studies, roundtable discussions and workshops that includes an impressive list of innovative thinkers, makers and doers.

WHERE: UArts – 211 S. Board St, Philadelphia, PA

WHEN: Saturday AUGUST 1st from 8:30am to 6:30pm – followed by a social mixer from 6:30 to 8:30pm

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Internet video gets eyeballs, not dollars

07.27.09 @ 6:12PM Tags : metrics, stats, views, webseries

UK-based author Russell Evans has a book on web filmmaking coming out in April of next year from Focal Press. I answered via email as best I could his questions about The West Side, and while doing so realized this neglected blog is long overdue for some updates. Why not kill two birds with one keyboard? These excerpts will have to suffice until I step away from the screenplay I’m toiling on (priorities, priorities) to write a proper, hopefully meaningful, update. More »

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Productivity in an age of constant connectivity

07.24.09 @ 11:22PM Tags : apps, freedom, mac, productivity, writing

I affixed a quote from a GQ interview with Philip Roth into my writing notebook before leaving for Costa Rica; it seems especially relevant now that I’m trying to shut out New York City for considerable chunks of every day. More »