I stopped writing poetry awhile ago, but I’ve felt the bug come back with a vengeance lately. Here’s my first foray back into writing. Short. Sweet. A little sloppy perhaps, […]
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From The HBR IdeaCast #43 with Bill George, author of True North. Bill says “…the hardest peson you’ll ever have to lead is yourself. If you can lead yourself, leading […]
I was chatting with a friend yesterday. I realized that, despite being at the cutting edge, he seemed to misunderstand what I was working on. The good old “forest for […]
Well, I told you it was coming. This blog would get a redesign and be relaunched into the world as my personal web playground, and by-gone-it this time I would […]
I recently received a text message from my friend, Wes, that asked me when I was going to get back to blogging. One of the personal projects littering my to-do […]
Often I’ll find myself spending 20-60 minutes a day in a situation where I have some time to kill and my phone. Given the value I get from Twitter (breaking […]
There’s a story in November 30th Marin Independent Journal that profiles one of the co-founders of my school. Check out Rick Polito’s Directing wannabe directors. Bridget gets a slightly unflattering […]
Ahh what a wonderful morning, woke up today feeling like I’d finally gotten some sleep, and had a great couple of posts to start off the morning with. Following the […]
On 12.18.06 (Monday) I was visiting the local tavern near my work with a colleague. We saunter into the Napper Tandy (24th and S. Van Ness – quite a dive […]
Ok, I really do love the Hyphy Movement… I love getting hyphy at shows, I love watching people get hyphy, and I love watching the movement documented through YouTube. I’ve […]
What a Gem! an online version of Kubrick’s first film. Worth the watch to see where he started and it’s actually a pretty interesting short film.It’s a 16 minute long […]
You know I’ve heard this story a few times, 2 days after The Great Chicago Fire there was an article in the paper that made sure everyone knew that “CHICAGO […]
n I Received a glowing writeup in my flim school‘s wonderful newsletter. Pretty awesome, the write up can be viewed in it’s entirety after the break or can be seen […]
For those of you that know me well enough, you are well aware that I’m living in the wrong decade. If it weren’t for the technology being what it is […]
Not a long post here. I’ve been buried (new classes, final week of production of my first documentary, two new areas of responsibility at work), but I want to share […]
OK, so I’m not sure how ethical it would be for me to tell you about the concept or video, so I won’t. I got my first paid film gig, […]
I’ve heard from friends who blog that they receive all sorts of benefits to their daily life. They increase their networks, organize ideas, maintain writing skills, and stay current with […]
Check this out — great summary of web 2.0, wonderful message. Perhaps a new Web 2.0 slogan? “The Machine is Us/ing us” This is why I love video. If Michael […]
A great short blurb about my film school’s most recent feature film can be found here. There’s a video as well embedded in the page.I found out today that the […]
I remember vividly an 8th grad English class taught by Mrs. Raymond and Blach Intermediate School. She was instructing us on how to use quotes in a persuasive essay. Now […]
I was turned on to Bekka by my friend Ben. She’s an amazingly talented writer/photographer. Go check out her work, I have started following her Flickr feed and blog. The […]
I have an addiction. I’m addicted to Jack Bauer. A week without 24 is like Chinese truth serum slowly dripping in my veins, or a nuclear bomb exploding in a […]
I have been religiously watching the TEDTalks series, a group of videos produced by TED. Overall I’ve been mostly impressed with the speakers, very cool stuff. Here’s an EXCELLENT spoken […]
Ben Casnocha recently had a post that made me break out the thinking cap. I traveled through western europe for a long trip as part of a gap year. Due […]
I was riding in a car with my dad on the last leg of a father/son roadtrip today and we both noticed a magnificent Hawk flying nearby. It reminded me […]
I got some good advice in one of my lectures today from the co-founder of my film school (Stephen Kopels gets the nod on this clever colloquilism). The worst thing […]
I have recently begun a one year intensive study on film at a school in San Francisco. My main goal is to learn how to tell stories in a visual […]
I’m in the city and it’s amazing! A friend asked me to house sit for her. Her place is at Union and Fillmore (which is pretty lucky, I should be […]
I have had a great weekend, attended the Dew Action Sports Tour as a VIP for Free, got seats at a Dave Matthews Band Concert on Fri for free, and […]
Anyone here see murderball? Interesting video showing that wheelchairs are involved in more extreme sports then one. Check out the first ever Wheelchair Backflip.