I am a web developer working at GetGlue.
I enjoy tweeting, taking pictures, and making movies.
This is where I write.
Sometimes I find our society’s recent obsession with vampires to be quite tiresome. Other times I find it to be pretty cool. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is one example of an awesome use of vampires.
Originally a book that is now being made into a movie, the first trailer was just released today. The trailer was all nice and ho-hum in the beginning but the last 30 seconds really sealed the deal for me.
It seems that cherry trees wasn’t all that Abraham Lincoln cut down…
Long New York Times article focusing on George Lucas and his decision to step away from major film-making. Let’s see if this decision sticks.
Over the weekend I took part in a special event for a movie my friends are making called ‘Charlie Christ: The Gospel According to Fools’. I’ve helped my friends a fair amount with the production of this movie and over the weekend an event was held to update everyone on its progress, as well to release the second official trailer of the movie.
Watch the second trailer for Charlie Christ: The Gospel According to Fools embedded below, and click the link beneath it to view the first trailer. Enjoy!
I just think it’s way too soon. That aside, I don’t even know who I’d choose. It’s far too soon.
Although seemingly antithetical to a healthy lifestyle, I’m in the process of cultivating an addiction to work. This has the end goal of assigning myself the label ‘workaholic’, with the hoped for side-effect being an increase in works created, produced, and ultimately visible for display and sharing.
Currently I have time invested in the following arenas:
Each of these focuses have areas that overlap along with areas that remain independent. By this I mean some of the knowledge I have gained from learning Logic Studio benefits my musical pursuits, while not having any positive or negative influence on time spent creating a web application.
Previous to my decision to commit myself to working at a general scale I found myself constantly holding my head in agony, pained at the effort required to remember all the various projects and ideas I had thought and begun acting on.
Now I am able to umbrella all of these projects under the one goal of ‘Work’. This brings about less pain and clearer focus.
Previously I would commit an unnecessary amount of time deciding what project work on. Now I am free to decide to work and know that there are a plethora of projects awaiting completion.
While once I had five different and independent tasks ongoing, now I only have the one of ‘Work’. And this work is work I find to be greatly pleasing. So pleasing that I find it fun.
And fun is the way work should be.
There’s something quite magical about a good insult, and there’s nowhere better to find a good insult than in a movie. Have a look at a video that compiles 100 of the greatest movie insults for your viewing pleasure. What’s your favorite? [kottke.org]
In case you didn’t know: Toy Story 3 has just been released this weekend. I’m gearing up to watch it for Father’s Day tomorrow and I’m expecting it to be great. I’ve already heard so many great things about it: I’ve read so many reviews that have given it a 10/10. I just hope I don’t set my expectations so impossibly high that all I can expect back is disappointment. In any case, Pogo is back with a remix of Toy Story audio mixed with an ambient background track. Check it out on YouTube.
If you do not know who Banksy is here’s a quick summary: He is a pseudonymous British graffiti artist, internationally famous for his graffiti or “street art” due to its powerful imagery. A quick gloss over his Wikipedia page shows many of his famous works, some of which you may have seen.
Banksy is involved in a new film that is currently being screened at limited locations. Although it indirectly serves as a documentary about Banksy the true story is about the film-maker, Thierry Guetta. Through the story of Guetta the audience is able to gain an understanding of the man as well as who Banksy is.
Personally I have not yet seen this film. However from reviews I have read and the accolades of friends I have a very small doubt that this film will be a true joy to watch. As such – if you get the chance – I’m encouraging you to go see it. And if you do, let me know how you enjoyed it.
This is the first movie review I’ve written for my site. The format and structure of these reviews are bound to change like me – and hopefully for the better.
This past week I watched the documentary We Live in Public. Described (as of this writing) on Wikipedia as, “a 2009 documentary by Ondi Timoner about the loss of privacy in the Internet age, which focuses on Internet pioneer Josh Harris.”
This description is incredibly understated.
Josh Harris was one of the early dot-com pioneers, profiteers, and failures. His company Pseudo.com was one of the first video podcasts on the Internet. It hosted a variety of internet shows with lively hosts and information, streamed for the enjoyment of anyone who logged on.
Did I mention this took place in 1994?
Harris’ grand vision of everyone filming and wanting to film themselves has proven to be far ahead of its time. Today we have YouTube and a variety of other sites dedicated and thriving off of user-created content. To be so prescient with this business plan was both Harris’ blessing and curse.
This film took me on a roller-coaster ride around and through emotions that I had never experienced sequentially. The debate surrounding privacy is thoroughly investigated and the details of Harris’ exploits are boggling.
Clocking in at 90-minutes the film is direct and to the point. There is no excess and Timoner lets the archived video speak for itself.
I’m extremely amazed and surprised that I did not know anything that was presented in this film, but I’m extremely grateful to have seen it.
Watch the trailer embedded below.