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What will come after Twitter?
I’ve been using Twitter for several months now and have a much better understanding of it than I had before. It is a lot like email, in the sense that its possibilities are not immediately apparent until they are explored (in other words, email was not just a quicker way to send email but an…
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MLK, on activism and causality
“There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” -pacifist A.J. Muste “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” -Martin Luther King Jr. Follow me for a moment on a journey through the human mind. (or a heady rant…you decide) I…
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Projects projects projects
I’ve taken a much-needed break from the blog and spent some time in the real world which, for all its uninterestingness and problems, has the advantage of being real. But now I’m back, and it’s looking to be a busy year. The question “so what are you doing these days?” is so difficult because the…
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DONATE TO HAITI NOW
$5 or $5000, just do it. My family is pooling our donation and splitting it across Doctors Without Borders, Yele, Oxfam, and Planting Peace.
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Castle on High at Brown Filmmaker Showcase!
Hello dear readers! Exciting news…my film, Castle on High, will be making its New York City premiere with the Brown Alumni Club. It will be screened with other awesome short films created by Brown alumni at an awesome event with food and wine, and it would mean a lot to me if you could come.…
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Always check the crime stats before you go
Friends who are familiar with my penchant for risk-taking will not be surprised at this story. The conversation with them usually goes like this: Me: description of my day. Concerned friend: You could have been killed. Me: Yes, but I wasn’t. Concerned friend: You could have been killed. Me: How was your day? Yes, I’m…
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Daily Show Contest Video
The aughts were fraught with not a lot of thought. Matt and I (today a gay couple) decide to enter the Daily Show Decade Contest (there’s still a few hours left to enter!) with “our” story of our decade as we try to figure out which year was the best for us. It’s a very…
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No more password for Castle on High!
Castle on High is my signature film. I hand it to people when networking and use it to show what I can do with narrative and people. It’s almost four years old, though I didn’t finish editing it to this polished version until February of this year. If you would like to support me, the…
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Tumblr-twitter-text-insight/year-gratitude
ADD you ain’t got nothing on me. What a year / move to New York / 2009 Earworm mashup / Gaga is a Real Artist / WHY DO WE avert our eyes to the suffering in the world? HOW DO WE MAKE every action a positive one? There’s no hyperlink on this one, no answer…
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Two trips to the Daily Show
After my powerful experience with Holiday Express, I had the opportunity to go to a Daily Show taping (in fact, two tapings within one week.) I’ve been to TV show tapings before, including the second to last episode of Frasier, but this beat them all by a head. Tickets were obtained tor free online in…