Everything is Everything

EDIT: For even better proof, check out the trailer for this film that Michael Ashton created for $300. He’s a special effects guy, so he has the experience. If you were going to add on the location fees of the place he borrowed, the money he would have charged someone else, the cost of his…

Ted Hope is one of the cofounders of This is That, where I now intern. He is a passionate advocate for free and open filmmaking, and what I find most inspiring is the way he puts these ideals into practice. Our office is a community, with many smaller offices we rent out to other production…

Let me qualify that: I wish that everyone had a blog and put interesting things in it. I’ve got about 100 subscriptions in my Google Reader. Some of them, like an automated Craigslist jobsearch, I never read, but I always refresh for the “Friends” group of blogs. Recent active ones include Rebecca’s adventures as a…

I’ve seen a future of film, and for once I like what I see. I’ve bemoaned in the past the challenges of film in the distribution sphere and my thoughts on the exciting places the industry is going, specifically what I call the Youtube-ization of feature film. That’s on the distribution side, but some recent…

On the theme of mac use, I’d like to share some of the productivity apps that I have found useful and productive. I’ve been asked a number of times what I use and others have found these recs helpful – and they’re all free! Feel free to share your own in the Optimization: Monolingual –…

Snow Leopard – more like LOLcat It’s been a frustrating week as I have struggled with random freezes, about 2-4 a day, of my new Snow Leopard install. Has anyone else experienced this? I’m going to try a fix I’ve found that appears to have worked for some people. It’s a serious problem and the…

Microsoft is hosting “Launch Parties” where you invite your closest friends over and show them how to share photos on Windows 7. The result is a horrifying monster lovechild of a MoveOn Campaign, a 1995 Powerpoint, and a Day of our Lives audition. I agree we’re annoying, but Charlie Brooker, who put up this video,…

Well done, 172 communications students at the University of Quebec at Montreal!

With the UN summit on Climate Change, tcktcktck’s great coverage of the climate events happening this week in NYC, and my recent viewing of the movie Fuel, I thought this gem would be appropriate: I haven’t downloaded it yet so I’m not positive, but it appears to be a lecture from the 2009 25C3 conference…

If you see anything this week, SEE THIS FILM at limited engagement in NY and LA. I am a documentary filmmaker because I want to change the world. That declaration is noble, arrogant, or foolhardy depending on how you look at it, but it’s what gets me up each day. When I consider all of…