July 2010
10 posts
The passion for digital storytelling among young students today is there, and...
– Kids and digital storytelling: Who will teach them? (via schlomo)
This is a great piece. It describes the natural inclination to tell stories and affinity for technology that we’re trying to foster in some of California’s most under-served student populations at the Media Center for...
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Party Down: Some Amateur Accounting
“Party Down” got canceled yesterday and that’s a huge bummer for me and at least 17 other people.
In July of 2008, I was working on a piece for Tilzy.tv (now Tubefilter) about the economics of “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” and I reached out to Rob Thomas, creator and executive producer of the also canceled-too-soon “Veronica Mars” (and...
June 2010
14 posts
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Pandora’s Tim Westergren on Colbert 6/23. Word has it he’ll be on Charlie Rose next week.
15 Things Larry King Doesn't Know →
thedeadline:
mattchew03:
I emailed Matt yesterday and basically forced him to do some sort of list featuring Larry King’s tweets, and this is what he came up with.
I couldn’t be happier.
Best thing I’ve read today.
Magnificent.
May 2010
8 posts
A Kiddley Divey, Too
I saw this yesterday in the window of Incanto, an Italian restaurant on Church St. I walk by every day. My dad used to sing this song when I was a kid. I haven’t thought about it in years, but seeing the lyrics on display prompted me to look it up.
From the Wikipedia article:
“Mairzy Doats is a novelty song composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston…...
Sue Sylvester and Tweetie Birds
From Nancy Franklin’s New Yorker piece on “Glee”:
The success of “Glee” depends on the energy and the obvious talent of its young (but way beyond high-school age) performers, and on Jane Lynch, who plays Sue Sylvester, the acid-tongued, sneaky, and completely loony cheerleading coach, whose every line of dialogue is quotable (and is duly quoted, minutes after being...
Seeking Shelter and an Angel Round
I currently live with two roommates in a great house in Noe Valley. One of my roommates is moving out, so the remaining roommate and I have been spending time on Craigslist’s Housing Wanted board the past few days. One post today jumped out at me:
$1000 2 startup founders: pay double the rent
I clicked. And what I found was classic pursuit of the Silicon Valley Dream.
My name’s...
April 2010
9 posts
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Tea Party rappers.
Where’s Liz Glover’s Pulitzer?
NYT: First Camera, Then Fork →
This reminds me of a Tumblog idea I had: ‘Pictures of People Taking Pictures of their Food’
March 2010
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BetterMe got its first TV mention! Kinda.
This looks like the German version of Rocketboom.
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Last night’s LOST was 44 minutes of really good television (41 minutes if we exclude Jack’s scene with the dynamite, which should probably be excluded) and a wonderful example of how well Michael Emerson plays the most nuanced and engaging character on TV.
February 2010
11 posts