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A Curious Life: April 2010
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One filmmaker's journey in the limelight. And all the curious misadventures along the way. Thursday, April 08, 2010. Bad news for you. You're asleep at the wheel—you can't see what's coming. We're not in the car ourselves, but we can see passengers with you; if you crash, they will surely be injured. But you might also hurt us, or people we know. People look up to you, they're counting on you. What you decide will sway countless others. and you're asleep at the wheel. If you want to drive off that cliff,...
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A Curious Life: What does it lead to?
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One filmmaker's journey in the limelight. And all the curious misadventures along the way. Sunday, May 30, 2010. What does it lead to? The following piece is an unabridged version of an article first published in Microfilmmaker Magazine. WHY DVR TECHNOLOGY ENCOURAGES PIRACY. BUT NOT REALLY. You're in a movie store trying to return a DVD set of a TV series. The dude at the counter looks at the DVDs you've just handed him. "What's wrong with it? Shrugging, "Nobody else seems to care.". What can I say?
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A Curious Life: Why They Hate Free
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One filmmaker's journey in the limelight. And all the curious misadventures along the way. Thursday, June 03, 2010. Why They Hate Free. I hear a lot of anger from content creators whenever they hear me say "free" and "content" in the same sentence. They seem to think I want everything to be free, that "information wants to be free", etc. Their main point of contention, it seems, is they feel their hard work is devalued by offering it to consumers for free. But free is just another price. Not only am I "d...
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A Curious Life: One Million Screwdrivers: Introduction (Part 1 of 5)
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One filmmaker's journey in the limelight. And all the curious misadventures along the way. Monday, March 22, 2010. One Million Screwdrivers: Introduction (Part 1 of 5). This is an article in a series called One Million Screwdrivers. You may read all the articles in this series by clicking here. This is an article in a series called One Million Screwdrivers. Which will be published all this week. You may read all the published articles in this series by clicking here. Or the other articles here:. Lessons ...
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A Curious Life: The Key is Generatives (Part 8 of 8)
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One filmmaker's journey in the limelight. And all the curious misadventures along the way. Wednesday, December 16, 2009. The Key is Generatives (Part 8 of 8). THE FILMMAKER'S ROADMAP TO FREE (part 8 of 8). This is an article in a series. You may read all the articles by clicking here. THE KEY IS GENERATIVES. Passed me this speech by Brian Newman at DIY Philladelphia, I'm not ashamed to say I was ecstatic. Finally. I thought, fiiiiiiinally, somebody who really gets it. Well, what can't be copied? There ar...
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A Curious Life: February 2010
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One filmmaker's journey in the limelight. And all the curious misadventures along the way. Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Anatomy of a Sale (or Lack Thereof), part 2. I just wanted to watch a movie, that's all. No big deal. I was willing to pay good money for it, too. But here's the thing—there's no DVD of it. Not in America, at least. Someone told me about a movie. It's research for another movie I'm writing. The movie came out in 1991. It starts two A-List actors (1 is still A-List). I check Wikipedia t...
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A Curious Life: May 2010
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One filmmaker's journey in the limelight. And all the curious misadventures along the way. Sunday, May 30, 2010. What does it lead to? The following piece is an unabridged version of an article first published in Microfilmmaker Magazine. WHY DVR TECHNOLOGY ENCOURAGES PIRACY. BUT NOT REALLY. You're in a movie store trying to return a DVD set of a TV series. The dude at the counter looks at the DVDs you've just handed him. "What's wrong with it? Shrugging, "Nobody else seems to care.". What can I say?
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A Curious Life: An Ode Before Dying
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One filmmaker's journey in the limelight. And all the curious misadventures along the way. Saturday, February 06, 2010. An Ode Before Dying. You think you sell a movie—you do not. You think you sell a book—you do not. You think you sell a song—you do not. You sell an experience. Something communicated, something elusive and ephemeral. Something mystical and transformative and inspiring. All these abstract things simply come in the shape of a movie, a book, or a song. So how do creators sustain? They sell...
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A Curious Life: March 2010
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One filmmaker's journey in the limelight. And all the curious misadventures along the way. Friday, March 26, 2010. One Million Screwdrivers: The Bassinet Story (Part 5 of 5). This is an article in a series called One Million Screwdrivers. You may read all the articles in this series by clicking here. It was gone before sundown. That evening, my wife was searching Craigslist for my original ad and found this post completely by accident:. I am just thrilled with the bassinet! THREE DAYS OF LOVE and PEACE.