Archive for July, 2008
How Not to Treat Your Customer
I’ve been apartment hunting. And re-reading The Dip by Seth Godin, where he implores everyone to be the best in the world at what they do. For a certain apartment complex, their world is “downtown L.A. apartment seekers looking for a clean, comfortable new home”. For the said apartment seekers, their world also includes “that [...]
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Tags: bixel at fifth, business, customers, marketing, seth godin
Radiohead and Bugs
One of the graphic designers that has a desk next to me (there’s a good chance that any Legalize L.A. literature you pick up was made by him) usually commands the music throughout the day. He just played Radiohead’s “All I Need,” which is an absolutely gorgeous song. I found this a while ago, but [...]
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Tags: insects, Legalize L.A., matt mason, radiohead, remix revolution
How Do You Become a Good Writer?
Smaller than life. You listen and read with an EXTREMELY open mind. I know my voice comes from liberally watching movies that refined my vocal cadence. It wasn’t Billy Shakespeare or Cyrano de Bergerac that taught me how to talk to women. I’ll thank John Cusack and Trent Walker and the faux Cyrano on my [...]
Filed under: Experience | 2 Comments
Tags: dark knight, heath ledger, john cusack, MUD, reading, redwall, sean collin, star wars, writing
Journalism, Revisited
My AP-style journalism skills come in handy once and a while. They even open up job opportunities, which makes me pretty happy. Especially with my big move in August. But I’m sure glad I’m out of that field now. Maybe some freelance stuff is in my future, but I don’t want to feed myself with [...]
Filed under: Old Media | 1 Comment
Tags: aaron lohr, christian bale, innovation, journalism, mighty ducks, newspapers, strategy, tampa bay buccaneers, umair haque, user generated content
Will Hollywood get it? I went to the Death Star a couple of days ago. That’s what some call Creative Artists Agency‘s building, which is this ridiculously intimidating behemoth of architecture in Century City. If you’ve never heard of CAA, you probably don’t read Variety. They represent Brad Pitt, David Beckham, Justin Timberlake, Lebron James, [...]
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Tags: creative artist agency, dr. horrible, hollywood, ideavirus, joss whedon, matt mason, piracy, seth godin, souvenirs, the pirate's dilemma, work
Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible
First, an admission: I love Firefly. It was canceled after one season, but I can’t get enough. I keep looking for signs that there’ll be a sequel. I’m really not a fan of Joss Whedon’s other works (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), but Toy Story was pretty amazing. Anyways, Whedon has recently released his latest [...]
Filed under: souvenirs | 1 Comment
Tags: dr. horrible, firefly, joss whedon
Don’t forget to update. It’s not that odd guilt that you might have for not posting anything. But, if you care at all about your audience, you have to post something that they’ll find interesting. I keep stumbling upon these blogs that I add to my RSS feed and sit dormant for a month+. Then, [...]
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Tags: blogs, marketing, updates
Marx and Action
I’ve been talking to a lot of people about moving into the “real world”. Starting a career doesn’t necessarily mean that fantasy land stops though. Karl Marx got something right. On his grave: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.“
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Tags: change, karl marx, real world
