January 2011

an elegant website critique

January 26, 2011

Admittingly so, I know little of creating websites, but I recently applied for a job from a production company with a sinful homepage. Upon further investigation, I had a lot of issues with it. 1) Please never ever ever make a flash site that not only takes 20 seconds to load, but also proceeds to [...]

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John Gonzales, recipient of Best Director Award

January 19, 2011

In a little town called Idyllwild, in the middle of the desert, there is this great, little film festival (http://www.iifoc.com/)… I’m assuming. I never did make it out there, even though there were two screenings of the film, L.A. Paranormal, on which I worked as the Assistant Director (and PA, and crafty, and make-up, and [...]

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30,000 feet up and nowhere to go

January 10, 2011

2hours and 20 minutes into a 2 hour late, 4 hour flight, I couldn’t help but stretch my legs and consider, had we left on time, I would’ve touched down by now. Wait a second… I started the last post this same way. I finished watching a movie and walked all the way to the [...]

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wine country is fine country, but what about 2-buck Chuck?

January 10, 2011

2 hours and 20 minutes into a 2 hour late, 4 hour flight, I couldn’t help but stretch my legs and consider, had we left on time, we would’ve touched down by now. I just watched Sideways, the 2004 Alexander Payne film about wine country. The two most enjoyable parts of that film are the price [...]

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notes from a Southwest Airlines terminal

January 10, 2011

I’m not one of those jaded folks who act like the slightest flight delay is the world’s biggest inconvenience. I’ve got my laptop (with access to hours of movies and tv shows) and a power outlet. This is pretty much how I spend my nights anyway. The part that irks me, however, are the false [...]

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The DIP by Seth Godin

January 3, 2011

Yesterday I declared my 10 events of 2011. My clairvoyance must be in full effect, because today I can already check one event off the list. I read a book. The Dip, by Seth Godin. I subscribe to his blog. His daily posts are very succinct, but filled with much wisdom or thought-provoking questions. The [...]

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Champagne for my Campaign: 2011 Word of the Year

January 2, 2011

It’s not a bad idea to find a way to narrow your whole year down to a single word.  It widdles down the chaos of 365 24-hour shifts into something more manageable. Imagine if you had a theme for all those 12 hour work days, those long nights, all the sleep you missed out on, [...]

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