Archive for November, 2008
Five Tips to Get Cast
In my job, I’ve found myself running more than a few auditions. I’ve come up with some tips that might help you land roles in small, independent media projects:
(1) Show up on time, show up prepared. It may seem obvious, but it makes a difference. It doesn’t matter if your last show [...]
Twitter Shapes Advertising
Forbes has an article, Twitter Moms Sink Motrin Ad, covering the recent events in which general outrage among mothers on Twitter caused Johnson & Johnson to pull its advertising campaign about using Motrin to treat pains from carrying babies.
Image from Twitter.comWould the backlash have gained such momentum so quickly without Twitter? The speed [...]
Xu Bing: The Future of Art and New Media
Last night I caught Xu Bing’s talk at Lesley University/The future site of the Art Institute of Boston.
Xu Bing is a Chinese artist, probably best known in the states for his unusual use of imagined calligraphy – either characters that have no meaning, or English letters morphed into psuedo-Chinese script.
Image from aur2899’s PhotostreamLast night, [...]
Will "Repo!" Steal Hearts?
Image from shellEProductions’ PhotostreamDoes anyone else hate the phrase “Instant cult classic?” Instant classic is like instant chocolate brownies. It might temporarily fix your chocolate craving – but it’s nothing like a dessert you spent a couple hours baking from scratch.
Well, NPR is also a little skeptical of the idea that someone [...]
Obama Considers Options for FCC Chairman
Image from twenty_questionsBusinessWeek reports that President-Elect Obama’s transition team is hard at work considering options for FCC Chairman.
“The new Administration is expected to give greater prominence to emerging providers of communications products and services, such as Google (GOOG)—a departure from the Bush Administration, which has tended to favor traditional providers such as AT&T (T).”
This [...]
Governing in a Web Savvy World
Image from On Bradstreet’s PhotostreamAs if in answer to my last post, it seems that the office of the President Elect has just rolled out www.change.gov, a site not dissimilar from the original Obama campaign website, but dedicated to the lead-up to the January 20th inauguration.
Thus far, the blog only has one post, but [...]
Post-Election Roundup
Image from tsevis’s Photostream
Tuesday night, as I skyped into Teague’s election night party taking place a few hundred miles from my own living room. . . two things hit me: (1) I’m a dork for using skype to attend someone’s party and (2) That won’t be true in 2012.
Right now, across the country, [...]
Stop Prop 8 Ads from being served in Adsense
Image from HBC4511Several websites have reported unwanted advertising from Google Adsense from the “Yes On 8″ campaign supporting the banning of gay marriage in CA.
Here is the quick fix to make sure this doesn’t happen on your site:
Log into Adsense
Click “AdSense Setup”, then “Competitive Ad Filter”
In the appropriate text box, add “protectmarriage.com” to the [...]
Radio for a new generation
Ken George, blogging for my local NPR station, WBUR, has some interesting thoughts on “New Millennials” and radio in his ConverStation blog.
The post jumped out at me because one of the blogs he quotes sounded like I could have written it myself:
In college, I listen to less news radio, mostly because I don’t [...]
