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Trailer for One Too Many Mornings Each year it becomes harder for an independent filmmaker (or anyone) to release a movie. Making a movie is hard; distributing it is nigh on impossible. So it’s interesting to see a filmmaker taking the simplest approach and releasing a movie straight to DVD and to web purchase and …
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Two business books I’m reading: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath and Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin. It’s a bit unfair to compare the two, because Purple Cow was published in 2002 and Godin has gone on to create …
kickin it like an old skool iPod, originally uploaded by kandyjaxx. I’m reading Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are, by Rob Walker (about whom I’ve written in the past). As a result, I no longer trust myself — or at least, I no longer believe I understand my …
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yxschLOAr-s It might seem like I’m nagging my writing friends by posting this. Honestly, I think it’s just funny. And painful. And funny. (I first saw this on John Hodgman’s blog, which is a constant source of joy.)