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Worry, Debt & Passion | Jason DeFillippo

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:34:25 -0400

Worry, Debt & Passion | Jason DeFillippo: jaybushman: I feel your pain, brother. All this, but also...

"What he is proposing is down somewhere, on the scale of ethics, well beneath Wal-Mart's policies of no longer hiring any full-time workers so as to avoid health and unemployment insurance. It is in fact some weird sort of neo-feudal, post-contract-worker society, in which he will create a dystopian and eager volunteer-slave system of "attention-paid" enthusiasts (which is to say, people with no other options, and no capital of their own) to create products from which rich people can get richer."

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:14:00 -0400

"What he is proposing is down somewhere, on the scale of ethics, well beneath Wal-Mart's policies of...

"Genzyme isn’t a mining company: its real assets are intellectual property—information, not stuff. But, in this case, information does not want to be free. It wants to be really, really expensive."

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:08:29 -0400

"Genzyme isn’t a mining company: its real assets are intellectual property—information, not stuff. But, in this case, information does not want to be free. It wants to be really, really expensive."

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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:04:45 -0400

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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:20:46 -0400

"We die to each other daily. What we know of other people Is only our memory of the moments During..."

Sun, 31 May 2009 20:12:16 -0400

“We die to each other daily. What we know of other people Is only our memory of the...

"‘Watership Down? I wouldn’t wipe my sphincter with Watership Down!’ This is the literary..."

Sun, 31 May 2009 11:14:00 -0400

“‘Watership Down? I wouldn’t wipe my sphincter with Watership Down!’ This is the...

"Think about the way oral tradition became written word—how what we know about Achilles was written..."

Wed, 27 May 2009 09:26:40 -0400

“Think about the way oral tradition became written word—how what we know about Achilles was...

"In the next 10 years, we’re going to see all the forms of entertainment—film, television,..."

Wed, 27 May 2009 09:24:51 -0400

““In the next 10 years, we’re going to see all the forms of entertainment—film,...

"I'd give them a basic goal for the scene, like 'don't let him sell you a package of workout sessions,' and turn them loose. I'd say 95 percent of the film is made up of first or second takes. They were controlled improvisations where the actors were encouraged to speak freely about themselves and as themselves."

Mon, 25 May 2009 11:33:00 -0400

"I'd give them a basic goal for the scene, like 'don't let him sell you a package of workout...

propagandery: We Tell Stories: Penguin commissioned six authors...

Fri, 08 May 2009 00:18:00 -0400

propagandery:

We Tell Stories:

Penguin commissioned six authors to tell a story a week using Google Maps as the interface.

The most interesting and inspiring thing I’ve seen in a while.

This is not a great demonstration of reading comprehension. We Tell Stories is a fucking brilliant piece of work — and the map-based format of “The 21 Steps” specifically inspired an experimental Gameplaywright work — but only one of the six stories in the project is told via annotated maps. Praise is better when it’s accurate.

Also interesting here is watching this thing careen across Tumblr now, with gasps and astonishment, a full year after the project was first published. For all that Internet hype culture is about what’s happening right now, the possibility that things do still have value online after a year is heartening.

"When playing Shakespeare, you are never in Verona, never in Arden, never in Egypt, Rome or England...."

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:09:11 -0400

“When playing Shakespeare, you are never in Verona, never in Arden, never in Egypt, Rome or...

scout: monmouth coffee in london is the best i’ve ever had/will...

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:42:48 -0400

scout:

monmouth coffee in london is the best i’ve ever had/will probably ever have

Amen to this. Monmouth was suggested it to me before my last trip to London, and I passed that suggestion along to Scout, who brought back this picture… which makes me crazy when I compare it to the cup of coffee on my desk right now.

A silly thing I put together this weekend.

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:22:20 -0400

A silly thing I put together this weekend.

scout: charlieherron:(via imperiousrex)

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:47:00 -0400

scout:

charlieherron:(via imperiousrex)

GameChangers » Blog Archive » SXSW #5 - TWEETING STAR WARS

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:26:32 -0400

GameChangers » Blog Archive » SXSW #5 - TWEETING STAR WARS: (via jaybushman)

tanya77: thedailywhat: Reimagination of the Day: Swedish art...

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:05:56 -0400

tanya77:

thedailywhat:

Reimagination of the Day: Swedish art student Tomas Nilsson modeled this wonderful Chris Ware-style interpretation of Little Red Riding Hood after the equally wonderful video for Röyksopp’s “Remind me”.

Bottom Line: There’s a whole lot of wonderful going on here.

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Yes to this.

jaybushman: I’ve always wanted to have been in Star Wars! (via...

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:50:36 -0400

jaybushman:

I’ve always wanted to have been in Star Wars! (via jasonEscapist)

I’ve been thinking a lot about #SXStarWars since the performance on Sunday (I’m @wordwill), but deadlines have kept me from writing about it like I want to.

Short version: a) Rad, b) What’s next?

"We cannot attract and retain the best and the brightest talent to lead and staff the A.I.G...."

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:56:07 -0400

“We cannot attract and retain the best and the brightest talent to lead and staff the A.I.G....

"News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising."

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:51:43 -0400

“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.” - Lord...