Thanks to Marci Shimoff for a great shoot! The conversation about her book, "Happy for No Reason" is in the post below.
August 12, 2008
August 11, 2008
Don't worry....
Be Happy! Ok, fine that just showed how old I am and probably how dorky too. But, wait I can do better. Once when I was a youngin, my cousin and I despised that Bobby McFerrin song so much we called the local radio station and requested it 73 times. Why would you do that if you don't actually like the song? Well, to us, it was a joke. To the radio DJ it was annoying. It took the entire afternoon but the man played the song and mentioned us by name! Success! Oh, to be tweenish again.
Ok, back on track... I'm so excited to have Marci Shimoff on NewspOp tomorrow. I interviewed her years ago for a show I produced for TLC. She was known then for co-authoring several of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" Books. Since then, she has been featured in "The Secret" and has a new book out called "Happy for No Reason." Personally, I love the title. She is really an amazing woman whose enthusiasm is infectious. After all these years she has really stood out in my mind as one of my favorite interviewees. Can't wait! So, join the convo if you can and Be Happy man.
Favorite Kevin Smith film?
Ok, Kevin Smith fans....show me what you got! We're making a little video to screen at Vision Fest August 20th in LA giving folks a chance to express their thoughts on Kevin Smith, his films and anything else. My favorite film is Mallrats and apparently I'm the only one. Ya'll have mentioned every other move, mostly Clerks. Nobody is singing the praises of Mallrats the way I am though. Come on kids, this was Jason Lee's big screen breakout film long before "My Name is Earl." He's loveable, he's hateable, he's doable. oh, my!
http://www.viewaskew.com/main.html
About Vision Fest: It is a kick ass event brought to you by Jacque Thelemaque and Filmmakers Alliance, THE indie filmmaking collective. Every year they honor a prominent indie filmmaker and this year the award goes to Kevin Smith.
http://www.filmmakersalliance.org/
http://filmmakerslife.blogspot.com/
If you can't make it to LA, no worries, I'll be posting on Seesmic from the event. Stay tuned!
July 25, 2008
Staycation, all I ever wanted!
um, NOT! Staycation? I'm totally against it and so is Jon Stewart. Are you doing one? We're talking about it today on Seesmic.....
July 24, 2008
TeamPlay Shoot at the Sir Francis Drake
We're in the process of putting together a really cool story on Mentoring 2.0 and TeamPlay for NewspOp. TeamPlay's founder is NBA star, Baron Davis who plays for the LA Clippers (used to play for the Golden State Warriors in Oakland). I interviewed Baron last night but didn't snap a picture of that! Here's a couple of production stills of me and Jeremey setting up. Actually, i didn't do any set-up. I just pretended to. Not only did i not help set up, I broke the Drake. I was trying to pull down one of their ancient shades that apparently hasn't been adjusted since the place was built and it just fell down. um, sorry. Last but not least, we have an artsy photo taken by Whit. We're artists after all. Oh! one more thing....Danny Glover made an appearance last night! and on his way out, he walked by me, i mean he was just sorta trying to get by me but he touched my arm and said "Hi, it's nice to see you" or something similiar and i just thought that was the most polite way to get through a crowd i have ever witnessed. I said, "It's nice to see you too and thanks for coming!" He is a truly, truly amazing actor and activist, SF born and raised.
July 23, 2008
Creative Commons on NewspOp
Here's our conversation with Jon Phillips from Creative Commons below. The big take-away for me is that CC licensing is more about trying to encourage sharing rather than restrict it. Glass full, rather than half empty type of deal.
July 22, 2008
Creative Commons is not a commune
but i think that would be a great name for one. Possible side business guys? Anyway, Jon Phillips from Creative Commons is swinging by the Seesmic office tomorrow to answer any questions about Creative Commons that Whit Scot and i don't answer in the informational video below.
www.creativecommons.org
http://rejon.org/
July 18, 2008
July 16, 2008
Fair Use and "are Blonde less smart?"
Check out our conversation with Michael C. Donaldson about copyright and fair use for online content creation. Thanks so much Michael for joining the conversation!
Oh and to Tiil, I appreciate the capitalization of the word Blonde in your video. I'm going to submit that to Merriam-Webster as an official word change: standard capitalization of the word Blonde in all media, throughout the universe, in perpetuity. I think we deserve that after all we've been through.
But first, some links:
http://www.michaelcdonaldson.com
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org
