This year SXSW really came through with some great panels, which sent me home energized and focused, ready to affect change and be a better design. The short list There probably were some really dreadful panels this year too; I just did a good job of sniffing them out so that near everything I saw [...]
What’s going on at the Christiana Mall? I had heard rumor that the mall was in trouble, possibly going the way of Tri-State and other failed malls, taking in Dollar Stores and other cheaper chains and becoming to scary to go to unless you are protected by your teenage gang. That didn’t sound like the [...]
Its a special day for sports fans, the day you remember that ESPN has private content that it wont show you Any other day, or rather, for any other sports topics the footprint of ESPNs private articles is very small, hardly noticeable, but they seem to keep the majority of their NFL Draft content restricted [...]
Actors are not too different from bloggers. They have a talent of expression that they want to share with an audience. Their traditional avenues, on stage and on film, are equally costly and sparse. Unfortunately, a great many actors are convinced those are the only avenues and will give up their passion when they find [...]
The South by Southwest conference in Austin once again proved to be a fantastic opportunity to feel the pulse of the industry and see where the bleeding edge is and how much catching up we have to do. I will happy to discover that this year I didn’t feel at all behind the curve. My [...]
The founding brothers where I work used to have their own weekly call-in show on NPR where they learned the art of answering the caller’s question: Keep it brief, Answer the question and Move on. Their reasoning was that whatever question a single individual brings to the table is typically relevant only to that person [...]
A group of my friends with too much time on their hands and an email list were given a bracket of 64 films to determine what we as a community consider the “best film”. There were no metrics provide, it was completely arbitrary selection. As we approach the final rounds, I find myself with the [...]
