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- I knew I was going to lose one day when I flew to India, but somehow I seem to have lost two. It "feels" like Monday to me, but really it's.
- RT @ssorokin: Very cook tool - check it out: Bottlenose 2.0: Taming The “Share-pocalypse” With A Smarter Social Media Dashboard | http:/ ...
- @RonSupportsYou @ezraklein Thanks, Ron. Ezra, now following you.
- Arrived in New Delhi. Settling in and unpacking. 23 hours in flight. Queue the Rocky Horror song: "Let's Do the Time Warp Today..."
- About to board a long flight-- fortunately I have +Daisy Whitney 's "The Rivals" to keep me company.
- @Namitaved Yes indeed!
- @mitensampat @quova I'm around. Usually easy to find right after the keynote ends. Look forward to seeing you.
- Getting ready to head to ad:tech New Delhi tomorrow-- long flight, but worth it for a great show: http://t.co/5YBLXtI4
- Just figured it out... it's @craigmod. Phew.
- Tweeps & FBers, there's a Tokyo-based expert on presentations. I'm blocking on his name. Can anybody help? DM or private email, please.
- Awesome coloring @ McMenamin's. http://t.co/M84njyMX
- New hat. Just like dad's. http://t.co/N9PDwnYF
- @kdoohan Wow! Photographic evidence! THANKS & ENJOY! #redcrosse http://t.co/3Cy8FNcm Hooray!
- RT @MediaReDEF: 20th Century Fox joins rush to produce made-for-the-Web shows http://t.co/eDubhxUq /via @MediaReDEF
- RT @RonSupportsYou: ‘Shatner's World’ on Broadway: Definitely on his own planet: http://t.co/SqYl9oeZ
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Category Archives: TV & Movies
TV Trans-Genre Moments: Last Night’s “Castle”
Note: Massive, Promiscuous Spoiler Alerts– you have been warned Last night saw the fourth season premiere of “Castle” on ABC, and it was an enjoyable hour-long police procedural that has as its main job to UNDO everything that had been … Continue reading
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Netflix’s Big OOPS– didn’t these guys take Psych 101?
Topline takeway for this post: Netflix has screwed up, turning unconsidered background choices into front-of-mind considerations. They don’t understand how pleasure and satisfaction work. I’m on vacation and somewhat unplugged, but I was still connected enought to receive a surprising … Continue reading
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Simile Search: Please Help This Writer!
I’m looking for evocative comparisons that talk about how one thing so automatically comes with another that we take the pairing for granted. Like, “the juice comes with the meat” (except it often doesn’t) or “the warmth that comes with … Continue reading
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Super Storytelling Smackdown: “Smallville” vs. “Thor”
This is a post about the difference between experiencing a story and remembering it later, a distinction that we pay too little attention to in the media world. I’ll talk about theater, movies, TV, Superman, Thor and Shakespeare, and there … Continue reading
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And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth, or Why to See “The Social Network”
[Cross posted with the iMedia Connection blogs.] This isn’t a movie review, although I will talk about the movie “The Social Network” that came out last weekend. Instead, in this short post I argue that everybody reading this post – … Continue reading
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Do All Business Strategy Books Suck?
What explicit business strategy books have you read lately (or ever) that were worthwhile and why were they worthwhile? Continue reading
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Child Endangerment Porn, or, my problems with "Slumdog" and "Dollhouse"
A friend with a good track record of Oscar predictions thinks “Slumdog Millionaire” will win best picture, best director and best screenplay. My wife and I left the theater an hour into the movie. We walked out at the moment … Continue reading
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Beautiful, wacky Batman image from a 1960s LIFE cover…
My friend Grant McCracken posted the other day about LIFE MAGAZINE opening its photography archives via Google, which is wonderful news. Over the holidays, I received a number of Batman-related goodies (I’m a Batfan) and I have my new DVD … Continue reading
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"TiVo Guilt" conversation continues
A lot of people have picked up on CNN’s TiVo Guilt pieces that featured an interview with me: http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/infinity-not-quite-as-big-as-it-used-to-be/ http://www.oopstime.com/news/health/22008/yes-i-am-afflicted-with-tivo-guilt.html http://dailydish.honadvblogs.com/2008/12/03/got-tivo-guilt/ http://www.fresnobeehive.com/archives/2008/12/what_tv_shows_g.html http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/12/03/tivo-guilt-dont-they-have-a-pill-for-that/ http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/atlarge/2008/12/new_i_refuse_to_believe_1.html http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/02/yes-i-am-afflicted-with-tivo-guilt/ http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDU3MjBiMDNkNjM2N2FmM2RiMThiMGRlNDBmNGIzN2I= http://blogs.kxly.com/blog/2008/12/02/tivo-guilt/ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1266561/tivo_guilt_too_much_of_a_good_tivo.html?cat=15 http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=34622 http://economics.com.au/?p=1897 http://www.tcpalm.com/blogs/thewatercooler/2008/dec/03/tivo_guilt/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/question_of_the_day_how_far_back_do_your_tivo_shows_go-2.html Some are taking it seriously and some are … Continue reading
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I'm on CNN!
CNN’s Brooke Anderson interviewed me for a story about how TiVo can transform relaxing entertainment into a burdensome homework assignment, and it hit the Headline News network and CNN.com today. You can see it here: Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” … Continue reading