by The Wordyeti | Aug 24, 2006 | journalism
On August 16, at the Filmmaker’s Alliance annual Vision Awards, the legendary director Werner Herzog got a lifetime achievement award. He was introduced by writer Zak Penn, whose initial introduction was sarcastic and hilarious. Although I...
by The Wordyeti | Jul 26, 2006 | journalism, television
Photos from Day 1 of the shoot: It has been damn near a month since I’ve written anything substantive on this blog,and the pictures below will tell the story of why. I have undertaken the most ambitious, and most foolish endeavor of my writing/video career...
by The Wordyeti | Jun 20, 2006 | journalism
…But Apparently the Guys in the Ad Department Do… Man, what does it say about the state of journalism that some of the funniest and on-point stuff comes from an ad weasel? Jesus. Over at Advertising Age, there is apparently room for people to...
by The Wordyeti | May 28, 2006 | journalism
"Red renders obsolescene obsolete."Continuing on with what was clearly the star of the LAFCPUG show (what a jaw-breaking acronym, but then, these are video guys, not writers) – everyone in the audience clearly sat up and attached their drool cups in...
by The Wordyeti | May 15, 2006 | journalism
Kicking around the web, I found this alarming notice, that Verizon (amongst others) is starting to use the blogosphere to manipulate public opinion, and to "astroturf." Basically, in a really despicable move, Verizon started faxing a local mayor, vaguely...
by The Wordyeti | May 12, 2006 | journalism
From Doc Searls:The future of local newspapers is local bloggers. Simple as that. Call them "stringers" if you like. But if you’re going to build a bridge from the past to the future of journalism, you’ll need bloggers to help build it.When I...
