by The Wordyeti | Oct 13, 2006 | journalism
It’s one of the dirty little secrets of market research that the time-honored audience questionnaires are about as accurate as sitting down and playing "let’s pretend." Especially here in L.A. – as exemplified by some of my friends...
by The Wordyeti | Oct 12, 2006 | journalism
When you see Doc Searls gush something like this: Last night Jon Lund told me about something that blew my mind. Newspapers are a Happening Thing here in Denmark. There are very creative "wars" going on between rival papers. Read Danish media revolution: New...
by The Wordyeti | Sep 13, 2006 | journalism
The latest in a series of nasty little revelations that perhaps there are people (nefarious characters, I tell you!) lurking online whose general ethical demeanor is not exactly that of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, is the kerfuffle over the story ratings over at...
by The Wordyeti | Aug 28, 2006 | television
The fourth day of shooting started with me driving the ‘Sclade to the alley behind Ted’s house – yes, that same Ted that appeared in Day 1. He had generously offered to allow me to shoot in the alley behind his house, because it’s pretty photogenic –...
by The Wordyeti | Aug 25, 2006 | journalism, television
The third day of shooting dawned with me already running behind. I was supposed to be using a borrowed Range Rover for the picture car. That had fallen through at the last moment. So at 10 p.m. the night before, I was calling around to rental car agencies, trying to...