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Digital Content State of the Union – Part 1
It’s 2012 and the state of our digital content stream is bullshit. We are nearly 3 years from the switch to a pure digital broadcast television system, six years since computers landed in our living rooms disguised as gaming consoles and 16 years since the passing of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. We have home networks, [...]
03.26.12 | life, media, technology | bradley
How To Fix QR Codes
Too many marketers freaking love QR Codes. For these individuals, there is nothing that a QR code can’t fix. It’s so much nicer than a plain old URL. It’s mysterious. It practically inspires clicks. The rest of the world (read “people”), could not care less. So, to help those marketers out, I’ve come up with [...]
03.22.12 | media, technology | bradley
The Problem With Using Macs for Business
The following is a one act dramatization of what happens on a regular basis when attempting to use a Mac in an office setting. “Hey computer, why did you put those reports in my downloads folder when they were printed PDFs?” “Dunno, man.” “Well, can you open up my downloads folder so I can use [...]
03.20.12 | life, technology | bradley
Home On The Range
I just want to take small objects and move them in a largely linear path across a distance. Guns or clubs matter little this morning.
You Can’t Say That!
When I was a kid, there was a show called You Can’t Do That On Television. It’s now famous for having starred a pre-little pill Alanis Morisette, but at the time the show was known for having a Pavlovian method of censorship – say the wrong word or phrase and stuff rains down on you. [...]
03.9.12 | life, media, technology | bradley
Abortion Ad Absurdum
The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate have both passed HB 462 – a bill requiring an ultrasound (previously requiring a transvaginal ultrasound) as well as requiring a waiting period before getting an abortion. To the people in support of that bill I argue this: Number of times the Bible bans the eating of shell [...]
Suddenly Cold…
I suddenly got very cold and weak. That can mean only one thing: the lean pockets I had for lunch have gone on the offensive. This might be my last blog post. [Editor's note: See? You can talk about what you had for lunch on any new media, not just Twitter.]
New Web Series For Your Eyeballs
Web-based episodic fiction is hard. Really hard. You have no budget, which is good because viewers have no attention span. However, when creating your narrative, this means restricting episodes to pretty much one simultaneous plot line. Television viewers rejected the single plot line ages ago. Even the most basic television series have had an A [...]
02.27.12 | life, media, technology | bradley
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