Tag: Larry Brody

Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie – Chapter 15

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by Lessa Dean

Really busy week. Not going out as much (to panels, workshops, etc.) but heavily working on a new top secret project that I’ll be able to share in a few months. And between that, tweaking Episode 8 of Chilltown (which launches next week!), doing the radio shows (the Lele segments plus three new interviews this week, including one on HipHopHeadz which really was a ton of fun.)

Something kept cropping up during the interviews: I got asked how I broke into writing. Not the web arena, but writing in general. read article

Joss Whedon Inspires the Hell Out of Us

…With his Wesleyan University Commencement Address, which he delivered only yesterday. Posted on the Wesleyan University blog by Lauren Rubenstein, who evidently sat there and listened so we wouldn’t have to.

But, man, we would have liked to:

Joss Whedon and his Wesleyan Commencement SpeechWhedon ’87 Delivers 181st Commencement Address
by Lauren Rubenstein

Joss Whedon ’87 delivered the Wesleyan Commencement Address on May 26: read article

How Much Will Google’s Trojan Horse Disrupt TV?

In the, you know, best sense of “disrupt?”

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It’s a huge year for TV’s future. Yet for all the excitement about Web-first soap operas, data-driven programming and the disruption of broadcast, the Internet TV “inflection point” that 2013 has become is just the beginning. A Trojan horse is slowly rolling into town, and it’s bursting at the seams with data. Wheeling it along is none other than Google.

Indeed, if the data-fueled success of Netflix’s House of Cards is as crucial to TV’s future as many believe, what Google is most likely planning will make the transformation we’ve witnessed so far look like early innings in a very long ball game. read article

And Now, for All You Benedict Cumberbatch Lovers

Something to think about:

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Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch: A Visual Examination
by Red Scharlach

Click the pic above and see more!

LB: David Gerrold & D.C. Fontana Have a Kickstarter Project

And since they’re both friends of mine (and Dorothy – I mean D.C.) was one of my earliest mentors, all I can say is I can’t wait to sign on.

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And guess what? Leonard Nimoy – you remember him, right? Used to be…oh, what was that Vulcan’s name again? – is all gung-ho about this too: read article