“When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.” -Stephen King | Continue »

It was a weird week. Uptown and in Brooklyn, and in many other places somewhat more remote, life went on as normal. I know, because I visited those countries and saw this with my own eyes. What was weird was... | Continue »

Now that Google+ has made Twitter and Facebook totally obsolete, I figured I could finally post my list of Top 10 Things on Twitter that drive me absolutely bananas without actually offending anyone. Because, apparently, offending people is now something... | Continue »

While the film/nerd gossip world recovered from Lars Von Trier's Nazi jokes, my heart went out to friend of Hello, TypePad Kirsten Dunst, who was getting rave reviews for her performance as the last bride before the world ends (although... | Continue »

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During our Unrequited Love in Film challenge, the inspiration for my "Yellow Rose of Texas" Dress was Elizabeth Taylor's character in Giant. While I was never a huge Elizabeth Taylor fan (I'm more a Debbie Reynolds sort of person), she was one of those celebrities that sort of seemed like they were immortal. Especially for me, as a child of the 1980s. I remember her being the living icon of "Old Hollywood." Like so many other child stars, she regretted losing her childhood to Hollywood (that was her bond with Michael Jackson). Lest we think that turning very young teenagers... | Continue »

Publish quickly. The network rewards the first person to show up on the scene to describe what is going on, and it's important to get a version of that story underway promptly. Edit at leisure. The editing process takes time,... | Continue »

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here's the short story: (a) we believe in strong voices, (b) we believe curation is a good thing, and (c) the best way to demonstrate those beliefs is to show who and what we're talking about. via www.sippey.com Yep, that... | Continue »

RT @drewpsie: Charlie Sheen is a whole bunch of Who Cares. | Continue »

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The Milk Song from Alaina Browne on Vimeo. The Milk Song: The happy noises Malcolm makes while he nurses. | Continue »

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Nathan Fillian says: If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to Firefly, make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet. I can think of two reasons why we should revive Firefly. First: it was the most awesomest TV show that ever was or ever shall be. And I'll say it a billion times: that is not hyperbole. Secondly, let's face it: TV needs more Morena Baccarin, but that pixie haircut on 'V' is drawing unwanted attention to a freakishly long neck that was hidden behind... | Continue »

How have blogs changed, and what's there to miss about them? [fluffy just wrote][fluffy] some good thoughts that dovetail with a project I'd like to work on, so I thought I'd respond at a little more length. ### The current impasse ### Why does no one offer modern blogging with... | Continue »

Today was Six Apart's last day. It became Say Media this afternoon. And end of an amazing company, and a start of a new one. A colleague said Six Apart was sort of like college. We all worked and played together, and over the years, we started bumping into alum around the city working at new ventures. We are still a group, and are having a big alum gathering later in January to all come together. Current Six Aparters will be with Say Media, but many of those I have worked with, especially from the very early years, have already... | Continue »

The paradox of an instant, worldwide, connected marketplace for all goods and services: All that succeeds is the unreasonable. You can get my attention if your product is unreasonably well designed, if your preparation is unreasonably over the top, if... | Continue »

I've come to really appreciate hyperlocal blogging...mostly because in the past year or so Berkeleyside has grown into a tremendous news outlet for my adopted home town. I'm hyperlocally self-centered that way. Case in point: Tracey Taylor's in-depth post about... | Continue »

In an interesting juxtaposition of timing, two months before my 25th wedding anniversary one of my dearest friends got married. Not only did it give me a chance to see and remember what it's like to be full of hope, so heartbreakingly sweet and also slightly naive, but it gave... | Continue »