August 2009
61 posts
Last night I could see the flames from the Station Fire over 25 miles away in Calabasas. Today the sky is full of smoke and ash.
RT @showbizsandbox Thanks to @akstanwyck for linking to satirical video of @davidpoland and @wellshwood fighting - http://bit.ly/Tsk95
The Ebb and Flow of Movies - Box Office Receipts... →
Summer blockbusters and holiday hits make up the bulk of box office revenue each year, while contenders for the Oscars tend to attract smaller audiences that build over time. Here’s a look at how…
Not sure what’s more sad, DJ AM dying at age 36 (presumably of overdose) or my feeling ancient for not even knowing who he was.
Hey everyone we can use some Digg love for our latest episode of Showbiz Sandbox - http://bit.ly/1OCgKR
Showbiz Sandbox 17: Twitter Makes Movie Critics... →
The social media platform is responsible for the successful opening weekend of “Inglorious Basterds”? “Bruno” and “GI Joe” plummeted at the box office within their opening weekends, and box office…
RT @showbizsandbox: Showbiz Sandbox 17: Twitter Makes Movie Critics Important Again (with guest @akstanwyck) - http://bit.ly/4GtwaA
Marketing Mix 4Ps Ppt Presentation →
Interesting presentation on product management.
RT @showbizsandbox Most insightful commentary on the legal spat between Redbox and the studios comes from @akstanwyck - http://bit.ly/13cbkT
I Am Rogue →
iamrogue.com is a platform for infiltrating your voice into film, TV, music, fashion… To tell your stories, share your creativity. Whether it makes others cringe, laugh or get pissed off.
News Flash From the Future: What Will Journalism... →
With newspapersâ traditional business model in free fall, the top media minds at global design firm IDEO (designer of the Apple mouse, consultant to Fortune 500 companies) were asked to imagine:…
Is it just me, or does David Letterman seem to just be bored with being a talk show host lately? He comes off as if he’s phoning it in.
I saw Elvis Costello at the Greek Theatre last night. I am beginning to think folk music is the new rock and roll.
RT @showbizsandbox Roger Friedman’s Showbiz 411 blog (@showbiz411) has a fresh new redesign. Check it out. - http://bit.ly/D3ItV
Showbiz Sandbox Episode 16: Hollywood Thinks Outside The Redbox (with special guest @davidpoland) - http://bit.ly/WkX8I
14 Easy to Implement Drop Down Menu Solutions |... →
A good and well executed drop down menu can make navigating a large site easy for the user. While drop downs make site navigation easy, sometimes they can seem difficult to implement.
Map/Territory: Augmented Reality Without the Phone... →
The world will become our display. As a stopgap we are busily turning our phones into the lens through which we view floating tweets and wikipedia entries. However designers like Timo Arnall are…
Finally going to sit down and watch the first episode of the new Mad Men season. Thank you TiVo!
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RT @HitFixDaniel Showtime Orders 10-Part Oliver Stone Documentary Series: http://tinyurl.com/lroskb
Showbiz Sandbox 16: Hollywood Thinks Outside The... →
“District 9” topped the box office in North America over the weekend with $37 million, but will it have legs? Aaron Sorkin writes the Facebook movie. The Weinstein Company is in need of a hit….
Product Managers & Marketers: What The Internet of... →
When commercial products are connected to the Internet, it will introduce a whole new range of functionalities and marketing possibilities.
PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner →
Intended for everyone new to PHP. It opens with a series of informal, entertaining tutorials written by Vikram Vaswani, founder and CEO of Melonfire. These tutorials build on a previously-published…
RT @mashable Radiohead Releases Free MP3: These Are My Twisted Words http://cli.gs/GtVrQ
Seeing “District 9” at the AMC Promenade 16. I can’t remember the last time I saw a movie on opening night… or a Friday night!
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Carrington - The CMS Theme Framework for WordPress →
Carrington is a CMS theme framework for WordPress from Crowd Favorite.
As Films Leave, Behind-The-Scenes Hollywood Fades →
Culver City, Calif., was once known as “the heart of screenland.” It’s where the original King Kong, Alfred Hitchcock’s thrillers and the classic Citizen Kane were shot. Now productions are moving…
Showbiz Sandbox 15: Ferris Bueller Is A Jerk! features @korbigirl discussing the TCA Press Tour - http://bit.ly/zcNEq
RT @showbizsandbox NY Times: As Studios Cut Budgets, Independent Filmmakers Distribute On Their Own - http://bit.ly/2uIcuR
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The Los Angeles Times launched a redesign of it’s website and it’s actually decent - http://bit.ly/2OAktc
Showbiz Sandbox 15: Ferris Bueller Is A Jerk! →
Korbi Ghosh of Zap2it’s Korbi TV blog joins us again to discuss Paula Adbul leaving “American Idol,” Jeanine Mason winning “So You Think You Can Dance,” and this past week’s Television Critics…
Health-Care Reform: Do Animals or People Get... →
In the last few years, I have had the opportunity to compare the human and veterinary health services of Great Britain, and on the whole it is better to be a dog.
Best Video Editing Apps For Bloggers -- Video... →
Video blogging software seems to be a bit scattershot as a category. To that end, the programs I looked at had to cover three things: capture from a device like a webcam, allow basic editing of…
Web 2.0 Tools and Applications - Go2web20 →
A directory of Web 2.0 applications.
Blog Talk Radio →
BlogTalkRadio is a provider of thousands of internet talk radio shows. Our streaming and archived shows are produced by anyone that wants to be an internet radio host.
How ‘American Idol’ and Paula Abdul Parted Ways -... →
Paula Abdulâs departure from âAmerican Idolâ was the product of months of calculation: financial and logistical on the part of the showâs producers and its network, Fox, and entrepreneurial…
Spent lunch visiting Sentor Dianne Feinstein’s L.A. office to voice support for health care reform. Now it’s back to work.
Since when did Plaxo turn syncing with Microsoft Outlook into a premium service? Darn them!
RT @showbizsandbox Terry Gilliam’s ‘Doctor Parnassus’ finds Stateside buyer (Hint: It’s Sony!) - http://shar.es/Ok8V
Bits: Tweeting for Dollars →
Izea, an advertising network, has begun paying Twitter users for sending sponsored tweets to their followers.
Just signed up to visit Senator Feinstein’s local office to talk to her staff about health insurance reform: http://bit.ly/IrE8w
I’m ten minutes into “The Proposition” starring Guy Pearce and I could swear I’ve seen this film before. I just can’t remember when.
Garageband just crashed deleting the entire episode of this weeks Showbiz Sandbox (@showbizsandbox). Thank goodness I record 2 track backup.
Should the Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern have reviewed “G.I. Joe” without seeing it? - http://bit.ly/1msxBZ
Why oh why does Hulu.com not have entire seasons of TV programs? Just realized I didn’t see a single episode of “Prison Break” Season 4.
Riddle me this: How does a book which has yet to be released have reviews on Amazon? - http://bit.ly/cgDh0
RT @showbizsandbox Showbiz Sandbox Episode 14: Zooey Deschanel Proves It’s Twee To Be You And Me - http://bit.ly/124dBF
YouTube - C'etait un Rendez vous →
Director Claude Lelouch mounts a camera to the front bumper of a sports car, and films it howling through the streets of Paris very early one summer’s morning.