Readings

The clerk, RIP
The clerk has been killed by the economy, Netflix, iTunes and Amazon. Computers might want your creative job next [full article]

Stephen Garrett on crafting a winning trailer
For a self-distributor, it can mean getting 100,000 hits on YouTube within a week. For indie filmmakers trying to make an impression, it’s a chance to have their no-budget D.I.Y. movies stand shoulder-to-shoulder with The Hobbit and Avatar 2 on iTunes… [full article]

2011 in photos (part 3)

Better remember to post this even if a bit late after the first two…

A defaced portrait of fugitive Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi in Tripoli on Sept. 1, 2011 as the fallen strongman vowed again not to surrender in a message broadcast on the 42nd anniversary of the coup which brought him to power. (Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images)

Base!

As has become tradition, I took a break from blogging and the internet over these New Years period.Β  The one difference in this case is it’s not a year+ long break.Β  Just three weeks.Β  Enough to recharge some of the brain juices and lay down some plans and concepts for the year ahead.

2011 was such an exhausting marathon of a year in events and news that by the start of December, I was quite done with it. 2012 on the other hand is already starting to look good and there is so much more to look forward to.Β  So much so, that that almost sounds optimistic.

Can’t wait.