Stuff I learned this week – #11/11
20. März 2011
- Anthony Lane has found the exact right way to react to The King’s Speech‘s Best Picture Win.
- Data Journalism even works for movies.
- Simon Pegg and Nick Frost can still pull of a decent Star Wars Parody.
- Jay Rosen pulls apart the bloggers-vs-journalists paradigm.
- Matt Waite writes some true words about how the future of journalism can only start if we hack the core.
- In a fun riff on the “SF is really about today”-trope, all this futuristic ad really does is show that touchscreens are all the rage now.
- If you know nothing about CGI, this is probably the wrong blog for you, but you might consider watching this 20-Minute-Documentary cut together from different featurettes and sporting a very annoying voiceover.
- Den “VISDP”-Artikel über Ranga Yogeshwars Erklärstrategie fand ich klasse.
- Die Landesmedienanstalten versuchen es mal mit (fragwürdigem) Zuckerbrot statt Peitsche.
- Martin Weigert fasst die “Unterträglichkeit” von Twitter in Breaking-News-Situationen sehr treffend zusammen.
- Lukas Heinser kennt den Club 27, dem ich jüngst enstiegen bin.
via Fünf Filmfreunde, Medial Digital, Netzpiloten, Bildblog, The Film Doctor
Stuff I learned this Week – #5/11
6. Februar 2011
- Clyde DeSouza thinks the 3D in Tron Legacy is the best use of the medium so far.
- Tron is pretty much Star Wars.
- There is an awesome making of for The Social Network, where they actually show people working.
- Black Swan‘s visual effects are subtle but more than you think.
- They called it “Faking Movie” in 1929.
- John Lasseter thinks, we’re dumb motherfuckers (says “The Onion”).
- Thomas F. Wilson answers questions in song.
- James Franco teaches a class about himself.
- Gas companies rebel against Gasland
- Mark Zuckerberg has a sense of humour.
- Musicians have to rethink the way they will earn money in the future, says OK Go’s Damian Kulash.
- I would like to race virtual cars.
- Harald Martenstein hat Skandale satt.
- Ich hoffe, ich bin selbst ein Blogger mit normal großem Ego.
Stuff I learned this week – #50/10
19. Dezember 2010
- The Films of 2010 allow for great montages.
- A small step out of the digital world can mean a lot.
- End-of-year-marketing has a special place in Chris Thilk’s heart.
- 1931 soothsayers got some things right.
- There is some great unproduced screenplays out there.
- David Bordwell loves the “Hollywood Reporter” archives.
- Clay Shirky believes 2011 will bring about changes for the syndication model.
- There is media attention hope for specialized bloggers (like me).
- 2010 was another interesting year for ideas.
- Thomas Knüwer sieht in den Verfechtern des Leistungsschutzrechts die neuen Ruhrbarone.
Worte zum Wochenende
23. Oktober 2009
Wie viele deutsche Blogger sind auch die, die sich hinter “muentefering” verbargen, medienkritische Menschen. Ganz klar: Das ist gut so, sowas braucht die Mediengesellschaft. Dass aber immer mehr Menschen auf die Idee kommen, Journalisten mehr oder weniger gezielt an der Nase herum zu führen, und das dann als großes medienkritisches Experiment verkaufen, ist ein schlechter Witz.
Johannes Boie , Schaltzentrale
// Falsche Fälscher
[via BildBlog]
Ich liebe die Freiheit, das Nachdenken mit anderen, das Fremde, das Querverbinden. Frau Schwarzer findet, ich sollte Journalistin sein. Und nun?
Meike Winnemuth , SZ-Magazin
// Projekt Neustart
[via BildBlog]
Unfortunately, a chief executive only a few years from retirement is hardly motivated to sack loyal colleagues to bring on board lots of teenagers to turn their company upside down.
Luke Johnson , Financial Times
// Generation game redefines business
[via Buzzmachine]
“There is a whitewashed, idealised version of childhood that is popular in movies. It has the kids sitting neatly in their chairs, talking with some adult, in a sarcastic, overly sophisticated but polite way – a concoction that bears no resemblance to an actual kid”
Dave Eggers , im Interview mit dem Guardian
// New film Where the Wild Things Are sends parents into a ‘rumpus’
Netzartikel VIII
1. September 2009
Eine kleine Glosse zu Alternativen für Journalisten, wie sie das Netz gerne hätte. Und weil Verlinkungen im Print ja leider nicht gehen, hier die Links, auf die ich mich im Artikel beziehe: