“What Google Could Learn from Pixar" by Peter Sims at the Harvard Business Review is a quick must read. It’s a great mini-history of the single greatest filmmaking collective of all time. Pixar is magic. Together with Apple, they represent the companies I admire most. One interesting tidbit is how Pixar’s co-founder Ed Catmull ...
I’m a director. The job is despotic. You’re the boss of the production. You play god, the designer of the film/commercial/music video’s universe. When you’re good at it, as James Cameron or Oliver Stone or Woody Allen is, you create a window into a rich world that connects with people on an emotion, empathetic level. The ...
Just in case you’re weren’t absolutely certain that the tax man was an evil supervillain, PA is making it completely clear. Get a load of that tagline: FIND US BEFORE WE FIND YOU Wow. Seriously. Are they kidding? I’ve come to believe that big government ...
CNNMoney featured the following headline on monday: “Economists: The stimulus didn’t help”. From the article: In latest quarterly survey by the National Association for Business Economics, the index that measures employment showed job growth for the first time in two years -- but a majority of respondents felt the fiscal stimulus had no impact. NABE conducted ...
I’m very pleased to announce that Russ Roberts and I have won a Sammie Award for Best Video for “Fear the Boom and Bust”, which has also officially crossed the 1 million view mark on YouTube, with over 100,000 more views in the various subtitled versions. Check out this cool widget:
Today at 4:45 I will be appearing on Bloomberg TV’s “Street Smart” hosted by Carol Massar and Matt Miller to discuss the success of “Fear the Boom and Bust”. This will be my first appearance ever on live TV. I’m a little nervous, especially because I have a tendency to blather on and on when ...
I was interviewed yesterday live on an Australian morning radio show (via phone while sitting at my desk) called Radio Australia Today. The host, Phil Kafcaloudes, was gracious as well as challenging and sharp. Phil blogged about the video on their site. I’ll quote it here in its entirety because their blog doesn’t have ...
I reached out to Russ Roberts one year ago because I wanted to change the world with video. I wanted to make a difference, honestly. Our year of effort on that mission is finally beginning to pay off. "Fear the Boom and Bust", the music video Russ and I created to explore the macroeconomics debate ...
Last night, Scott Baker and Liz Stephans over at breitbart.tv’s B-Cast interviewed me about our hit video, “Fear the Boom and Bust”. It’s looping live all weekend. I haven’t done this kind radio/TV interview stuff before. Usually I’m the behind the scenes guy. Clearly, I need some help answering questions at less-than-holy-bible length. ...
Today’s so-called government “Hero”: He’s BACK! Behold, the freshly confirmed, chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke. Last month, Time Magazine anointed Ben Bernanke as “Person of the Year” and heralded his performance… He didn't just reshape U.S. monetary policy; he led an effort to save the world economy. Amazing right? ...
