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Appearances to the contrary

by Bill on July 29, 2010

It would appear this blog is in abeyance but au contraire … I’ve actually written quite a few posts. Unfortunately, well-intended as they may have been, they kind of sucked. So they remain offline in the half-baked stage. I had one, however, that wasn’t too bad but I decided that instead of a long, windy [...]

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This is what I have been doing

by Bill on July 20, 2010

It seems wrong to say I haven’t posted anything this week because I’ve been busy — it’s Tuesday! But in many ways this is more like Thursday to me since I spent the weekend working. And a lot of that work is in the half-baked stage. But some isn’t … Creative energy I have a [...]

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Visual storytelling: know your medium

by Bill on July 9, 2010

There is a 30 second ad I’d like you watch — but with the sound off. You’ve probably seen the ad before; it has been on TV enough and all over the Internet. Whether you have seen it or not, I’d still ask you to look at it again without any sound. I’ll tell you [...]

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Intention and human behaviour

by Bill on July 5, 2010

You make something. It’s intended to do this and to be used in a certain way. Then people come along and muck it all up by using it in an entirely different way. You intended this; people did that. People make you nuts sometimes. Ian Roundtree had a post on the weekend where this came [...]

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The real road trip

by Bill on June 14, 2010

An interesting post led to an even more interesting discussion. On Thoughtwrestling, Rebecca posted “Zen and the Road Trip Book,” her take on Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM), a book from 1974 that has lingered for many over the years. It’s a road trip book that isn’t about a road [...]

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Books from my night table

by Bill on June 12, 2010

I like books; I like to read. Over at Thoughtwrestling, we’ve had a week of book suggestions and/or reviews from the various contributors. I made mention a few days ago about a book I’m currently re-reading called Exuberance. I also wrote a review of it. Today it occurred to me it would be interesting to [...]

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Principles not rules

by Bill on May 31, 2010

There is a wonderful quote from Robert McKee in reference to stories. It is this: “Story is about principles, not rules.” He explains the difference by saying a rule tells you what to; a principle simply says, “This works.” The first is usually an absolute, though nothing is ever absolute. The second is just good [...]

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