If you're a reader or subscriber of this blog, first of all, thank you. Secondly, if you'd like to keep receiving updates, please follow me over on my new site & blog . Years ago, I started Cafe Witness as an outlet for my casual observations....
Topics: blogging, cafewitness, personal, social media, sociology, thought process

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I'm bored with everything about your brand. I'm bored with your logo, I'm bored with your public outreach, and I'm bored with the endless obsession over what your brand means to others. In fact, if I never hear another word about your...
Topics: advertising, branding, common sense, communication, marketing, perception, reputation, thought process

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As a former agent at UTA, Barrett Garese has better insight into the future of media than most of us do, and he's blogged a fascinating essay about where he thinks film, TV and web content is headed. (In a nutshell, he believes the key is to...
Topics: barrett garese, convergence, essay, film, filmmaking, future, ideas, internet, media, tv

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Now that I'm moving to Baltimore, I'm faced with a very tough decision: what to do about Something to Be Desired , the web series I've been producing here in Pittsburgh since 2003. If you've never seen STBD, you're not alone --...
Topics: actors, baltimore, filmmaking, life, moving, personal, pittsburgh, stbd

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Last Friday, Ann and I went to Baltimore. She had a job interview that morning. On the way home, they emailed to offer her the position. Suddenly, I've gone from a champion of Pittsburgh to a soon-to-be transplant to Baltimore. What a whirlwind one.
Topics: baltimore, freelance, moving, pcpgh, personal, pittsburgh, stbd, travel, workflow

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