I've been a fan of modernism for a long time, mid-century modernism in particular. A few months ago I had the pleasure of helping Jason Silva, principal at local architecture firm, set up an installation piece from his project: SacDigiFab, featured at the Crocker Art Museum during an AIA event. SacDigiFab has also been featured at the Launch festival, TEDxSacramento, Hacker Lab and the VSP Think Tank. Find Jason on twitter, he's a pretty cool guy.
Action
The first step to getting a project or job started is to, wait for it... get started. Too many times we wait for business to come to us or to wait for inspiration. There's something to be said about the process of doing. The inspiration comes from the process and the process informs the inspiration.
Have you been waiting for that perfect time to start that new series using alternative processes or create the perfect portfolio for that perfect client that will pay for your creative vision and will trust you to make it happen? There will never be a perfect time. The only perfect time is now.
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Meta-Journalism
Journalism changed overnight while I was studying it in college. Over the years there have been several shows and films to show the inner workings of how news is made. Who can forget the performances from 1976's Network and what George Clooney did in "Good Night and Good Luck" about Edward Murrow. Jeff Daniels has head up the cast for HBO's The Newsroom for the last two years. One of the most recent entries into this category has been distributed on Youtube from PBS Digital Studios starting in February of 2014. Starring and co-produced by Steve Goldbloom and Noah Pink it's Everything But the News. Episode 1 is embedded above. Check it out.