From TechCrunch: Long outplayed by two Indian brothers, Hasbro finally delivers a massive counter blow to Scrabulous, one of the most loved games on Facebook. Scrabulous fans in North America will see the following message when they try to play the game: Scrabulous is disabled for U.S. and Canadian users until further notice. If you [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 28, 2008
Globalizing Community: A Long Form Video That Brought Us Together
I saw that Randy Pausch passed away over the weekend. I’ve heard about his speech, but never invested the time to watch it until tonight. There’s a dozen other things I need to be doing right now, but damn that thing sucked me in. It has everything, laughter, cool stories, and then literally makes you [...]
July 27, 2008
Comic Con and Just For Laughs Wrap Up: Thanks!
It’s hard not to become overwhelmed with the love and positivity that we experienced down in San Diego at Comic Con. You guys are awesome. It’s hard to explain how isolated we can feel sometimes making Ask A Ninja. We see the numbers of downloads we get and know that someone must be watching, but [...]
July 24, 2008
Quick Reflections Before I Leave My Hotel
Just wanted to capture this time right now before I head off from my hotel to Comic Con. I feel so electric and pumped. Douglas and I work largely in isolation. Not really being a part of Hollywood. We have a large community of friends from both improvisation and now the online video world that [...]
July 19, 2008
My Comic Con Schedule
We’ve been working with the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes producers to make Comic Con really cool for you guys. First and foremost there’s going to be an awesome double bill screening of the original Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Return of the Killer Tomatoes at PetCo park on Thursday night. Click here for [...]
July 6, 2008
Festivals, Awards and other Frippery
There’s been a sub-kerfuffle off the whole is Indie film dead discussion, on whether festivals like Sundance even matter anymore? First let give disclosure — I am largely a festival outsider. I’ve been to SXSW, but mostly as a part of their Interactive section. I’ve never been to Sundance, Cannes, or Berlin. I did submit [...]
July 2, 2008
John August Knows
Man that Mark Gill certainly got everyone in a tizzy. My earlier take has been confirmed by none other than John August, successful screenwriter and indie director of The Nines, a film that went to Sundance and starred Ryan Reynolds. From his blog: My advice? You should make an indie film to make a film. [...]
