I recently completed reading the great two-volume set The 50 Year Mission, An Oral History of Star Trek, and it got me thinking. The first volume, covering the original series and the subsequent films with the original cast, had some…
I’ve recently started jumping into Twitter threads with both feet in order to highlight some of the high geekery I love. Here is my recent thread on Star Trek coloring books… https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/970139852355395584 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/970140400852918273 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/970140667912605697 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/970140936784269312 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/970141189860192256 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/970141480538050560 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/970141871363194885 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/970142933528793089 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/970143776810381314…
I’m actually quite involved and interested in this question, as my job is to design computer interfaces and support new opportunities in user experiences that I could not have even dreamt of even 5 years ago (I did mobile design…
Several months ago I planned a Las Vegas trip for myself and my son Hunter as a graduation present (he finished high school in June) – he had never been to Vegas. Though he’s not yet old enough to do…
In Seattle for work this week and was able to make some time to visit the Star Trek 50th Anniversary Exhibit at the EMP Museum. The display is fantastic, with Paramount opening up their archives to showcase props and costumes…
I really don’t want to write anymore about Star Trek, but then CBS/Paramount does a stupid thing and I have to. This week, the owners of Star Trek released fan film guidelines, mostly in response to the lawsuit against the…
Never go full hipster. That, alas, is what I have done… In my man cave are stacks and stacks of vinyl, both new and old, and it has become my newest hobby/slash obsession. Recollecting albums I had as child, or…
As most people who read a blog like this knows, the new Star Wars film opened to a colossal amount of tickets sold – $250 million in the US, and $500 million dollars worldwide, and that was just during the…
Star Trek: The Motion Picture actually WAS an episode of the TV series – it was a script that was written for the planned Star Trek Phase II series. So in that respect it is the most like an extended…
To celebrate Star Trek’s 49th birthday, why don’t you read my thoughts on the franchise? I’ve written a lot on the series over the years, and here’s an index of the best of those posts… Wow, I’m prolific… A look…
It was on my bucket list. Like so many things on my bucket list, I had put it off. I was too busy with other things, I had too much work to do, I couldn’t put aside the time to…
At a loss for words right now, but I would be remiss to not express my profound grief at the loss of the wonderful actor director and writer Leonard Nimoy. The last time I was this affected by the loss…
I should be taking a victory lap. Roberto Orci, the writer/producer, has apparently been kicked off Star Trek 3 – a movie he was originally signed to both co-write and direct. Me and Mr. Orci, well… we have a history.…
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of the direction the latest Star Trek film, Into Darkness took the franchise. I won’t rehash my opinions here so, in summary: “big explosions plus weak characters and story” is not what…
I’m a pop culture whore. There’s so much that our industrial entertainment complex has come up with that I enjoy – Star Trek, Doctor Who, Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Prisoner, Breaking Bad… dozens and dozens of great shows and films…
“We are locally optimistic, and globally pessimistic.” That statement is a key point made in the book Abundance: the Future is Better than you think by Pete Diamandis and Steven Kotler. The quote is from one of the many people…