Film Studies 101: The 30 Camera Shots Every Film Fan Needs To Know zite.to/19BbuQb
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‘Enter a galaxy of adventure with the Micronauts!” megomuseum.com/megolibrary/de…
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New at my blog: Creator gave Peter O’Toole yet another chance to shine bit.ly/1d6N52K
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#StarTrek fan creates $30,000 replica of Enterprise bridge in basement dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
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The Captain Kirk Problem: How #DoctorWho Betrayed Matt Smith zite.to/1h9bs6W
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Creator gave Peter O’Toole yet another chance to shine
“Words can be wonderful things.” The death of Peter O’Toole this month is still something I haven’t been able to fully process. Peter O’Toole was so ALIVE in his performances… The idea of such a vibrant presence being gone from…
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2013’s failed and forgotten predictions from psychics: relativelyinteresting.com/2013-failed-fo…
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RIP character actor Joseph Ruskin deadline.com/2013/12/r-i-p-…
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Finished the year with a burst of writing activity – check out the latest at josephdickerson.com
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#Disney releases a new Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short… in Japan. youtube.com/watch?v=0_LSKR…
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New at my blog: What is a “big problem” a product designer can work on? bit.ly/1cS60nd
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Watching the last movie of my #NeglectedCinema series for 2013: Peter O’Toole in Creator.
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Just sent my latest book “i, Geek” to the iBookstore – hopefully it will be available soon!
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Here’s a guy who’s really good at Missile Command…He played it for almost three days.
On one quarter. kotaku.com/hes-played-57-…
Family, My Quora answers
What are the most startling differences between the US and Australia?
I lived in Australia for almost two years, so here’s my list on incongruities: People drink ALL THE TIME. I often walked from the train station to the office and people were having a pint at 8 AM. Beer at lunch?…
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Good question. I would say it’s because when you are trying to sell a car you are selling a fixed thing, and the focus of the conversation tends to be promoting that thing. Don’s style is in selling a dream, a vision of what people want to have or be. He deals in emotions, not facts. Selling a car in a one-and-one situation is about promoting specifications. Selling a car to a mass audience is about selling that emotion.
Also, Don is self-centered, and probably didn’t spend the time talking to the customer to reframe his sales pitch to align to their needs. See question on Quora