Aug
26
2009
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Interesting article about the business and creative success of Felicia Day and The Guild. Good for info and links in story.
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Quality post on using slang in YA writing, some very good advice here.
Aug
24
2009
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This is great fun… a full flash soundboard of various Star Wars sounds, great for sampling.
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Freelance job search by DoNanza. Search countless of online freelance jobs from across the web that you can do from anywhere. New freelance jobs added daily.
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To clarify further on previous, this agent is one of the main to consider.
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Big US agent, especially look out for the agents actively seeking new clients.
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Blue Mountains school that really does look inspiring and encouraging for Will… we are looking into this place quite seriously.
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Hot pics from the 2010 Pirelli calendar. Nice work!
Aug
21
2009
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Useful web analytics software… online setup, might be good for work.
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Really important to get into the programs and competitions through this site!
Aug
18
2009
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Another about.com thing that seems very US based, but could be a good thing for many at home.
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YCombinator news on their "request for startups" looking at journalism of the future… some interesting ideas here.
Aug
12
2009
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Another post about John Hughes, this time from the perspective of some Aussies at Allen & Unwin. What John Hughes' movies meant to them, and how he spoke to young people.
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Now this is amazing… a story recounting being John Hughes' pen pal in the 80s. Full of beauty, sincerity and all-round decency. Says a lot about the guy. RIP.
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Damn…. The Blair Witch Project is now 10 years old… and I feel old now
This piece is a good insight into the early days of the phenomenon and interviews the filmmakers. Wow… 10 years..
Aug
07
2009
The Breakfast Club gang
Sad news today with reports that John Hughes, legendary 1980s writer/director of such movies as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (among others), has died age 59 of a heart attack.
ABC Online
While I was almost too young to get most of those movies in their original release, as they filtered to me on video through the late 80s, I was a real fan, at least of his topline stuff. Movies like The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller (likely his two best) really did speak to kids in the 80s, as good as any filmmaker ever has.
Sure they’re kind of dated now, but they’re still universal at their core at the same time, and that’s what matters. They really worked with character, humour and honesty in dealing with young characters and their lives, and that’s all anyone could ask for.
Not to mention the music — again, kind of dated, but some outstanding work for its time went into his movies, from the likes of Simple Minds and Psychadelic Furs, not to mention the Beatles reworking in Ferris Bueller.
His most successful project, Home Alone, gave me a chuckle at the time, but in retrospect seems pretty pathetic, and his few projects after that were even worse. No matter… by then Hughes seemed to have turned his back on Hollywood. He’d been a recluse for 15+ years, so his loss seems almost anti-climactic in a “cinematic impact” way. He’d left the industry a long time ago.
But his best works will always be remembered, and are worth a re-watching if you get a chance.
Aug
06
2009
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Good business to note, especially for future bookselling opps, book exchanges etc. They do "business setup" assistance, with a commercial arrangement.
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Words Out West, writing, Central West Writer's Centre, reading and writing, Central West Libraries, creative writing workshops, book launches, supports literary development, Writer's in the Dust, Banjo Paterson Writing Award, Orange City Library
Writing centre and group for Central West (Mudgee, Dubbo, Orange, etc) that looks useful, especially if we ever move there.
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Interesting example of online gaming that puts it in the real world — mobile gaming that links into real life location stuff.
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Good site to note on cheapish online company registration for Australia. Hope to use this soon.