Joshcast: Archive

“A new study by the U.S. Treasury Department finds that traffic snarls wasted 1.9...”

– Bottom Line - We waste 1.9 billion gallons of gas sitting in traffic In 100 years, people will look back at the daily commute as fondly as we do at the Spanish Inquisition.

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(via http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/taco-town/229053)

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“I don’t want to further celebrate the overly elaborate, brittle plastic...”

– Russell Brand on Katy Perry Split: Best Breakup… | Gather So much better than “No comment.”

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Cory Doctorow | The Coming War on General... →

Great talk and Q&A about the dangers of computers as appliances (I’m looking at you, iPad) by Cory Doctorow at the Chaos Communications Conference.

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(via There Be Dragons: Daniel Pinchbeck Talks with Russell Brand | Reality Sandwich)

Jan 4th

“As I’m sure you know, there is a fungus – Ophiocordyceps unilateralis – that...”

– guru.bafta.org/sites/learning/files/guru_sws_ck_transcript_final.pdf Wow. I didn’t think I could love Charlie Kaufman more than I already did. I was wrong. Amazing speech at BAFTA.

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Gordon Dryden Co-Creatively M.A.D. (by allan johnston) Good questions. Unfortunately, the answers are not. Fortunately, things can change but not until you act to change them. Want to change the world? Start with yourself.

Dec 21st

“The general. This producer keeps things moving forward and protects the...”

– Scriptnotes, Ep. 17: What do producers do? | A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August A pretty good answer to a frequently asked question.

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““The ultimate metaphoric sound is silence. If you can get the film to a place...”

– Silence This is such a great quote and so true. Ironically, the same conclusion recently came to me while watching Errol Morris’ latest documentary, Tabloid. Early in the film, he employs this technique where the subject of the film is describing different things and Morris just cuts to 24...

Dec 16th