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Imagine a world without free knowledge

Right now the U.S. Congress is considering legislation (SOPA... 

Researching Macro Trends

While I was preparing my presentation, “Seven Macro Trends,”... 

Cartographies of Time

I love St. Mark’s Bookshop, every time I go to New York I... 

A framework for thinking about cyberspace

Daniel Downes suggests in Interactive Realism: The Poetics Of... 

Spaces Speak, Are you listening?

In their book, Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing... 

Did digital imaging throw documentary into an ontological crisis?

Scholars have long discussed the ambiguity and subjectivity inherent... 

Expanded Cinema: Still fresh after forty years

A few months ago I pulled Gene Youngblood’s classic Expanded... 

Memory and the end of reality

The transformation from media as a form of cultural production... 

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Fragments from The Conversation 2010 (March 27, New York)

On Saturday I attended the “The Conversation” at... 

Sennheiser Evolution G3 100 Series

If you want to go with a wireless microphone system, and you’re... 

A one-case lighting kit ready for travel

I’m often asked by students, “what’s a good... 

Notables of the Noughties: 35 documentary films, 2000-2009

It’s a special time that comes around every ten years in... 

Things self-distributing documentary filmmakers can do to integrate social media into their distribution efforts

Here are some things you can do to integrate a social media component... 

Seven habits of highly successful documentary filmmakers

A while back I read this post by Guy Kawasaki and was inspired... 

Flying takes documentary form to new heights

Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman is an amazing six-hour,... 

Interview with David Redmon and Ashley Sabin about Intimidad

Back on April 25, 2008 I had the opportunity to talk with filmmakers... 

Ten Documentary Films

I was reading a post tonight on DVXuser that asked: What’s... 

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