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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 1W ago

9 Problems With Being an Artist

We all know being an artist isn’t easy. Sure, we have notoriously better sex, but the climb to what we consider success is not just steep but seemingly impossible. Often, our fears feel very isolating: most people around us have regular jobs, families and financial security — we just have the sex th

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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 4M ago

Producing a Web Series: Building a Show From Page 1 to Final Cut

For those keeping very careful track of my life (mom, dad), you might know that Leap Year has received a second season. I’m going to blame not updating my blog to that, but it’s mostly that my blog is like a relationship I’ve gotten into that’s moving too fast: I put in a lot of [...]

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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 8M ago

Brand Me, Baby

I recently had a conversation with a friend about defining our “brand.” The thought is both very wise and also makes me throw up a little in my face (I am the vomit brand!). The reason for the vomit is that there’s this cult of personality thing that’s happening now. People are famous in their [...]

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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 9M ago

Things I Beg Web Series Creators To Please Do and/or Not Do

As one of the Executive Board members for the ITV Festival (for whom I also originally wrote this blog, which you can see a duplicate of on their website), one of my responsibilities was to vote on the winners of specific categories. This year, I was one of the EBMs (what we call ourselves when [...

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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 9M ago

Length Really, Really Matters; And Other Suggestive Reasons Why the Web Show Should Be Longer

I think we’re here. I think it’s time. I think we’ve grown up, tuned in, changed perceptions and revolutionized. I think it’s time for us, as viewers and creators, to be able to watch and make a web series that’s longer than 7 minutes. Here’s the thing. I think the short-form content thing is a [..

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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 9M ago

The 3rd Streamy Awards: The Most Important Thing for the Web Series Since Ever

I started creating content for the Internet roughly six years ago — in Internet time, that means I’m a grizzled veteran, wounded from the many cuts of a completely bi-polar medium. I’ve seen web shows live and die, I’ve seen the “next big thing” turn into the next “absolutely nothing,” I’ve watched

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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 9M ago

Leap Year, Episode 9 – Fun Facts!

It’s that time again! Episode 9, “Kind of a Genius” is out and it guest stars one of my favorite people and improvisers, Mr. Dustin Toshiyuki as Glenn Cheeky. Also, Guy Kawasaki himself guest stars. What I’m saying is, it’s a really good episode. So, without further ado, the video: …and now, fun fac

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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 10M ago

Hey.com’s Skyperview

Hi all — so last night I was interviewed by Mr. Dane Golden, of Hey.com on Skype. It was like being in the future, except I was way more pixelated and had clothes on. Check out what we do, how we do it, and what we’re going to do in the near future. Plus, my [...]

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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 10M ago

Leap Year, Episode 8 – Fun Facts!

I didn’t get a chance to do this for the other episodes, and maybe I’ll still, eventually, retroactively go back and do it, but for now I’ll try and do it for the final three. First thing’s first, the episode: And now, fun facts: 1. Julie and Drew have great chemistry and were visibly having a blast

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the wild musings of a web celebrity · 11M ago

Protected: The Chronicles of Web Show Making – Leap Year, Episode 1

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