Facebook is Doomed to Become a Stepford Society

The Associate Press ran a piece this week entitled “Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords”. It tells of employers asking employee candidates for access to their Facebook profile either by password or by friending the Human Resources manager. This is not the first time that this has been reported. Their are a myriad of news accounts of employers asking for permission to snoop into potential employees’ Facebook pages as part of the hiring process. With this sort of reprehensible practice expanding it will only be a matter of time before Facebook becomes a garden of fluffy bullshit.

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Citizen Journalist SuperSuit – The Interview

If you get hit with teargas recording video at a protest, do you know how to neutralize it?

This video written and produced by Angeline Gragasin and Rebecca Berdel, and directed by Gragasin, delivers all the details to be an effective citizen journalist in hostile situations. The video is exceedingly impressive both for its production value as well as its approach to important information for our contemporary times.

I reached out to Gragasin for a quick interview about the video. … Continue Reading

This Week’s Awesomeness – Wrecking Crew Orchestra

This is just visual genius. Dancers in the absolute darkness illuminated by outfits of light that look like Tron costumes. It is an extraordinary treat for the eyes. … Continue Reading

One of the Best Kickstarter Movie Pitches I’ve Seen

I laughed so hard I coughed up some bucks and donated. It’s a great Kickstarter pitch from two exceedingly talented filmmakers, Kent Lamm and Chris Fornataro.

We were impressed with their first film, Bad is Bad, and featured it on PCN a few months back. Now we’ve got a small stake in their new project, The Entitled, which we think is going to be even better.

Dig deep and throw some money toward good filmmaking. Donate now to The Entitled. … Continue Reading

A Brief History of the Animated GIF

This is one of those pieces that is perfect for a Friday afternoon coffee when you’re just about over the week and you’re dreaming about the weekend. It’s a short history the rise and fall and rise of the animated GIF. … Continue Reading

Black on Black, The Opening Titles of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Art of the Title has an extraordinarily well put together piece about the opening title sequence of my favorite movie of the summer, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It includes an interview with David Fincher, creative director Tim Miller and designer Neil Kellerhouse.

So I called Trent and said, ‘I have an idea – and don’t hang up – I’m serious. What do you think of doing a cover of “Immigrant Song” and doing it with a woman?’ And he laughed and then wanted confirmation that it was, in fact, me on the phone.

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