Tag Archives: Independent America
Storytelling, the new Studio System and the “Death” of the Web
It’s funny how pleased I am that I face yet another high-profile opportunity to have people watch the content that I create for free. Snagfilms.com is currently featuring Independent America: Rising from Ruins on its homepage, and will distribute it … Continue reading
Keeping Connected during Gustav
Update: Terrific example of a breaking news blog, www.gustavnewsblog.com (thanks LostRemote). And great value-add comment from Joey Mornin below about how activists are using social media during Gustav, especially the “Gustav Information Center.” As Joey remarks: You’d think it’d be … Continue reading
Flipping my Media in the Big Easy
Posted by Hanson Hosein: UPDATE 08.30.08: My flight is still good for tomorrow. I’m going to spend today with local journalist Ariella Cohen from CityBusiness as she reports on the voluntary evacuation. One way or another, Gustav adds to my … Continue reading
Rising from Ruins: August Movie Trailer
Posted by Hanson Hosein I’m three weeks away from the world premiere of my film, “Independent America: Rising from Ruins” on the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. This is the second trailer of the film (the first … Continue reading
Long Tail, Tall Tale?
Posted by Hanson Hosein: The Wall Street Journal reports on a Harvard Business School study refuting Chris Andersen’s “Long Tail” theory. I’ve pasted the Executive Summary from the report below the break. It may be that ultimately, as we’ve discussed … Continue reading
E-mail Bankruptcy – the Wealth of Networks
posted by Hanson Hosein Over the last few weeks, I’ve been hearing a lot about how busy people are beginning to give up on e-mail, to the point of declaring “e-mail bankruptcy.” I’ve been on the verge of doing so … Continue reading
How a burger on the Columbia launched my digital media career
Cascade Locks OR — posted by Hanson Hosein I took this photo, seven years ago, using the digital image function (640 x 480, very low res) on my Sony TRV-900 camcorder. It’s under the Bridge of the Gods in Cascade … Continue reading
Just Shoot It
New Orleans’ Times-Picayune (one of the best, and most vital newspapers that still stands strong), featured “Independent America: Rising from Ruins” in an op-ed article today.
