we interrupt this self-promotion…
I rarely do things like this but since you’ve managed to find my work and continue to return to it, you are obviously all intelligent and discerning people who deserve a nice friday treat.
Treat number one
Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genuis and You Shall Know Us By Our Velocity, talks at TED about the creation of 826 Valencia, the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company, the Echo Park Time Travel Mart (”Whenever you are, we’re already then”), publishing McSweeney’s, and teaching children literacy skills. In a funny, energetic, and inspirational talk he puts the call out for creatives in similar positions to do similar things with the children in their community. He’s a little nervous to begin with but very worth a watch…
Treat number two
David Simon, creator of the only TV show worth watching – The Wire, talks at USC Law to a roomful of Journalism and Law students about the show, the end of the American empire, the future of journalism and the internet. There’s a couple of spoilers at about 15 minutes in for those of you who’ve yet to see all five seasons of The Wire – so it might be worth skipping ahead. It’s a fascinating talk and you’d be doing yourself a favour if you gave it a listen.
Okay, back to work and back to our regularly scheduled online portfolio/self-promotion… Apologies for the interruption.
