• Sunday, November 16th, 2008
My friend Woody recently clued me to the fact that not all older movies are in print and many never make it to DVD. He is a true movie buff and has his taste, for sure, but we made a shortlist of those “great” movies that ought to be out in DVD (rentable/purchasable). I’m curious to learn if you can buy the rights to replicate and sell these versus just telling someone like NetFlix or Apple to go through the paces.
Quatermass and the Pit (1968)
The Questor Tapes (1974)
The Sound and the Silence (1992)
The Great Brain (1978)
The Gifted One (1989)
Starcrosse (1985)
Wavelength (1983)
The Dollmaker (1984)
The Children Nobody Wanted (1981)
Guardian of the Wilderness (1976)
From my close friend Paul months ago. I was performing due diligence on the gaming industry for this firm recently. I needed to find the market leaders and landscape. Thank goodness for Paul.
The industry blogs.
Kotaku
Joystiq
Some of the major industry sites:
IGN
Gamespot — owned by CNet
1up — owned by Ziff Davis
I was recently hanging with some music business folk at a wedding. We got tipsy but in the course came up with a few “different” marketing ideas. And while many of these are focused on the music industry, many might apply elsewhere.
1. Glow in the Dark T-shirt giveaway: 1-in-10 glows in the dark.
2. [...]
"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary."
~ Sir Cecil Beaton
I had a business colleague ask me how things were this morning - and I surprised myself with the answer: business for me is rather good these days. I suspect it is a combination of a few things.
First, I work with small, nimble businesses that are quite specialized in their offerings. And I [...]
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” ~ Art Linkletter
In these days of a challenged economy, I find more and more friends out seeking a new job or a new career. While nobody likes to be unemployed, their challenge is often, “but I don’t know what I should do next!”
This is especially so in the States, where people tend to judge you more for [...]
"If women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." ~ Red Green
