• Dramatic storytelling should have peaks and valleys, happy and sad moments. Heaven feels nothing unless your character goes through hell to reach it. Here's few songs to help you to get into the mood of taking your characters to hell.

    Slipknot - 'Til We Die

    Melangolic mood with lyrics with fighting spirit.

    September 3, 2010, 9:35 pm
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  • All struggling content creators are facing the same two obstacles on their way to success, obscurity and quality of content. So far the obscurity has been an issue for me.

    August 8, 2010, 5:47 am
  • Ross Pruden and David Geertz (I assume it's Dave who is behind @biracy  Twitter messages) (Update: it seems that @biracy Twitter account has been deleted) have been having discussions about piracy and business models for movies on Twitter. I happened to say few things about the topic which led to couple of questions from Dave, questions that need more than 140 characters to be answered.

    July 25, 2010, 9:11 am
  • Pioneer One is a series that is distributed for free through VODO using BitTorrent. It is fantastic to see this kind of project that uses modern distribution technology the way it should. Pilot episode (torrent) is now out and here's my thoughts about it.

    June 16, 2010, 9:37 pm
  • Spooks is a British TV series about MI5. The show has been running for eight seasons but just recently I found out about its existence. And I'm glad that I did.

    There are three reasons why Spooks is an enjoyment to watch:

    January 17, 2010, 1:22 pm
  • In their great wisdom, yeah right, the parties of Finnish government agreed that in year 2012 there will be a new kind of YLE fee. YLE is the Finnish Broadcasting Company which is owned by Finnish state and has been funded with television fees. The amount of households paying the television fee has been declining and YLE has been having financial problems. YLE's expenses keep increasing and income declining.

    October 3, 2009, 10:12 pm
  • From time to time I come across a TV show, movie, book or a story that is so damn good that I wish I would be the one who came up with it or be able to create same kind of greatness. Friday Night Lights TV show is one of those. On paper the show is nothing special. A small town where high-school's football team is everything isn't that interesting premise. It sounds like every other teen drama out there but the implementation is far from average.

    September 25, 2009, 9:05 pm