Geoffrey Long is a media analyst, scholar, and storyteller exploring transmedia experiences, emerging entertainment platforms and the future of entertainment as the Lead Narrative Producer for the Narrative Design Team at Microsoft Studios. He is an alum of the MIT Comparative Media Studies program, a FoE Fellow with the Futures of Entertainment community, and a co-editor of the Playful Thinking book series from the MIT Press. His personal site can be found at geoffreylong.com.
January 19, 2008 – 8:10 pm
Something of a double feature today, with John Wayne in the morning and Marlon Brando in the afternoon – with a bit of shopping in between. One of the things I love about this project is that most of the top 122 AFI films are available on DVD for 10 bucks or less, if you […]
January 19, 2008 – 10:14 am
As I’m going through the AFI Top 100 (top 122, once you combine the old list and the new list), I’m continually discovering things. One, that it’s a terrible idea to watch classic films late at night when you’re tired, and two, it’s a much better idea to wake up early on a Saturday morning […]
January 17, 2008 – 12:59 pm
I was feeling kind of down today for some inexplicable reason, but then I found this: a free Digital 45 from Adam Duritz and company. There’s two songs, “1492” and “When I Dream of Michelangelo” (which, I believe, is actually a line from “Angels of the Silences” way back on their second album). I’m listening […]
January 16, 2008 – 5:58 pm
Anyone out there with an iPhone should add me to your home screen – because you’ll literally be adding me to your home screen. 🙂 Yes, this is what happens after a long day – I wind up making iPhone icons for myself, for CMS, for GAMBIT, for C3…
January 13, 2008 – 9:00 pm
As it turned out, the next film up on my project list was 1960’s Spartacus, starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov and a very young Tony Curtis. Again, this was a viewing experience that I’m really glad to have had – Spartacus is one of those cast-of-thousands movies with a very palpable sense of […]
January 12, 2008 – 5:13 pm
As I’ve mentioned here before, one of my main resolutions this year was to finish watching the AFI’s top 100 (now 122) best films of all time. I’ve debated with myself as to whether or not I should include my reactions to these films, or even share which films I’m currently watching, as some of […]
January 12, 2008 – 10:14 am
Teh Apple Intarwebs are all aflutter over a handful of photos posted over at Ars Technica depicting the first Macworld banners up at Moscone Center. Written across them in Myriad Light is the phrase, “2008. There’s something in the air.” Oooooooh. What could it be? What could it be? So far the smart money’s been […]
January 10, 2008 – 11:04 pm
Tonight after work a bunch of us – Mike and his wife, Matt and Clara, Pilar, Talieh, Lana and our newest addition to the lab family Jesper Juul – caught a free preview screening of Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Orphanage (or, in its original Spanish, El Orfanato). The film didn’t disappoint, as it was as […]
January 9, 2008 – 6:08 pm
I know, I know – I’ve been harping on this whole home theater thing for over a week now. Only a few more posts, and hopefully I’ll have this out of my system. This evening I realized something interesting: I think I may have successfully constructed an entry-level 1080p HD home theater for well under […]
January 8, 2008 – 9:54 pm
So, in a turn of events that probably has all the politicos scratching their heads, McCain defeated Romney and Clinton is currently besting Obama in the New Hampshire primary. Adding further complexity to the matter, Huckabee, who took first in the Republican race in Iowa, came in a somewhat distant third – McCain took 37% […]
