Christian Calson

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bruiserbox — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:57:35 -0400

"Good poets borrow, Great poets steal."

bruiserbox — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:35:24 -0400

“Good poets borrow, Great poets steal.”

- Eliot

Underworld is one of those amazing groups that combines concept,...

bruiserbox — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:59:37 -0400

Underworld is one of those amazing groups that combines concept, visuals, music, & literature so elegantly in their music, videos, & images.

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bruiserbox — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:07:50 -0400

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bruiserbox — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:39:45 -0400

Long live Roseanne Barr! I love you, sweetheart.

bruiserbox — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:16:02 -0400

Long live Roseanne Barr! I love you, sweetheart.

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bruiserbox — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:00:17 -0400

"What is the word known to all men?"

bruiserbox — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:57:25 -0400

“What is the word known to all men?”

- - James Joyce

Ulysses

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bruiserbox — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:07:35 -0400

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bruiserbox — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:51:12 -0400

"Pray for me Stephen. Please, pray for me on your knees.” “No, I can’t. Mother, you..."

bruiserbox — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:39:59 -0400

““Pray for me Stephen. Please, pray for me on your knees.” “No, I can’t. Mother, you know I won’t.””

- Ulysses by James Joyce

There’s times I LOVE YouTube. Rare but beautiful.

bruiserbox — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:32:21 -0400

There’s times I LOVE YouTube. Rare but beautiful.

Mind Map For An Old Friend

bruiserbox — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:50:11 -0400

Mind Map For An Old Friend

My favorite living director. Haneke has a surgical way of...

bruiserbox — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:41:43 -0400

My favorite living director. Haneke has a surgical way of handling his metaphors and possibly the most interesting character choices/direction around.

The Man With The Abnormally Large Heart There was a man who had...

bruiserbox — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:09:00 -0400

The Man With The Abnormally Large Heart

There was a man who had an abnormally large heart and everywhere he went all the ladies would smile. They’d tempt him with drink & perfume. They’d kiss him on the ears. It constantly embarrassed him wherever he went. He hid it in his coat. He hid it in his pants. He hid it in his pocket to keep it out of sight.

He always hid it because he couldn’t leave it at home. He tried to leave it home twice one Summer. But it cried out & woke the baby next door. The other time, the police got called. ‘Vile immigrants! Poor people have poor ways!’, they said. But it kept crying.

One day he said enough’s enough and he drove it to the beach. As he stood there on the beach he lit one of the fire pits. ‘All you do is cause me grief. All you do is earn me pity. I’m through with you.’, he told his strange appendage. And as quickly as a car passing, he tossed it in the fire. It cried out for a while but eventually everything burns in a fire.

He almost couldn’t believe his luck. No more crying. No more loose women. No more perfume. No more grief. Now he could wear shorts & run about like everyone. ‘This is easy.’, he though. Easy as pie. From that day on, he did as he pleased.

Every man comes in two types. The type that reads...

bruiserbox — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:47:45 -0400

Every man comes in two types. The type that reads Finnegan’s Wake & the type that doesn’t. Start the impossible today by clicking here.

I never noticed the movement against over saturation of...

bruiserbox — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:20:00 -0400

I never noticed the movement against over saturation of advertising until the recent years. There’s got to be a better way. A more human centered marketing.

Some light morning reading. According to this 19 page review, OS...

bruiserbox — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:31:01 -0400

Some light morning reading. According to this 19 page review, OS X Lion is a bold new move forward for Apple. The review seems to go into lots of territory that I’ve rarely seen OS reviews go. Nicely done. Read for yourself here.

George Lucas is officially out of new ideas.

bruiserbox — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:22:04 -0400

George Lucas is officially out of new ideas.

Remembering ‘the internet’ Remember when we thought...

bruiserbox — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:38:32 -0400

Remembering ‘the internet’

Remember when we thought AOL was ‘the internet’? Well these days, facebook seems to be the internet. Or so everyone likes to tell us how social networks have changed the playing field. Have they? We heard this before. A few years ago, it was Myspace & Google.com. They were big game changers, too, right? Tonight, I stumbled up on this TV commercial on youtube (remember youtube was ‘the internet’ a few years ago, too).

I think the biggest lesson I get from this (now very aged & dated) commercial is that what works brilliantly about ‘the internet’ is exploration & content, which can’t be contained & hoarded. I’m talking to you Mr. Network Police & Mr. Cable/Telecom & Mr. Social Network. But I’m mainly talking to the user which is the most valuable part of the equation yet gets overlooked for the ‘revenue’.

The desire to hoard & trap attention spans is driven by that much outdated ‘content VS ad revenue’ fantasy that has taken down so many companies/brands. When will we move away from that fantasy & see that ‘the internet’ doesn’t give a damn about ad revenue but is driven by interesting modular experiences & unique content? Should every site become a mini-studio? No, but every site should look at their fantasy that ad revenue is king.

When will we let go of the TV & publishing models & admit that they slowly became vulgar & not worth paying for? How many commercials & ads did it take to make you stop watching or paying for that magazine or watching that tv show/network? Revenue is NOT enough when it comes to ‘the internet’ (& possibly not enough for other mediums). Maybe I’m wrong but maybe I’m on to something. Sometimes an idea or fantasy can spread like a virus & poison other ideas.

Surely, there’s enough intelligent minds in the room to try a different model. Or create one. Anyone? Anyone? Maybe we’ll just sit around & hoard only to find ourselves looking back on how tacky & outdated our thinking was (like this commercial)?