Antonio (aka skribe) has recently recovered from pleural empyema caused by pneumonia. He is a film-maker, digital media consultant and social media producer. skribe's clients have included CBS, Evian, P&G, Discovery Networks, Pernod Ricard and American Express. When he is not being a dad to his two boys he likes to pretend that he is a capable PC gamer.
After busy Lunar New Year, Republic Day (India) and Australia Day celebrations here’s a chance to unwind and relax. The video above is from the Imaginary Worlds Festival. It features a collection of animated film shorts telling stories set in weird and wonderful universes. Some of the films are a little weird and some are downright crazy, but they are all wonderful. Enjoy.
An awesome TED video that provides a very succinct explanation of why SOPA and PIPA are so horridly bad. These pieces of legislation will be back. They’re only in hiatus until the powers behind them believe the issue has become a unimportant for the public. Eternal vigilance.
A great summary of 2011, but unfortunately missing a few highlights and lowlights such as the QANTAS Twitter competition failure and the L’Oreal fake blog.
The hotel industry, like much of the service industries, are very dependent on knowing just what the consumer wants, hopefully before the customer knows it themselves. With wafer thin margins, increasing competition and constantly rising costs hotels need every advantage they can get to win customers and keep them.
Here are three social media tips for improving your guest’s stay and getting them to spread the word about your excellent level of service. Read More
Air, a French electronica band, have created a soundtrack for the newly restored 1902 French film, Le Voyage dans la Lune (Trip to the Moon). This in itself is great, but it is also an awesome demonstration of how musical artists can gain some additional cred.
By scoring a movie in the public domain or a piece of captured game machinima you can show your skills and versatility. This is true not just for those that wish to choose score composing as a career, but for any artist.
By uploading the scored film to the various video sites you can tap into the benefits of social media to market yourself as a popular commodity. Having a great demo tape is fine, but having a great demo tape, 10,000 Facebook fans and a video with a hundred thousand views is even better.
