(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Earlier I posted on how there’s two different ways to connect to Media. I summed it up roughly as follows: Known Connections: A fiction reaches us … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) While thinking over fiction writing, it struck me that fiction is something that we feel a deep connection to. We read a story or a book, … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Raise your hand if you ever had someone tell you that they want people to “keep their politics out of books/comics/games/tv” and so on. Now, put … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) After my last post on fun and how we turn it into work, I had a (fun) brainstorm about many ways turning work into fun affects … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) My fellow author Serdar was discussing the importance of art and entertainment over at his blog. This struck me as very important: “I think any act … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) This tweet struck me hard. It made me think about my talks of Media Gray Goo. I realized that age plays a role in my concern … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) After my post on the dangers of “Gray Goo” Media, serdar had his own detailed response. His response is worth reading – he also has some … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Every now and then (OK, weekly), something Very Dumb happens involving a piece of mass culture media. People meltdown because of some casting. Someone gets fired … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) My media tastes seem odd for a man of 50, at least for many people’s point of view. I’m big into anime, documentaries, unusual or odd … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) As you may guess, I’ve been analyzing Aggretsuko lately. I just ran a marathon of the series for a different group of friends. This dark office … Continue reading