I constantly grab and circle little snippets of dialogue from primary sources as writing and character inspiration. Here’s a gem from Monday with a quote from Microsoft’s CLO on military consulting by technology companies. (Bloomberg via Engadget).

“We can accept the outrageous while standing on known ground.” Williamson’s afterward to Heinlein’s Starman Jones perfectly captures the essential balance successful #scifi must strike. For me the baseline has always been human truths—even if expressed by alien beings.

“...the walls shed their painted skins....” Beautiful lessons in world building in a book about decay: Rebecca Litchfield’s “Soviet Ghosts.”

Loved reading action writing tips from @chrismcquarrie in this Sunday’s NYT. Would have liked a shoutout to Wonder Woman or Katniss or Lara Croft in his action hero references, but his concise observations are a great checklist.

“It’s a wonderland of broken, misfit toys learning to fix one another.” Beautiful review of Adventure Time by James Poniewozik in today’s NYT. ALSO a strikingly concise vision for how we should treat one another.

Why does Google keep asking if I want to translate words into Russian?

Mad props Hope for leading great panel on “Live Participatory Media.” Follow up answer to audience member who asked us what we can/can’t do live: last year I would have said you shouldn’t do VFX live. That just changed: it’s what I’m MOST excited to do next! #NABShow

Paradigm shifts continue at #NABShow. Concerning workflow: the pipeline is now bi-directional!When we add audience participation to storytelling, the audience becomes a collaborator: their creativity flows back up the pipe, challenging us from writer’s room all the way to airing.

Great wisdom from “Design for Motion” by Austin Shaw about approaching world as a lifelong student.

“Today, most commercial recordings from the past century and beyond are controlled by only three giant record companies: Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and, of course, Universal Music Group.” nytimes.com/2019/06/11/us/…

Most shocking statement from today’s NYT (pA15)—like something ripped from a science fiction novel from the 1950’s. Let this roll around in your imagination: a surcharge associated with the privilege of interacting with real people in person (when it used to be a given).

Really impressed w/ companies who aren't letting cancelled conferences stop them from reaching their audiences. Hats off to CEO Grant Petty of Blackmagic Design (Blackmagic Design) for personally hosting a live stream today (I'm a forever fan since they sponsored @orbitalredux.)

What if you could jump on a Zoom vid with some of your favorite artists? Thanks to @johnaugust and Maker Hundred for sharing a live chat with Ryan Reynolds (Ryan Reynolds ) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge this morning on the topic of speaking directly to camera. youtu.be/GRV5O0ZSNc0

Second week of live stream Scriptnotes podcast nails it again! Love how @johnaugust, Maker Hundred, and Dana Fox model the art of giving notes in real time to some very brave writing guests. If you wanna get into scriptwriting at the highest level, watch youtu.be/SIt4WCjMs5Y

I was asked recently about the process of creating worlds for scifi. For me it's all about seeing how humans have responded in the past and then extrapolating that forward. This book about Soviet design gave me lots of inspiration for OrbitalRedux . phaidon.com/store/design/d…

Extraordinary things happen when you work with extraordinary people! I'm so excited to go back to space with OrbitalRedux when we launch on watchdust tomorrow!!!

Ahead on Tomorrow Will Be Televised: Titletown High producer Jason Sciavicco and Orbital Redux co-creators Lillian Diaz-Praybyl and Steven Calcote. Top of the next hour from blogtalkradio.com!

My ButcherBirdStudios colleague (and friend!) Luis Reyes has been taking time to articulate some thought-provoking insights we've learned during our creative commercial work over the last few years. mediashotz.co.uk/how-to-choose-…

Butcher Bird's superstar Lillian (Lil/Lillie/Lillian) has a SXSW 2023 panel up for YOUR vote!