Join The D-Word mailing list! email address Powered by ListBot	j o u r n a l s These entries are mostly about the making of my Web documentary, Home Page. It begins in August, 1996, when this site first went online and around the time I first started showing a work-in-progress sample of the footage publicly. Given the film's theme of the Web -- and life -- as an ongoing work-in-progress, I figured it only fitting that I invite the public in on my own working process. Silly me. Home Page slowly evolved over the years into a finished film, and is currently navigating a rather unique path to the viewing public, largely through the Web itself. But it's clear that the film itself is only the first part of a much larger narrative that continues to play out on the Web, and threatens to be never-ending. If you're coming to this journal cold, you may want an overview of the project first. You may not. But be sure to visit the Cast of Characters. Hit their links and be off on your own wonderous Web voyage. And kiss your free time goodbye. An IFC Rant (Jul 19, 00) To coincide with the DV Theater premiere of Home Page, I'm asked to write about the joys and angst of web distribution for ifcRant A Watershed Moment (Jun 28, 00) A four-camera interview for the Independent Film Channel gets me reflecting on my good fortune... Multitasking (May 15, 00) Too busy to fret, but not to wonder... The Deal Thingie (Apr 6, 00) With distribution for Home Page falling into place, is this curtains for The D-Word Journal? Convergence Poster Boy (Feb 27, 00) Looking to converge with like-minded souls... Powerful Beyond Measure (Dec 30, 1999) A thought for the millenium... Judgement Day (Nov 19, 1999) The film opens theatrically today. I'm about to read the New York Times review. Gulp. Doing My Duty (Oct 11, 1999) Jury duty comes at the worst possible time. Can The D-Word wrangle his way out? Vacating From Myself (Aug 29, 1999) Sometimes you need to get lost to find yourself (and other Hallmark thoughts)... Organic Theater (Jul 3, 1999) Thoughts on the eve of the HBO broadcast premiere Act! Up (Jun 6, 1999) a computer glitch jeapordizes an upcoming screening... and The D-Word's mental stability Playing with the Big Boys (May 31, 1999) HBO finally sets a date and it's getting down to the wire... Better Than Mean Guns (May 3, 1999) A manic-depressive D-Word is mired in never-ending work mode when strangers touch him from afar and... wow, tiredness is forgotten! Ooops! (Mar 31, 1999) To spin or not to spin... Revolutionary (Mar 1, 1999) Fist clenched in air, The D-Word pursues the filthy lucre Sundance in a Nutshell (Feb 1, 1999) I'm back... for less than a day before I take off for Rotterdam Director's Statement (Jan 6, 1999) We're putting together a press kit for Sundance. They always include a Director's Statement. Here's mine. Congratulations (Dec 3, 1998) a bittersweet note from Julie The Phone Rings (Nov 25, 1998) Sundance calling??? I See You Just in My TV! (Nov 23, 1998) ''Creetings'' from Finland...but none from Sundance IFFM Diary -- part two (Oct 8, 1998) The first industry screenings -- the triumphs, the tragedies... IFFM Diary - part one (Oct 6, 1998) Now that the film is finished, it's time to get it out into the world. A long week at The Independent Feature Film Market is the beginning of a long process... The Digital Storytelling Festival (Sep 18, 1998) On the morning of a special screening (and the opening day of the IFFM), I sum up my thoughts on the process so far. Fix it in the Mix (Aug 24, 1998) where we find out if a perfectionist can ever let go of his film... Quality Time (Jul 19, 1998) Wherein I vacate for two weeks... and feel guilty as sin Web98 (Jun 29, 1998) reactions from the first public screening Having Fun Now (Jun 15, 1998) The first public screening is 8 days away. We're not ready. Picture Locked (May 7, 1998) I silently beg her to please, pleeeease tell me it's fine... Hotty! (Apr 8, 1998) A juicy article in the NY Times gives the D-Word his 15 megabytes of fame Eureka!... I Think (Mar 18, 1998) The opening works... I think. I hope. I pray. Convergence in the Air (Feb 25, 1998) the future is arriving all too soon What'd You Die?! (Feb 1, 1998) sweet compliments, scene-stealing cockatiels, stressful deadlines and, yeah, a death... Fodder for the Gristmill (Dec 24, 1997) The D-Word has become part of the story... Digging Deeper (Dec 2, 1997) The film needs a new opening and I need to dig deeper within First Reckoning (Nov 20, 1997) We see the first rough cut for the first time at a DocuClub screening with 40 others. Gulp. Naked (Oct 24, 1997) Oooo, I think I've evolved... Freefalling (Sep 28, 1997) Wherein, to my deep chagrin, I discover that a story is more than the sum of its' parts Debbie's Domain (Aug 30, 1997) Repeat after me: film is a collaborative medium Well Engaged (Aug 27, 1997) Work work work but the opening isn't working Are You Serious?!? (Aug 17, 1997) Wired Online raises the hype level a notch but I'm busy with index cards State of the Art (Aug 7, 1997) The D-Word seeks out Well Well Well... (Aug 1, 1997) The D-Word is enticed into intensive media interaction at the expense of his own Web journal Bored No More (Jul 24, 1997) The hit of a link leads to an unexpected place The Heck With Bravo! (Jun 30, 1997) Wherin I'm reminded of my proper place in the vast hierarchy. The Fire This Time (Jun 20, 1997) Electric Minds goes down in flames... for now Paris Calling (Jun 11, 1997) A week of transcontinental producing begins... How to Bake a Movie (May 30, 1997) Chasing the secret ingredients for success Shooting Mom (May 21, 1997) We don't hold grudges in my family. Oh, no. Generations II (May 15, 1997) Reflections on turning 44 Looking For Bobo (May 8, 1997) the great existential dilemna Generations (Apr 30, 1997) A DocuClub screening triggers thoughts about... In Avid Persuit (Apr 23, 1997) of a If Lucy Fell... (Apr 11, 1997) I get clobbered on the nose and some needed perspective Independent's Day (Apr 2, 1997) wherein a teeny tiny bug crawls up my ass Cinema Fabrique (Mar 31, 1997) Truth and Betrayal in the Editing Room What I Need Most (Mar 27, 1997) The producer's lament The D-Word's Movin'... (Mar 26, 1997) Testing... Is anyone out there??? Blocked (Mar 25, 1997) I need to write... Flu You! (Feb 20, 1997) What a pissy mood I'm in Sundance (Jan 27, 1997) Park City Without the Hype Packing for Sundance (Jan 17, 1997) I'm on another panel -- The Internet Without the Hype: What Filmmakers Need to Know Now Re-Entry Blues (Jan 6, 1997) You don't really wanna know... Checking My Mind (Dec 22, 1996) I leave in 6 hours for a long-awaited vacation Director's Vision (Dec 16, 1996) I should be working on my proposal Boring! (Dec 9, 1996) All promise and nothing new... Something Very Revealing (Sep 26, 1996) I'm not ready. I'm not ready. Post-IFFM Blues (Sep 23, 1996) That ol' Monday morning after feeling Going to Market (Sep 16, 1996) The search for funding Suddenly a Genius (Sep 13, 1996) We win an Emmy for Jupiter's Wife Helzapoppin' (Aug 22, 1996) and beez are buzzin The Really Juicy Stuff (Aug 13, 1996) On being an online diarist
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