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Fri, 21 Sept 2007

I am so brilliant!

Michael W. Dean answers interview questions over the Internet with Christian Holmes. Christian runs www.criticalmassmedia.tv and is a $30 Film School fan. He’s a cool guy, and is helping Michael get Stink Fight Radio on TV shown in Hawaii.

Debra Jean Dean asks Michael the questions that Christian sent. Michael records it, edits, adds in Christian’s intros and outros, and uploads both here and to Christian for his Critical Mass Media podcast.

This groovy interview covers a lot of ground. Dig it!:

Questions: In your blog post “How to Work in Web 2.0″ you mention a sleeping habit of waking up at 2 PM in the afternoon and falling asleep at 6 AM the next morning. Is this your true sleeping pattern? If so, what are your reasons or the benefits of having it?
According to Amazon.com, your book “$30 Film School” was written in 2003. What kind of feedback have you received? What seems to be your default demographic?
Your book focuses on Low and No-budget video productions. It features many useful tips and tricks from the weekend video-hobbiest or DIY diehard. Where is the main source for your insights (are they things you learned or taught yourself along the way, are they primarily tricks that were passed down to you from a teacher or mentor?)
Your current blog as I understand it to be is StinkFight.com, where did the name “Stink Fight” come from?
Many new digital media producers turn to blogging (and/or podcasting), what are the rewards or benefits you have found to blogging as an independent artist?
You have written other books besides “$30 Film School” (as a quick author search will tell you), have any of your other books met or exceeded the success of “$30 Film School”?
As your blog states, you were just recently hired at the O’Reilly network! What will this position entail and how will this new exciting job change your lifestyle as it has been recently?
What was (before O’Reilly) your main source of income?
Have you ever experimented with streaming live media online? If so, did you enjoy live-online streaming as a medium?
Obviously, readers should read your book for a copious amount of tips, tricks, and workflows for video production. What singular piece of advice would you offer to a producer just starting out in digital media production?
What is the source of the inspiration behind your art?

And some stuff about SEO, blogs, O’Reilly, how Google may end up running the world, tips for artists who want to make a living at art, and why you shouldn’t always follow your dream.

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