“…I don’t understand why the courts are so resistant to social media. It’s true – print and other mediums are old technology. But I love how Twiiter, FB et al are dubbed “new” media. No. Its just media. This is it. It’s not new anymore. You don’t call a child in Grade 2 a newborn baby anymore, do you? This is the 21st Century. It’s time for the courts to catch up. In jargon at least.”
[Post about Canada's Chief Justice pitting my two fields of law + media against each other by stating law courts must learn to deal with the concept of including Twitter and FB in reporting.]
Category Archive: Author Daze: writing life
Feb
03
2012
Hot off the Tweet
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2012/02/hot-off-the-tweet/
Jan
27
2012
Ghost writers, ghost town? The lost arts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwEXAJZ-y7A”
“…Choose your creativity adventure. We are genetically modified girls living in a genetically modified world. Are we making creative aspects using less than creative means, and realizing only a limited aspect of our own creativity?”
[Lamenting post about the automatic arts of photography, music and *gasp* possibly writing?]
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2012/01/ghost-writers-ghost-town-the-lost-arts/
Dec
09
2011
The medium is the message? If you stay that long…
“…The story of Billy Bishop is a great one. But transferring a story does not mean a straight transfer of elements when transferring to a different medium.”
[Post about how I walked out of my first movie - a musical transported, not translated, to cinema.]
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2011/12/the-medium-is-the-message-if-you-stay-that-long%e2%80%a6/
Dec
02
2011
Code Red Flags – Raindance Canada Saturday Film School
“…You want to make it any country, you gotta know the language. And filmmaking is a world of its own. But it’s more of a code than a language, a verbal secret handshake. What does it really mean when someone asks, “Its on a European budget?” Here’s how to crack the code.”
[Finishing overview of Raindance Canada's Saturday Film School w Elliot Grove, and the elements of budget, casting, lighting and camera angles.]
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2011/12/3848/
Nov
18
2011
Twins: a film of similarities – Raindance Canada Saturday Film School
“…First off, Raindance Canada’s course is not for newbies, students or amateurs. Of course, that doesn’t stop all of them from attending. Grove’s fascinating charisma, however, doesn’t allow you to think of yourself as a newbie, student or amateur. He offered real life insight and practical advice on the art of filmmaking.”
[Overview of Raindance Canada's Saturday Film School w Elliot Grove, and how screenwriting compares to writing a book.]
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2011/11/twins-a-film-of-similarities-raindance-canada-saturday-film-school/
Oct
21
2011
Searching for my ego…
“…In an age where faces were replaced by books, and now books are replaced by Facebook, cries of privacy are louder than ever…I recently checked the ‘back end’ of my Google Analytics to see what drives traffic to my website/blog.”
[Post about the ego-crashing search terms that lead ppl to my blog.]
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2011/10/searching-for-my-ego/
Sep
16
2011
When the only interest is in cash…
“…really show[s] what makes the world go round. A bit o’ international cash, and riches in investment property.”
[Post about my first published articlesin Canada.]
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2011/09/when-the-only-interest-is-in-cash/
Sep
09
2011
When law goes from boring to ker-razy
“…Mental incapacity and a stock-broker who saw Jesus Christ as the inspiration of choosing multi-million stock options for her prestigious clients – and was still deemed capable under the eyes of the law!”
[Post about my most recent article as a media delegate at a Canadian legal conference.]
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2011/09/when-law-goes-from-boring-to-ker-razy/
Aug
26
2011
To read or not to read – is that even a question?
“…Disturbing report that when kids were asked whether they read books, they answered only social media and text messages. Um. This is not reading. This is akin to saying you read every morning as you stare at the cereal box mindlessly munching. That is not a newspaper (though prob same nutritional value) – just as Twitter is not a book. ”
[Post about how kids are not reading books, but social media only.]
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2011/08/to-read-or-not-to-read-is-that-even-a-question/
Jul
29
2011
Eh, B, C – more writing in Canada
“…And appearances are very, very, very important to me. That’s the whole purpose of these posts, so you can see my byline. Hey, I’ve always said ego is found as soon as the writing talent!”
[Post about some more tax articles I write in my life as an international reporter in Toronto, Canada.]
Permanent link to this article: http://keirawong.com/blog/2011/07/eh-b-c-more-writing-in-canada/