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HAAAAAAAAAA.
True chart is true.
In my case, I fall into several categories. Resulting into much self-hate as I find myself inferior to myself.
Aug 22nd, 2010
Jun 19th, 2010
Over two months ago, I was whining to Jenni Powell how I didn’t get to collaborate anymore. So did the logical thing? Told me to shut up and invited me to guest-direct an episode of the horror-comedy show she produces called Bumps in the Night.
It was a great opportunity for me, as I hadn’t called the shots in over two years since we last produced Galacticast, and this would be only the second time I directed somebody else’s material (the first was an amazing screenplay that Matthew Balthrop wrote for us). I learned (and re-learned) many things along the way, which will make for great future posts.
I have so many people to thank for this episode:
- Jenni Powell for inviting me in (hope she doesn’t regret it too much)
- The writers and stars of Bumps; Emmet Furey, John Reha, and Greg Benevent. You constantly surprised and amazed me with your delivery. We have to work together again sometime.
- Our guest stars April Billingsley and Daniel Weiss. Their patience and advice to this humble director was very much appreciated.
- To editor Andrew Seeley; he was going to sit this one out as I rampaged through the editing, but came to our rescue when we needed him.
- And finally, to my love, Casey McKinnon, not only for her cameo appearance(s), but for tolerating many super late nights of her frustrated guy focused on his computer instead of cuddling with her. You’re the best.
May 14th, 2010
Follow Friday - May 14th
A Twitter tradition I have only vaguely dabbled in is Follow Friday; the way people dump the hash tag and a huge list of names turned me off. I like it when they take the time to explain WHY we should follow them. And I was simply to lazy to do it.
Until now.
Here are my five people below 10,000 followers (apart from my beautiful partner Casey McKinnon) I follow and why you should too:
- CarbonFive - The great coding crew I work with. I love that I’m the stupidest person in the room, as I get to learn so much everyday, and so can you; we regularly post a lot of practical and innovative development tips, covering everything from Java and Rails, to the latest iP(whatever) tricks.
- Eliza Bayne - The looks of Katherine Heigl with the comedic genius of Sarah Silverman, dear ‘liza is quite the package of enterainment. Eliza has produced and starred in content of all formats and styles, but it’s her twitter messages I love the most; each an injection of hilarity into my day.
- Brett Register - the mad, overproductive creator of innumerable web shows. I follow him because he reminds me of myself four years ago (I am an internet dinosaur), except he is far more talented. I also hope that by doing so I can encourage him to twitter more.
- Eric Mortensen - Watch him when he goes on a web video advice tear. Deeper words of wisdom you will never hear. All that, and he has remarkable taste in all cultural things. Cheers, my friend.
- Taryn O’Neill - Taryn has been an inspiration personally not only with our mutual desire (and her successful accomplishment) of getting fit, but in the way she consistently, professionally, almost procedurally pursues acting work. One day, I hope I can supply her that work.
Photo courtesy of Shovelling Son.
I was lucky enough to sit among the many brilliant minds at this session of New Mediacracy. Chris McCaleb and I talked about why we love doing these, and it like verbal jazz sessions, where we all riff off of each others’ thoughts. I tried weakly comparing this episode to Led Zeppelin’s No Quarter. Yeah, I know, that’s quite a stretch.
New Mediacracy Episode 13: The One About the IAWTV
It’s a lively one, and a bigger group than usual joins us on this episode, which we recorded immediately after the first Los Angeles meeting of the IAWTV which took place at the WGA. Tony Valenzuela, Casey McKinnon, Barrett Garese, Brett Register, and Rudy Jahchan join regulars Chris McCaleb, Zadi Diaz, and Steve Woolf to share their thoughts on the meeting and what it means for the future of the first organized member body dedicated to web video.
We spend some time talking about the Streamys, but a lot more time talking about the things we took away from the meeting and what the ramifications are for everyone invested in making web video a sustainable, progressive medium. Also, we drink wine and laugh a lot.
Most importantly, listen and leave a comment so we can get some outside feedback on the topics we discuss, such as the idea of the new gatekeepers, why we are trying so hard to replicate tv and film models, the vision of the IAWTV, and Chris McCaleb jumping out of planes.
Apr 29th, 2010
Hello, World!
Welcome to the new RudyJahchan.com
To those who don’t know me, I am Rudy Jahchan. I’m an avid codemonkey, creator of a number of web shows such as Galacticast and A Comicbook Orange, aspiring writer, unsuccessful fitness nut, and general ranter. I use to blog frequently, but dropped off due to a combination of laziness, depression, and just because it’s easier to just tweet something.
But lately, I have become (or trying to be more) active in all the communities I have participated in. My views are usually shared with my partner in many walks of life, the beautiful and brilliant Casey McKinnon, and she doesn’t let a little old thing like lack of time stop her from getting it out there. Still, sometimes I want to draw attention to details that others may miss or I feel are just fascinating.
This site is still being set up, but bear with me, and please report bugs, suggestions, or praise (I particularly love the latter).
