by Joey Daoud | Feb 1, 2012 | Development
People in groups tend to sit back and let others do the work; they instinctively mimic others’ opinions and lose sight of their own; and, often succumb to peer pressure. The Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns found that when we take a stance different from...
by Joey Daoud | Jan 14, 2012 | Career, Tips
I’ve been following Ramit Sethi for a few years, back when I interviewed him for my doc You 2.0. He just had his blog, I Will Teach You To Be Rich, and offered a different approach to personal finance advice. He works really, really hard and in the years since...
by Joey Daoud | Dec 28, 2011 | Cameras, Video Equipment
A DSLR that doesn’t overheat, doesn’t have a recording limit, shoots the gamut of HD frame rates, autofocuses while filming, and is less than $900…does it exist?! Yes. The Backstory I’ve been sitting on the sidelines for the past few years during the...
by Joey Daoud | Dec 24, 2011 | Cameras, Video Equipment
Yes, I got on the DSLR bandwagon. Well, technically it’s not a DSLR as the Panasonic GH2 is a Micro Four-Thirds camera that lacks a flipping mirror. But for the sake of video, that’s actually an advantage. About a week ago the GH2 wasn’t even on my...
by Joey Daoud | Dec 23, 2011 | Distribution
With DVD sales for Bots High, I’ve been handling the fulfillment myself. Order volume has been low enough that this isn’t a big time suck, and when I learned I could order and print postage straight from PayPal and avoid the post office I was sold....
by Joey Daoud | Oct 31, 2011 | Tips, Travel
Got back from Haiti – great trip, I’ll write about it soon. For now I just wanted to highlight some of the ways I use my iPhone to stay in touch without paying the ridiculously high data/voice rates. (These tips are from first hand experience with an...
by Joey Daoud | Oct 22, 2011 | Projects, Travel
I’m gearing up for an early Monday morning flight to Port-au-Prince, finally returning to Haiti. It’s been a year and a half since the earthquake and nearly two and a half years since I was there for the first time. This time I’m returning (along...
by Joey Daoud | Oct 21, 2011 | Distribution, Video Apps
Two Thursdays ago marked the long awaited Bots High screening day, a launch for the film that enabled anyone to host a screening of the film for free (plus they could tune into a live streaming Q&A). The highlights: 27 cities, 7 countries, and a release of the...
by Joey Daoud | Oct 17, 2011 | Cameras
Someone, somewhere in the world is now holding the last film camera ever to roll off the line via Film Fading to Black – Creative COW.
by Joey Daoud | Sep 26, 2011 | Corporate, Documentary, Projects, Web
Director Joey Daoud from CCP was commissioned to create a short documentary on the playful artist group FriendsWithYou for the Beck’s Green Box project. The Green Box project is an innovative project from Beck’s that places large, glowing, green boxes in various...
