Garrett Gibbons

Yes and yes.

PS- isn’t it pronounced “US aid?”

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

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I’m happy to see that you found a distribution deal! Can’t wait to buy it in print.

Amazing

Ooh! Was the cord illuminated with a black light? I’d love to hear any info. Love it.

#flyingpole #pole #spinpole

Ugh this is so pretty

Final Fantasy 7 screenshot, with Barret quote, "If we don't get rid of them, they're gonna kill this planet!"

Sorry I didn’t reply to your email earlier. I was wrapped up in something and lost track of time.

#aerialsilks #circusarts #austintx

Am I happy to spend more than retail to support a creative project I believe in? Absolutely! But when a creator behaves badly and deprioritizes their backers, it would be nice to be able to warn future backers that this might not be the person to support at this phase.

A game developer I backed for $60 has had their game on sale in the main stores for so long that it has gone on deep discount twice (to $10-12), but they also still haven’t sent out codes or physical copies to backers. Every update they post, backers get more furious about the lack of delivery.

Currently, one creator I backed two years ago still hasn’t sent out his film (which has been finished and shown in festivals for about a year), but he spams a few times a week with project updates for his newer campaigns that aren’t super relevant. He is on Update 187 for his project 😵‍💫

Crowd-sourcing platforms need better ways to hold creators accountable. At the least, we should have a tool to review projects we have backed, so future potential backers can see how previous campaigns went. #kickstarter #indiegogo #crowdsourcing

Today I learned that there is an entire industry of photographers and dress rentals on Santorini (Greece), so people can do giant flowy dress photo shoots. This feels very specific and fascinating to me.

Prepaid drop-in class passes that expire after a short amount of time (less than a year) is part of a predatory business practice that exploits customers and delivers no value for money collected.

Change my mind?

Screenshots from a recent dance film project

Jay Tighe "I Don't Miss You Anymore"Written & performed by Jay TigheProduced by Otto D'Agnolo with Jay TigheDirected by Garrett GibbonsI DON'T MISS YOU ANYMO... Jay Tighe - I DON'T MISS YOU ANYMORE [official video] 4K

I’m excited to share this music video I shot for Jay Tighe on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Big shout out to Serena Keck and Sawyer Stolle for dancing beautifully in harsh winds, on cracked, dry salty mud. They pulled it off beautifully.

youtu.be/aRVkhV8G9HI?...

“Screenwriting is pushing a boulder uphill. Directing is running downhill with the boulder rolling behind you.” Christopher McQuarrie

“Tweeter representatives” is my new favorite way to describe that company’s employees.

X / Twitter won't let city building inspectors check out the giant X logo on the roof of their HQ

inspectors have been denied access for the past two days upon visiting to inspect the structure

I can think of very few problems that can’t be solved with large amounts of dancing.

I have a coworker who always reminds everyone else “assume good faith,” but then someone else tagged on “…or at least awkwardness.” Since that was said, “assume awkwardness” has smoothed over so many social bumps at the office. There is no malice in awkwardness.

I think that the main barrier to Bluesky is just velocity of the rollout. Threads landed in the lap of Instagram users and that made for a huge visibility and adoption move right from the get-go. I definitely hope that Bluesky takes off!

Bluesky is a phenomenal social media app and Twitter replacement. I love the controls over privacy and the feed. The question is if #Bluesky can get a critical user base before #Threads becomes the next #Twitter.