Brooke Geery

Media

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More

The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More

How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More

The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More

How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More

The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More

How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More

The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More

How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More

The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More

How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
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What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More

The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More

How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More

The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More

How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More

The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More

How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More

The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More

How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Writing vs Editing

I have been trying to write this post for awhile now. Originally my angle was going to be if I thought I was a better writer or an editor, because it's very rare that someone is good at both. However, I decided that there was no way to write that honestly without sounding cocky while simultaneously writing an appropriate blog for my professional site that would not dissuade people from hiring me. So I've instead decided to instead to just talk about doing both and which I like more. Although I have been "the editor" of YoBeat since it started, the first 10-12 years included very little actual editing. But…
Read More

It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!

This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More

Writing is Dead

Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
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The History of YoBeat

One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
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How To Write Good, no wait, Well.

[caption id="attachment_529" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="completely unrelated, but still adorable photo"][/caption] So I am a writer. I know it's hard to believe because I just started a sentence with so, and I do it often, but shit, this is my blog and I follow no rules. I also am a big fan of NOT TRYING TO HARD. Nothing annoys me more than shitty writers who try to write well and come off sounding like total tools. One of my other trades however, is editing. Editing is fun because you get to sift through bullshit of people who are trying to hard all the time. But once, a long time ago, I…
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