{"id":14459,"date":"2008-02-04T10:10:54","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T15:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/14459.html"},"modified":"2008-02-04T10:10:54","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T15:10:54","slug":"digital-pamphleteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/digital-pamphleteer\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Digital Pamphleteer’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several months ago, my good friend Bill Simmon<\/a>, a terrific filmmaker (and blogger), came to me with an idea: he wanted to do a short film about blogging, starring … me. Now, I’ve never been entirely comfortable in front of a camera — I’m more of a behind-the-keyboard kind of guy — but Bill is practically family to me, so I couldn’t turn him down. Besides, I thought, a short film about me would be a) good publicity for The Carpetbagger Report; and b) exciting for my Mom.<\/p>\n

So, last summer, Bill and some of filmmaking colleagues came over and spent the day interviewing me and watching me work. It led to a short that Bill titled, “Digital Pamphleteer.” I’m hardly objective about the finished product, but it did win an award<\/a> at the Vermont International Film Festival last fall and will also play at this year’s Green Mountain Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Bill alerted me over the weekend that he’s now ready to share the finished product with a larger audience, and so I’m inviting interested readers to check it out<\/a>. How did I first get interested in politics? How many hours a day do I work? How many newspapers do I read? What little pen-twirling trick do I do while I work? Just how big is the bald spot on the crown of my head? All of those questions and more are answered in “Digital Pamphleteer.”<\/p>\n

Here’s the link<\/a> to the high-res Quicktime version that looks and sounds the best. If you have a slower connection, there’s also a YouTube version<\/a>, though it’s not nearly as sharp.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions or comments, I’m sure Bill would love to hear from you<\/a>. And if you like it, remember, all the credit goes to him — I just sat there; he did all the work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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