“I think television is moving more into movies, particularly with serialization and almost cinematic proportions and expectations. A show like 'Game of Thrones' is a perfect example of that, or even a show like 'The Wire,' which isn't all about instant gratification it's about inviting someone into the long experience of television the way you'd be invited into a theater for two hours. So I think in that way, and the quality of writing in television is probably much better than most film writing.” ThinkingWayWritingLongTwoShowsFilmMovingGamesHoursPerfectQualityExampleTelevisionExpectationsTheaterInstantProportionThronesInvitedGratificationInvitingCinematicInstant GratificationFilm Writing Author:Bryan Singer
“The president stands between the twin mirrors of the past and future, causing his being to become reflected an infinite amount of times. At first, this can be very disorienting. But it induces the president to move quickly. He may, for example, mimic a wave with his arms in order to see how his actions extend across this mirroring of time, observing if the figure at the end acts at the same instant as the figure before him, and so on and so forth.” IfsFirstsMayEndsActionPastMovingOrderPresidentFiguresExampleArmsAmountInfiniteMirrorsWaveInstantTwinsObservingMirroring Author:Calvin Coolidge
“I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's appropriate to; for example, an internal monologue by a locquacious and verbose narrator is more likely to be larded with adverbs than an exchange of instant messages between cops at a crime scene.” ThinkingUseStyleCrimePolicyExampleSceneMessagesInstantAppropriateInternalsCopMonologuesNarratorsPersonal StyleAdverbs Author:Charles Stross
“Well, probably the best way to put it might be that at some time, not just in an instant, but over some period of time I became aware of the fact that I wanted to document examples like Kroger or Piggly Wiggly in the late '50s, early '60s.” WayWellsFactsMightWantedExamplePeriodsLateBest WayInstantDocuments Author:William Eggleston
“I think it's become such a part of younger people's daily life to have the instant access to each other that it sometimes gets a little presumptuous. People feel like it's OK, for example, to email you with some weird personal criticism they have.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLittlesSometimesExampleCriticismAccessInstantDaily LifeEmailPresumptuous Author:Ted Leo
“If you look at the portion of the GPU available to compute throughout the frame, it varies dramatically from instant to instant. For example, something like opaque shadow map rendering doesn't even use a pixel shader, it's entirely done by vertex shaders and the rasterization hardware - so graphics aren't using most of the 1.8 teraflops of ALU available in the CUs. Times like that during the game frame are an opportunity to say, 'Okay, all that compute you wanted to do, turn it up to 11 now.'” IfsLooksDoneUseWantedTurnsOpportunityGamesExampleShadowOkayAvailableInstantMapsPortionsVaryHardwareRenderingOpaquePixels Author:Mark Cerny
“Business executives need to start by spelling out and communicating their values. Then they need to lead by example. This means getting rid of the bad apples and declining opportunities that bring instant wealth at the cost of selling one's soul.” NeedsMeanSoulValuesOpportunityWealthExampleCostCommunicateSellingInstantApplesExecutivesSpellingBad Apple Author:Vivek Wadhwa