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CoLab PM Bootcamp Concludes
Today marked the end of the CoLab PM Sprint—a bootcamp starting with a problem space, moving into research, and defining MVP features...
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Adam
- Mar 10
- 3 min
CoLab Week Three // Submission // Spec Sheet V1
Photo from Sequoia, 2023 For week three of the CoLab PM Bootcamp, I took the initial concept and qualitative research for Sojourn and...
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Adam
- Mar 3
- 4 min
CoLab Week Two // Submission // Research Report
Normally, I wouldn't go into research interviews with a pre-formed idea, but in this situation, the shell of an idea was already...
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Adam
- Feb 24
- 4 min
CoLab // Week One // Problem Statements
San Sebastian, 2022 Last summer, I went to Europe alone, and relied on what felt like very unintentional tools to meet fellow tourists...
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Adam
- Feb 18
- 3 min
Why We Need a New Way to Interview
Random Stock Image Going "freelance" is a rapidly growing employment status, representing $1.35 trillion in annual earnings in 2022. I'd...
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Adam
- Feb 12
- 4 min
A Good Local Band Is Hard to Find
My friends' band Uggh I noticed this first in Los Angeles of all places. Despite the number of garage and bedroom musicians around...
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Adam
- Feb 3
- 3 min
The Latent Potential of Dog Parks
Lola Valeiras, 2022 When visiting Europe, one of the most startling and joyful things is its use of public space. The beer gardens are...
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Adam
- Jan 27
- 4 min
Why Some Apps Need a Pause Button
Should there be an off-switch? A pause button? Or maybe a seatbelt is the right metaphor. Is there some way to nudge us away from...
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Adam
- Jan 20
- 3 min
Why Gen Z Prefers Low Megapixel Cameras
Julien Donkey-Boy, Harmony Korine The latest iPhone 14 pro has 48 MP. The "hottest new" TVs make great movies look like stageplays. Did...
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Adam
- Jan 13
- 3 min
Why Does Dorm Living End in College?
When I moved to Los Angeles, I was 25, intermittently freelancing, and knew a couple people who lived across the city, which in LA meant...
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Adam
- Jan 6
- 2 min
Why I'm Starting a Blog Called Why
Despite having made probably hundreds of hours of content for digital platforms, I have never been much of a social media publisher....
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Adam
- Jul 21, 2018
- 1 min
Feature Budget: Mediating Expectations
Even though my usual line of work has been, up until this point, freelance producing and commercial writing in Los Angeles and Atlanta, I...
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Adam
- Jul 8, 2018
- 1 min
What to have in a home office...
When working with Carbon Films as a narrative producer and copywriter in Atlanta, I had the pleasure of executing work out of their loft...
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Adam
- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
Scheduling a Commercial
I can't remember the last job I produced where I didn't also serve as 1st AD. Even when I had the budget to hire a 1st AD, I always ended...
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Adam
- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
How to Film Five Commercials in One Day
For some reason, I didn't blink an eye at the need to produce five high-quality commercials in a single day for a sufficient but in no...
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Adam
- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
BakBlade: Crafting a Campaign
I would say that first and foremost, especially since moving from Atlanta to Los Angeles, I am a freelance producer. I am a freelance...
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Adam
- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
BakBlade: Creative Concepting
When I first began to work on the BakBlade commercials as a freelancer, I was only hired as a writer by Rubix Media. My freelance...
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Adam
- Jun 30, 2018
- 1 min
A Video Producer's Demo Reel
It's not a standard thing for a commercial video producer to make a demo reel. A Director or Director of Photography, sure thing. Maybe...
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Adam
- Jun 30, 2018
- 2 min
Moving to Los Angeles
I learned everything I know from the company I worked for in Atlanta, Georgia. Let's call it Elysium Films. They are a small commercial...
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