Here's a New Joke
MP3December 18, 2013
Our guest this episode is writer & cartoonist Daniel J. Hogan. Listen to the podcast to learn a bit about self-publishing, comedy & ad revenue.
Introductions
- Daniel’s book, Magic of Eyri.
- Daniel’s cartooning on Clattertron.
On Content Making
- Blues Brothers train scene.
- As mentioned by Daniel, Rory’s Story Cubes.
- The comedy of Mitch Hedberg.
- SlushPile Hell “One grumpy literary agent, a sea of query fails, and other publishing nonsense.”
- Game Dev Tycoon, an unwinnable game if you pirated it from the web instead of paying for it. Hilarious but sad story.
- Lulu.com A company helping people self-publish that our guest has used in the past.
- Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up
- Square Cash An interesting way to pay people online quickly without the hassle of signing up for yet another service. Make yourself a link!
- Also mentioned by Daniel, Commission Junction. Another option aside from Google Ad Words or Amazon to make some money with your website.
- Amazon.ca vs Amazon.com a Sikkdays.com blog post.
- Disney’s Epcot has a Canada section?. Who knew?
- Cory Doctorow’s Makers
- Cory Doctorow’s Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom
- Gilbert Gottfried’s Powerful Right Arm and his masturbation controversy during the 1991 Emmys.
Feeling like some time travel films?
- Timecrimes
- Primer
- Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
- From the director of Primer, here’s his new (non time travel) film that we have yet to watch but is on Netflix, Upstream Color.
- In reference to Chirs killing time with politeness as he finds a chirp, it’s SNL’s take on NPR’s Delicious Dish.
Errata
Paul mentions not getting a payout from Apple yet. Having checked the Financial Reports, Paul actually had received a payout from Apple (Direct deposit?!?), putting Apple ahead of Square Cash in the total revenue bucket. Mind on my money, money on my mind.