About these Authors
Matt May is a Web accessibility specialist, and has written on the interaction of people and technology since 1995. He keeps his own weblog at
bestkungfu.com, and produces a podcast called
Staccato, which features Creative Commons-licensed music.
Alex Williamsblogs, consults and produces unconference style events, where people immerse in DIY media. These are fun occasions, designed for people who want to get together with authors, artists, technologists and leading thinkers to converse, eat, listen to music, write, shoot photos and post podcasts and videoblogs. Alex also works with companies to establish DIY approaches, where writing, photography, voice and video come together to create new conversations and communities. Alex is currently fascinated with digital photography. His girlfriend calls him a Flickrholic. Send Alex a nice message: alexhwilliams at gmail.com.
Nicole Simon loves blogging and podcasting, dashed with an European view. As consultant she helps to facilitate such tools for business purposes or personal publishing empires. She can be found at
cruel to be kind and on her private blog
Useful Sounds.
Roland Tanglao is a well known podcasting enthusiast and a passionate advocate of blogs, RSS, and social software as a means of online expression for people, organizations and businesses. He is a prominent participant in the blogosphere and online communities and one of the founders of Bryght and as Bryght's Chief Blogging Officer reads hundreds of blogs daily. He graduated from the University of Waterloo, worked at Nortel Networks where he ran its first internal corporate blog, has has been blogging since 1999, and was the first business blogging consultant in Canada.
Alex Williams
Matt May
Nicole Simon
Roland Tanglao
1. Brian on November 15, 2005 11:56 PM writes...
I have to give the cast and writers of Arrested Development props. The show is excellent, and the big shot fucks at FOX don't understand that this intelligence is far superior to shit like Prison Break and Wife Swap. I hope we see the series live on!
Permalink to Comment2. Stacy on November 16, 2005 05:31 PM writes...
I have to say this is one of the best shows that I have ever seen. I feel bad for those people that view this show and don't get it! Sometimes the best humor is not for the simple minded. I hope that another network will pick it up.
Permalink to Comment3. Sean on November 16, 2005 06:12 PM writes...
Once again, Fox caters to the lowest common denominator. You'd think that demographics would count for something - I'm sure Joe Trailerpark is quite comfortable stting doown to an evening of 'According to Jim'; personally, I prefer my comedy with a little humour.
Permalink to Comment4. Drew on November 17, 2005 12:05 AM writes...
If you all like Arrested Development as much as you say you do, please go out and buy the DVD's. It's only $30 for the first two seasons on Amazon and you'll be supporting the show. Remember what happened with Family Guy. Also go to www.myspace.com/arresteddevelopment to join in the letter writing campaign! It's worth a little time to save the best show on television!
Permalink to Comment5. schroeder on November 18, 2005 04:09 PM writes...
Rumor has it they might not cancel the show outright, but pass it on to FX. 4 million viewers is mediocre ratings for network TV, but huge for basic cable. And the show's shot on video, so it can't be horribly expensive to produce. And they've been trying to make FX a basic-cable HBO, with critically-acclaimed, award-winning type shows like Nip/Tuck and The Shield.
I hope it stays on the air somewhere; I really think it might be the funniest TV comedy of all time, so I hope Fox spares it for another little while. Of course, if you put together all of the comedies Fox has cancelled before it's time - the Ben Stiller Show, Undeclared, TV Nation, Futurama, 3 or 4 iterations of Family Guy, and now AD - you'd have a hell of a lineup.
Permalink to Comment6. Kim on December 6, 2005 02:53 AM writes...
I agree with the comments - Arrested Development is absolutely hilarious - one of the best written/acted comedies to come around in a long time and it's original. The problem with the show was the changing time slots - I never knew when it was on. Why oh why does network television keeps shows like According to Jim's stale wit, Two and Half unfunny men, and the myriad of other 30 minute time wasters, pointless reality shows, (some of them are entertaining but enough is enough) around? Does the American TV watching palate really suck that bad? I hope any of the cable Networks pick up AD - FX, Bravo, whatever I don't care. There are only two TV shows I bother watching on network TV - Arrested D and The Office - equally hilarious and another show with changing time slots. Get your act together Hollywood!
Permalink to Comment7. Kim on December 6, 2005 02:56 AM writes...
I am reposting a comment made by Sean because it was so right on. Here is his keen observation:
Once again, Fox caters to the lowest common denominator. You'd think that demographics would count for something - I'm sure Joe Trailerpark is quite comfortable stting doown to an evening of 'According to Jim'; personally, I prefer my comedy with a little humour.
UH, THANK YOU!!
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