thedenveregotist.com - 8/6/2009
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The recent Gareth Kay talk has had me pondering his response to the question about award shows; should they be scrapped to help us all focus on the job at hand, and not the gold at the end of the rainbow? Gareth said yes. I say…evolve or die.
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Wnek is careful to say that the idea person and the executional person are equals. I understand why he says that, but since I'm not in his position, I don't mind saying no, that's not true. Executional skills mean NOTHING without a powerful idea. Ideas are the fuel, the team of horses, while execution is the buggy.
The Denver Egotist also ran a diatribe yesterday against the way award shows currently churn out the same old shit.
Let's have a look at one suggestion to fix that: ...
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