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May 16, 2005

The fourth wall of information hunts and puzzles.

It's not the first time that JJ called me with an idea about how to mix the internet and television.

We'd had this kind of talk before, so when it came up preceding ALIAS, few words were exchanged, and I already knew pretty much what he wanted to set up; we'd already tested it, to great effect, on the audience of his then-current show "Felicity", using Noelcrane.com as a place to set up and to play with an idea about reality, the internet, and the fourth wall, which, in cinema, as well as television.

This time, the idea would be much bigger.

May 12, 2005

Misdirection.

“I sometimes find it difficult to imagine what my life will be like, working some day as a designer or art director in the world of advertising.

Special importance is placed upon every designer’s ability to express him or herself clearly; also to be able to explain that work. Its relevance.

But more often than not, I do something first, based upon me liking it, me believing in it. And then, over the passage of time, do I figure out what it is exactly that I have made.”

– Noel Crane, Touchstone Television