About Russell C. Smith and Michael Foster

The writing team of Smith and Foster comes from an extensive background of new media content creation. They are both established professionals with careers in literature, design and fine arts each with unique generational perspectives on mass media and global culture.

Kindness: A New Documentary Is Spreading the Word

2018-01-27T22:29:10+00:00

<em>Good Virus: Kindness Is Contagious</em>, by documentary filmmaker, David Gaz explores the idea of kindness as an emotional contagion, and a force for good in the world.

Kindness: A New Documentary Is Spreading the Word2018-01-27T22:29:10+00:00

Digital Fire: Give Us This Day Our Daily Tech

2018-01-27T22:41:10+00:00

By Russell C. Smith and Michael Foster The Internet poses two questions to people every day: What are you wishing (searching) for right now? How much change (acceleration) can a culture endure in a short span of time? A familiar trope in Sci-fi movies has the visitor from the past stuck in front of a [...]

Digital Fire: Give Us This Day Our Daily Tech2018-01-27T22:41:10+00:00

Reinventing the Post-Punk Era: Why Savages Might Find Nirvana

2018-01-27T16:48:33+00:00

Punk music in its purest form projects an element of danger and disruption, rage and revolt. It is music with the power to jolt the listener awake. Maybe 2013 will be the year British post-punk wakes people up.

Reinventing the Post-Punk Era: Why Savages Might Find Nirvana2018-01-27T16:48:33+00:00

Digital Fire: Northwest Voices in the Arts, Books, and Business on Reinvention

2018-01-27T19:52:09+00:00

We asked a few Northwest people in the arts and business communities what reinvention means to them.

Digital Fire: Northwest Voices in the Arts, Books, and Business on Reinvention2018-01-27T19:52:09+00:00

Reinvention and Authenticity: People, Companies, and Countries

2018-01-27T19:51:55+00:00

Being authentic means trusting your gut and moving ahead. It means that many times, your questions will be more important than your answers. On a personal level, it's where deeper truths are discovered.

Reinvention and Authenticity: People, Companies, and Countries2018-01-27T19:51:55+00:00

Reinventing the TV Rating System: How Community’s Fans Battled the Nielsen Rating System

2021-03-27T20:14:23+00:00

Once upon a time, the Nielsen rating system mattered. Not any longer. What matters now is fans and buzz. What matters in the digital age is is tribes and Twitter.

Reinventing the TV Rating System: How Community’s Fans Battled the Nielsen Rating System2021-03-27T20:14:23+00:00

The Boston Marathon and Social Media: What If a Terrorist Act Goes Against the Whole World?

2018-01-27T19:25:27+00:00

Has terrorism finally reached a tipping point? When a terrorist act goes against all of us, every country on Earth has a stake in stopping this type of insane violence against humanity.

The Boston Marathon and Social Media: What If a Terrorist Act Goes Against the Whole World?2018-01-27T19:25:27+00:00

Can the Republican Party Be Reinvented? Talking Openly About the Elephant in the Room

2018-01-27T19:58:51+00:00

The aftermath of what many consider the worst presidency in our history has damaged the GOP, and party leaders choosing an entire roster of out-of-touch candidates in 2012 shows the damage is ongoing.

Can the Republican Party Be Reinvented? Talking Openly About the Elephant in the Room2018-01-27T19:58:51+00:00

The Reinvention Movement: Claim Your Uniqueness

2018-01-27T19:52:42+00:00

Every day people who never imagined themselves as inventors, business owners, culture shifters, and reinventors have begun exploring all those unexplored sides of who they are, and what they might become.

The Reinvention Movement: Claim Your Uniqueness2018-01-27T19:52:42+00:00
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