Tag Archives: dan kelly

Functional sculpture

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Dan from ondesire.movie

In preparation for the epic Year of the Rabbit New Year Party on February 5th, Joe Cissel, Liz Paladino and I started construction of the combination skating ring (k) / ice diving stage in the form of a yin yang … Continue reading →

Posted in collaborators, sculpt, self education / research, sustainable | Tagged chainsaw, dan kelly, joe cissel, liz paladino, yin yang | Leave a comment

8 days – drydock

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Dan from ondesire.movie

Yesterday Hello World had a soft landing and went into drydock. Movie! 10-04-28 Hello World soft landing and drydock variable / full screen 10-04-28 Hello World soft landing and drydock fixed size

Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, repairs, synchronicity / fortunate accidents | Tagged artist house, dan kelly, drydock, Hello World, movie, repair, storage, under the catamaran, ups | 2 Comments

Premise with character development

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Dan from ondesire.movie

I am a real person but for the ALM movie it’s useful to think of myself as a character, to take a director’s eye view and reveal unexamined assumptions that might be important to the story. I don’t mind the … Continue reading →

Posted in latest news | Tagged Around Lake Michigan, backstory, character development, dan kelly, emotional roller coaster, empirical evidence, premise | Leave a comment

Bounce rate rebounds

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Dan from holyboners.com

Jonathan, Luke, Steve and I were looking at analytics for ondesire.movie last night. After posting the Premise page on Friday, bounce rate shot back up to 40%. The point of looking at bounce rate is to see how effective the landing page is, but several factors could be influencing the results – other than the […] Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, Around Lake Michigan, landing page cross post, people, real life, story, technique | Tagged bounce rate, dan kelly, jonathan kelly, lucas kelly, steve kelly | Leave a comment

Bounce rate drops at ondesire.movie

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Dan from holyboners.com

Bounce rate has dropped from 40% to 10%, whoo! Congratulations team, landing page analysis and revisions are a success. We’re generating a trickle of new visitors by selective follows on Twitter every day. From analytics it was pretty clear that … Continue reading →

Posted in Around Lake Michigan, vision | Tagged blog, bounce rate, dan kelly, follow, jonathan kelly, julie constantin, landing page, melonie steffes, ondesire, ondesire.movie, pages, patrick kelly, sidebar, steve elrick, twitter, waybackmachine | Leave a comment

Bounce rate drops at ondesire.movie

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Dan from holyboners.com

Deconstructing doom

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Dan from ondesire.movie

Jonathan has been questioning the veracity of the doom assertion in the ALM / artifact premise. A premise or pitch is a shorthand introduction to a project – typically delivered in less than 15 seconds (and often in an elevator). … Continue reading →

Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, self education / research, story, vision, vision / planning, wilderness | Tagged ALM, alm guide, Around Lake Michigan, artifact, consumer, dan kelly, delusion, disconnection, diy, doom, elevator, jonathan, jonathan kelly, pitch, premise, survivable, sustainable, toxic consumer culture | Leave a comment

Meeting 10-03-06 ondesire landing page

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Dan from holyboners.com

We’ve had two dream team meetings, in Brooklyn (Faisal, Erica and Dan) and last Saturday in Beulah (Steve Elrick, Melonie, Jonathan, Lucas Kelly and Dan). Inviting collaboration and contribution was the focus of Saturday’s meeting. Components of the ask package … Continue reading →

Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, document / journal, music, open source, self education / research, vision, vision / planning | Tagged androgenous, artifacts, blog, confuse, dan kelly, definitions, desire, erica velis, faisal azam, future sustainable civilization, jonathan kelly, lucas kelly, media, melonie, music, steve elrick | 10 Comments

Dream team

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Dan from holyboners.com

The primary lesson I learned making Daughter of God or DOG is this – finishing a movie by yourself takes forever. To complete DOG and support ALM this year, I’ve assembled a team of two knob spinning freelancers and five … Continue reading →

Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, vision | Tagged after effects, ALM, andrea maio, Around Lake Michigan, art department, atmospheric, blender, california, canada, carrots, cars, cruise ship, dan kelly, daughter of god, dog, dogthemovie.com, erica, experimental, experts, faisal azam, freelancers, fund raising, geographic, jeff gibbs, jonathan kelly, julie constantin, lorax, melonie steffes, michigan, new york, saldaje, steve elrick, venture capital | Leave a comment

Designing the ALM guide

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Dan from holyboners.com

Who is this character Dan Kelly, ALM guide? Why is the audience intrigued by his journey? Based on my discussion with Andrea, I can’t assume the audience will understand my assumptions and motivations regarding ALM. The 900 lb gorilla in … Continue reading →

Posted in Around Lake Michigan, story, vision | Tagged ALM, andrea maio, character development, dan kelly, fictional, gorilla, terrorist training films | Leave a comment

Launch!

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Dan from ondesire.movie

It’s 7:00 am UTC-4 or eastern standard time for you lubbers, and this is it finally, with luck. Hello World has lay quietly at anchor all night while multigenerational revelers ran slightly amuck. I’ve got a garage to clean, some … Continue reading →

Posted in 09-09-05, Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, latest news | Tagged bailey barnes, betsie bay, dan kelly, elberta beach, jetski, jim barnes, jonathan kelly, party, patrick kelly, portage | Leave a comment

Plan B

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Dan from ondesire.movie

Once again Dan is manning blog command. Say that 10 times fast. Location – Artist house, Beulah Michigan Weather – overcast Health – excellent Morale – high Electricity – plentiful Food – adequate Water – abundant Equipment – functional There’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Desire project preparation, Hello World, vision / planning | Tagged amtrak, blog, dan kelly, deadline, just in time, kai schwarz, patrick kelly, plan b | Leave a comment

Telemetry 090630

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Kai Schwarz

I don’t think Dan’s coming to Hawaii. It seems, for ideological reasons as he won’t fly in a jet due to it’s carbon footprint. I can respect his convictions though I don’t fully adopt them as my own. He’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in collaborators, Desire project preparation, disasters and catastrophes, document / journal, health / survival, kai, story, sustainable, vision / planning | Tagged armadillo, blue water, carbon, collective culture, dan kelly, desire, footprint, hawaii, hobie cat, humanity, inter-island, kona, nervous system, portland, radar, radar reflector, radio, san francisco, seattle, solar panel, sustainability, transpac, wind generator | 1 Comment

Launch the first wave!

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Dan from ondesire.movie

After 5 days of screen gazing I have achieved blog launch. About 75 souls in the first wave. Assuming there’s no major hitches in the next day or two, we’ll do the next 500 or so on the big list. … Continue reading →

Posted in Desire project preparation | Tagged dan kelly, first wave, hilo, kai schwarz, launch, rendezvous, to desire | Leave a comment

Camping / trekking

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Dan from ondesire.movie

I am all about back country if the opportunity presents, sleeping cheap on the islands. I need at least a sleeping bag for bedding on our fine Desire. Add the basics – an internal frame pack that can hold a … Continue reading →

Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning | Tagged camping, ceramic water filter, dan kelly, kai schwarz, sleeping bag, tent, treking | Leave a comment

Dan’s plan

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Dan from ondesire.movie

April 1st, count down. I am green to go, but it’s all visualization and hutzpah presently. I’ve got to sell a good deal of gear to enable this, so on my ride back from Michigan last night I made some … Continue reading →

Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning | Tagged camping, dan kelly, email, gear, Honda Odyssey, kai schwarz, liquidate, michigan, production gear, scuba, sublet, treking, visualization (magic) | Leave a comment

Big World Small Footprint Continuum

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Kai Schwarz

Big World Small Footprint Continuum ~The Desire Project~ RAW Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10:04 AM (not foolish at all) From: “kai” To: “j gallone” Hello John, Here’s the scoop on what Dan and I are building. We’re calling it (working … Continue reading →

Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning | Tagged big world small footprint, BWSF, dan kelly, desire, john gallone, kai schwarz | Leave a comment

Sailbabalu

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Kai Schwarz

Dan, We now have the capability of updating our web blog on ‘Babalu’ by satellite phone at sea. This includes our position on Google Earth every time we update the blog. It’s still in it’s raw state but will get … Continue reading →

Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning | Tagged babalu, blogging, dan kelly, email, kai schwarz, sailbabalu | 2 Comments

Junkraft

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Kai Schwarz

Dan, Here’s an interesting site (sometimes buggy) about two guys who built a raft out of junk and sailed it from California to Hawaii. Cheers! ~Kai http://junkraft.com/blog/

Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning | Tagged california, dan kelly, email, hawaii, junkraft, kai schwarz | Leave a comment

Re: update

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Kai Schwarz

From: KAI Subject: Re: update Date: March 17, 2009 8:55:56 AM EDT To: DAN Sounds Great Dan. Things are pretty crazy for me here in Seattle right now as I get ready for my trip. I’m … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Dan from ondesire.movie

From: DAN Subject: update Date: March 14, 2009 9:09:00 AM EDT To: KAI Hey! I am keenly interested in doing Desire in May. There are several projects that have to be closed down before, it’s slightly … Continue reading →

Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning | Tagged dan kelly, desire, gear, kai schwarz, liquidate, sublet | Leave a comment

Re: alternates (to flying)

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Dan from ondesire.movie

From: DAN Subject: Re: alternates Date: February 27, 2009 12:56:48 PM EST To: KAI Thanks, I’ll look into it all. I’ve started to build a plan. I found these so far. http://www.cruisersforum.com Attitudes and Latitudes Forum … Continue reading →

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Re: alternates (to flying)

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Kai Schwarz

From: KAI Subject: Re: alternates Date: February 27, 2009 7:15:42 AM EST To: DAN Hello Dan, It was great talking with you yesterday! As for getting to Hawaii I’ll try to find some more crew list … Continue reading →

Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning | Tagged crew, dan kelly, honolulu, horizon, kai schwarz, long beach, matson, no jetting, passenger, seattle, shipping lines | Leave a comment

Desire

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Dan from ondesire.movie

From: DAN Subject: Desire Date: January 1, 2009 2:11:05 PM EST To: KAI Kai, “Almonds” is an idea that i’d like to expand on. let me know if you think there’s a connection to the church … Continue reading →

Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning | Tagged AC power, cables, camera, condoms, dan kelly, desire, distiller, Fiji, hawaii, kai schwarz, laptop, menu, radio, scuba, shit, some almonds movie, sprouting, sustainable, underwater | Leave a comment

Der boat

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Dan from ondesire.movie

From: DAN Subject: der boat Date: December 29, 2008 8:37:04 AM EST To: KAI yo mofo, happy merry and best wishes for the upcoming year of the ox. do you have a blog about your sailing … Continue reading →

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