How do you say too much?

Looking over Frank Duca's shoulder I spotted the book Blink. I wouldn't have thought twice about it, but it was at the Access Hollywood crew office. We were having a discussion about work conditions, about compressed time, about doing more. It was apt.

I was pinning a mic on Danny Meyer (Gramercy Tavern) while he was talking on the cell phone. He is one of the most gracious men I've ever met. He commented on the circumstances with a sad smile "we all have to be more productive, don't we?"

Today I made a potentially fatal error at work. A fundamental setting on my camera was switched. I didn't notice it, because I would never switch it to that setting. (for all you worry warts, it really wasn't fatal, a little gamma correction etc, should save crucial footage.) Why did I make such a mistake? Because I allowed myself to be influenced by the conditions of the job. Instead of taking my time, at my pace, I was working at an accelerated pace. Mistakes happen at high speed.

This is the direction of the world. How we carve ourselves into it or out of it will define our lives and our work.

Speed kills, remember?