Dan Conover writes about shooting his short film over the last few weeks.

Dan talks about the power of cheap technology when it intersects the desire to be creative. That's the spirit that drives our Create South conference this weekend. Not coincidentally, Dan and his wife Janet will be presenting at the conference about ways to wire up cheap web services to create something more powerful than the components standing alone. I can't wait to see this, I can't wait to see Dan and Janet, I can't wait for the conference. Come join us, register now!

Update: It gets better. In response to a sniffy comment about how they used this energy and cooperation not to "end hunger but make a zombie film" Dan responds:

We have a local blogosphere because dozens of people have been working to knit that community together since April 2006. It didn't suddenly emerge because I posted a casting call for zombies. And would everyone have come running if I'd proclaimed "Hey, I've got this idea to end hunger. Y'all come help me?" I doubt it.

But I believe that every time we work together to make a "not so good by the looks of it" video, we learn a few things. We adjust our horizons. We start to look at ourselves and our possibilities differently.

I spent a long time being a Very Serious Person. But I get more joy from being silly.

In the end, I think spreading joy is a better strategy.