I'm long overdue for a blog post, and there's nothing better to shake you out of journalistic torpitude than... someone else blogging about you. Or more accurately, blogging about your work.

Halifax businessman, inventor and blogger Issmat Al-Akhlai posted some kind words today about TimTV, a web series I've been shooting for about two weeks. Nothing salves the filmmaker's soul like praise - verbal or written, any kind will do. It's especially nice to hear when you're working pro bono (Latin for "getting shafted"), since it's the only reward you can expect.

TimTV is a series of webisodes profiling Bedford HRM Council candidate Tim Outhit. The series follows Tim as he organizes his campaign, profiles his family and supporters, and explores key policy issues. Voters can watch webisodes online or download the videos to their iPods at Tim's official site, BedfordLeader.com. TimTV is also available for free subscription in the iTunes store (Click here to subscribe.

Issmat calls the concept of TimTV "a stroke of genius". Credit here should go to my brother Jean, who pitched the idea to Tim, then conveniently remembered his brother is a filmmaker. While we're at it, a shout out to Barack Obama, to whom we owe a debt of creative gratitude (we're basically ripping off BarackTV). Hey, imitation is the sincerest form of idolatry.

Read the full post here.

Issmat closes his post by saying, "Hard to believe this quality of work is coming from a municipal elections candidate!" Are you listening, Liberal Party of Nova Scotia/Canada? We should talk.