Ryan Bradshaw pointed me to Future of Music Book. The entire first chapter is on how music is like water and how some of the richest companies in the world are water utilities. Hmmmm – reminds me of something I wrote.
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Karaoke Gone Very Very Wrong
Sinéad O’Connor’s classic song “The Emperor’s New Clothes” came up on my iTunes this morning. This happens fairly often because its in my ‘Getting Things Done’ playlist. Anyway – this particular time I was inspired to sing along – inspired to sing along as Garrick channelling Jimmy Fallon channelling Barry Gibb channelling Young Fine Cannibals. …
First Crack 68. Dan Carroll Talks about the IMP Media Player
Dan Carroll and I grab lunch at Joes Garage and we talk about IMP – his music and movie distribution platform currently in beta. We talk about how it benefits independent artists, how it’s different than iTunes, the decision to go with BiTorrent, and who this platform is intended for. We start off with a …
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First Big Snow of 2005 Holiday Season Has Started
Expecting 6-8″ before it ends sometime round Thursday or Friday. I’d be more excited if I wasn’t driving to St. Paul first thing in the morning.
Amazing Race 8 – Episode 11
Dear Amazing Race, Thanks for visiting our airport. We have a lovely city as well. Love, Minneapolis, MN Detour: Slide it or Roll it You’re in Canada and you don’t go curling? That’s like, well, going to Canada and not curling. This is why I like the Lintz’s – they have such enthusiasm. Makes armchair …
It’s All About the Benjamins
David Newberger asks Doc Searls 10 questions about blogging. This bit resonated with me: “Now we have millions of Benjamin Franklins, each writing his or her own Poor Richard’s Almanac…This is disruptive to many institutions. But it is also empowering in countless ways.” – Doc Searls
Tuesday Triple Play – The ER Being Like an After Bar
This triple play was tough, two of these songs were sitting in the queue for a while now awaiting a third. This morning inspiration struck – like that scene from Pulp Fiction. Conventional wisdom says there’s a fine line separating pleasure and pain. These three songs aren’t sure which side they’re on. Stevie Nix from …
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Aggregation Not Adding Value?
Splogs or spam-blogs are a problem I’ve touched on before. I find them annoying and whenever Technorati points me to something smelling sploggy, I hit my SplogReporter bookmarklet. My criteria for splog: whole-cloth copying of another weblog’s post minimal or nonexistent attribution to the original authors and weblogs no explicit “we’re aggregating these sites” messaging …
Two Quick Reminders About Work
The current problems cannot be fixed by the behaviors, processes, and relationships that caused them. Not completely fixed is better than completely broken.
12-Step Podcast Production Process
Recently, I realized how convoluted and complex the production process is for the First Crack Podcast. Now, the process doesn’t need to be this complex. Nor did it start out this way for me. This process was an evolution, developed as I discovered the weaknesses of the applications I’m using and how I’m using them. …