December 2009
14 posts
WatchJust watched the fireside chat with Gary Vaynerchuk at Le Web. Love how Gary explains the social shift. 11.40 is legendary.
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(iPhone) Kindle App - What Would Be Cool
I’ve made it almost halfway through Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky using the Kindle iPhone app. Reading books on the iPhone works as smoothly as expected and I love how easy it is to highlight stuff and take notes while reading (I do this a lot). It’s indeed a game changer for me.
However, the Kindle app could benefit from a few more features, even though I like the simplicity....
“Existing publishers have the power to change the form of what they do, increase...”
– Usually don’t quote/link to Seth Godin much because I assume everyone reads his stuff, but this post was killer. Publishers have a great opportunity to take the lessons learned from the music industry and turn things around. To be honest though I doubt many of them will do that. Color me...
Kindle iPhone App
Been waiting a while for the Kindle iPhone app to arrive in Europe. Downloaded it earlier today and just bought Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody. I’ve wanted to read more books lately, but have struggled to find the time. Pretty sure this will be a game changer.
That's Fast
The train between downtown Shanghai and the Pu Dong airport has a max speed of 430 km/h.
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Some Awesome Turntables from 09
Turntables outsold CD players by 5 to 1 in Norway this year. Here are some cool ones.
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How Vevo Makes Google More Like Coca-Cola →
musicandmedicine:
yvynyl:
some music biz analysis for ya.
Great perspective from the business side of things. Well worth a read.
I enjoy almost every piece by Umair. The framework layed out in his writing is a great tool for understanding what’s happening from an economic/business perspective. Too bad he didn’t show up at transmediale last winter. Would have been the happening...
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“Cruise-control into the coffin it is. Enjoy.”
– Killer post by Andy Swan - Face it, you’re screwed
Streaming will never stop downloading →
jstn:
tedroden:
muxtape:
“Why would we voluntarily increase our reliance on expensive, scarce wireless bandwidth delivered by abusive thugs when we are awash in cheap, commodity storage that grows cheaper every day and which we can buy from hundreds of manufacturers and thousands of retailers?”
“Hard problems can’t be solved with technical denialism.”
Isn’t it fairly hardcore denialism to...
Daft Punk Playing At My House (live) - LCD...
