June 23, 2010
June 20, 2010
Adam Sadowsky Talks “This Too Shall Pass”
"Okay. So, just some statistics about, sort of, what we went through in the process. The machine itself has 89 distinct interactions. It took us 85 takes to get it on film to our satisfaction. Of those 85 takes, only three actually successfully completed their run. We destroyed two pianos and 10 televisions in the process. We went to Home Depot well over a hundred times. And we lost one high-heeled shoe when one of our engineers, Heather Knight, left her high-heeled shoe - after a nice dinner, and returned back to the build - and left it in a pile of stuff. And another engineer thought, "Well, that would be a really good thing to use." And ended up using it as a really nice trigger. And it's actually in the machine."
TED
TED
June 18, 2010
Canyons’ Pitch Perfect Mixtape
Avalanches, POND, Bell Towers, Tame Impala, Canyons, Tortoiseshell ... what's not to like really?
June 10, 2010
Wavves – Post Acid
June 8, 2010
The Cool Kids – Tacklebox
June 8, 2010
Harlem – Hippies
May 6, 2010
Music In The Cloud Coming Not Anytime Soon
"Last week, my sources admitted that Apple has made the rounds to discuss options, but none believed that iTunes would launch a new service anytime soon. Now All Things Digital's Peter Kafka is reporting that the reason for the delay is that the major labels believe that they should be paid a premium because any locker based service constitutes multiple use."
Hypebot
Hypebot
May 4, 2010
Gartner Hot On Recommendation Systems
"There are long-term opportunities for developers of core search/recommendation/discovery technologies to work with online media service providers to develop compelling reward systems. These systems should reinforce preferred modes of one-to-one or one-to-many referrals/recommendations, depending on the type of online media service."
The Guardian
The Guardian
April 7, 2010
DRM Hits The Cloud
"Here's how it works. During the buying process a username and transaction ID are known by the online retailers. Before making the song available for download their software embeds into the file either an account name or a transaction number or both. Once downloaded, the file has squirreled away this personal information in a manner where you can't easily see it, but if someone knows where to look they can. This information doesn't affect the audio fidelity, but it does permanently attach to the file data which can be used to trace back to the original purchaser which could be used at a later date."
Mashable
Mashable
March 4, 2010
