Category: Doing
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My Defense of Beck’s New Album
I took some time yesterday to read reviews of Beck’s Modern Guilt yesterday and was displeased with what I saw. Do I think it’s his greatest album? Nope. Do I think it holds up pretty well against his most recent material? Absolutely. In fact, I think it’s the most underrated album of the year. Could…
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Independent’s Day Music Conference
I’m going to be on a Music 2.0 panel on Saturday at Drexel University. You can get the details here. You may witness some unintentional hilarity as I talk about the Web 2.0 wormhole and how it’s not revolutionizing the music industry, just fragmenting it some more. Can you believe it’s been ten years since…
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Try FriendFeed
I know you’re probably completely underwhelmed by Twitter and its technical glitches, so maybe it’s time to consider using FriendFeed. At first it’s probably a little too much Web 2.0 to process, but if you give it a chance you’ll find yourself spending way less time poking around the web to see what your friends…
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Netflix Abandoning User Profiles
How can Netflix possibly squander its rich opportunities to exploit its inherently social features? When I got notice that user profiles would be abolished effective September 1st, I was aghast. Why would any site eliminate such a useful tool for its users as they try to avail themselves of the vast content offering in an…
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Looks like we have a winner.
I had a great conversation with Chris from ClickPopMedia Saturday about the future of this blog. Let’s say it’s very bright. What’s in store, you ask? Think gallons of data flowing through the strip: I’m not going to go nuts and try to drive everything I cram into FriendFeed in here, but there’ll be plenty…