November 2009
“Structurally we fucked it up. European tech companies would normally have been...”
– “We f**cked it up”: Lack of media companies buying startups is Europe’s achilles heel says Hommels (via pheelmore)
“I don’t know very English but I know very much Spanish and I suppose you...”
– Letters of Note: My good friend Roosvelt
A 14-year old Fidel Castro in his letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1940.
“Mostly though I’m just sad. I never envisioned the CrunchPad as a huge business....”
– The End Of The CrunchPad
This story about the quick demise of the crunchpad is really crazy. I can’t believe someone would try to pull this kind of bullshit with someone so prominent as a the founder of the most popular tech blog in the world. Like Arrington, I’m sad this project didn’t work out....
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Who Wears The Trousers?
soundcloud:
To mark the first anniversary of the death of American folk legend Odetta, Wears The Trousers have curated a new tribute album, Beautiful Star: The Songs Of Odetta, featuring 16 songs reimagined by contemporary female artists, including Ane Brun, Marissa Nadler, Liz Durrett, Anaïs Mitchell and more. Soundcloud is streaming the entire album exclusively now.
‘Sail Away Ladies’...
“Virality is something that has to be engineered from the beginning… and it’s...”
– Josh Kopelman (via entrepreneurwisdom)
uvmann:
Get Well Soon - “5 Steps / 7 Swords”
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“We’ve been testing Spotify for the last few weeks, and it’s...”
– Music streaming app Spotify comes to the U.S. early next year | Los Angeles Times
Excited? You better be.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
Idlewild (20)
The Features (16)
Monsters of Folk (14)
Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard (12)
Bright Eyes (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
nabeel:
Music Hack Day Boston was one of the better little events I’ve been to in a while. Mostly because it actually felt like people were getting things done, there was soldering and coding and deals — it felt like the opposite of a chatter-fest. I was happy to have been able to contribute in my very minor way by speaking on a panel about Starting a Music Business.
For those who run events,...
“The organizers of the Boston event, Dave Haynes, Jon Pierce and Paul Lamere,...”
– Music Hack Day Boston Wrap up: It Rocked! • The Hype Machine Blog
Awesome write-up from Anthony! Sounds like it was a blast.
whitneymcn:
Wow. GBAttle’s Cult post kicked off a chain of associations…I had completely forgotten that in high school I played in a band that did a version of Suicidal Tendencies’ I Saw Your Mommy.
Or, given how we likely sounded, perhaps it’s “repressed” rather than “forgotten.”
I used to sing/scream for a hardcore band back home. We always played Join The Army at our live shows.
gbattle:
newspeedwayboogie:
The Cult - She...
gbattle:
The Cult - “Love Removal Machine” -...
headunderwater:
Jason Boesel - Hand of God
...
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Burning...
Weekend Music Fix
API’s FTW! Music Hack Day in Boston this weekend!
soundcloud:
You’ve probably already seen them in which case this is a friendly musical reminder to check out three awesome ways to discover new music published to SoundCloud:
Tracks On A Map: find the latest tracks published to SoundCloud from around the world
The Cloud Player: browse SoundCloud the same way you use iTunes
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“in SF I’m mayor of the W, XYZ bar and other cool spots. in SLC I’m mayor of my...”
– Personal Site of Bryce Roberts
Ha. Hahahaa.
“How would Apple like it if when they discovered a serious bug in OS X, instead...”
– Apple’s Mistake - Paul Graham
“Apparently Apple’s attitude is that developers should be more careful when...”
– Apple’s Mistake
Great piece about Apple by Paul Graham.
Marco?
“Don’t let anyone tell you your ideas are stupid or the thing you feel most...”
– Dennis Crowley (via soupsoup)
Music: Too Expensive to Be Free, Too Free to Be... →
That’s a good summary of the challenges that music/tech/streaming sites are facing at the moment. It will be interesting to wake up in January and observe how these companies evolve.
I still have a more longish post in my head addressing this very issue but haven’t found the time to get on it.
(via yvynyl, artistspaid)
The Features - The Temporary Blues
Luke...
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WatchWatch this awesome presentation by Dennis from Foursquare from a couple of days ago on Mobile Monday in Amsterdam.
Looks like there will be 50 new cities launched next week.
PS: Notice the amount of suits?
PPS: Dude, lay low on the coffee. Just kidding, love the drive.
My Web Startup of the year: Zombo.com →
Thinking.
Sometimes I really wish I could rely on someone as much as I always try to make someone else feel that he or she can always rely on me.
I help you out, you help me out. Right? Isn’t that how it’s supposed to be? I don’t mean keeping track of these things but there are ‘rules’ we don’t need to define, right?
MySpace Close To Acquiring iMeem →
“Hey Rups, listen: we’re already paying $25 mil for streaming royalties. Let’s buy Imeem, mkay?”
I’m sure I’m missing the point or the big picture here, but still…
yvynyl:
this is just silly.