David Noël

Howard Lindzon's Interview Show: The Web Is Dead

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:36:00 +0200

Howard Lindzon's Interview Show: The Web Is Dead:

On the show so far: Fred Wilson, Brad Feld, Seth Levine and Chris Dixon.

Weekend must-watch.

Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers |...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:26:00 +0200

Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers | Maggie’s Farm (Bob Dylan cover)

It’s taken a while but I’m starting to really like cover Friday. And this is solely because of the great covers my Tumblr friends pick every week.

Somewhat related to this song: this morning I watched Fred’s speech about 10 ways to be your own boss which inspired me to pick this cover.

Well, hello there, Faceb… Wait. Yammer?!

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:34:42 +0200

Well, hello there, Faceb… Wait. Yammer?!

Imagine a world where instead of clicking the Watch button,...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:16:25 +0200

Imagine a world where instead of clicking the Watch button, you’d see a nice little preview of the SoundCloud artwork players, click Listen and enjoy.

Yeah, that would be nice.

Oh, and the songs are great too.

Mark: How Would I Improve Ping?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:14:19 +0200

yvynyl:

Wouldn’t be hard. Apple sure did launch a half-baked idea. Here’s what I wish Ping was:

Curated channels/stores that people could subscribe to (ie: itunes.com/yvynyl) that also give us a percentage of the revenue for hustling your wares.

Custom playlists and mixtapes, goddamnit. How hard is that?

Make all this accessible outside the clunky, heavy, slow iTunes app.

Don’t try and figure out what I like based on what I bought. I haven’t purchased music in iTunes… um… ever. But I have ~150GB of well-metadata’d MP3s in the app across two computers. Last.fm can see that, why can’t you?

Do NOT suggest I follow Lady fucking Gaga, Katy Perry and Linkin Park. Fuck you.

Speaking of following, I typed in “Grizzly Bear” and it came up with no results. Um, what?

Let me import my Twitter, Gmail and Facebook. C’mon, this is 20-freaking-10, isn’t it? I’m not going to ‘invite my friends by email’ you idiots.

Open the music selections to include indie artists outside the iTunesland. If an artist isn’t on iTunes, why don’t YOU invite them?

Data, data, data. Expose it! Its fun! Speaking of which, why didn’t you just buy Last.fm from CBS?

Try, at least a little bit, to encourage and engage in the JOY of music… I know this is hard for your megacorporate cold, dark little hearts, but my god, this place feels like fucking Walmart more and more every day.

I’m sure I’ll be adding to these thoughts. What about you, dear reader? What else do you wish this was or will become?

For someone working in tech/music, it’s probably uncool to admit that until now, I haven’t looked at what Ping does. Heck, haven’t even updated iTunes. Also, I didn’t watch the keynote and didn’t read a lot of tech blogs today and from what Mark writes below, I won’t even bother checking it out.

Here’s how I find music today: Find a song you like on Tumblr and SoundCloud powered by ExFM, check out Hypem and then go find the album on Spotify, move to my To Listen folder and hit play. Additionally: get the vinyl version from a store, the mp3 version from Amazon (or iTunes, yes).

Nice rant, brother.

soupsoup: staff: Marc LaFountain Community Director Richmond,...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:59:33 +0200

soupsoup:

staff:

Marc LaFountain
Community Director
Richmond, Virginia

Marc gets email. A lot of email.

As Community Director, Marc manages Tumblr’s entire support infrastructure. From tackling general community issues to solving technical support requests, he’s personally read and responded to thousands upon thousands of email messages regarding browser cookies, forgotten passwords, and more.

One of the great unsung heroes of Tumblr. Thanks for all your help over the years, Marc.

Top dude. I feel ya.

Les Savy Fav | Let’s Get Out Of Here Definitely one of the...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:29:54 +0200

Les Savy Fav | Let’s Get Out Of Here

Definitely one of the crazier live shows you’ll ever watch.

fred-wilson:

Let’s Get Out Of Here - Les Savy Fav

my younger brother intro’d me to this band a few years back. apparently they are incredible live. you can hear that in their frenetic sound

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:16:51 +0200

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Right. Arcade Fire. Last night. In Berlin. After the show ended,...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:22:15 +0200

Right.

Arcade Fire. Last night. In Berlin.

After the show ended, I tweeted Arcade Fire is Indie Stadium Rock and I fucking love it. Good for them, well deserved. Go see them.

The shows was amazing. They’re 9 people on stage, have a million different instruments and everyone keeps switching from one instrument to another. It’s not a big rock show, but it is intense, it’s epic (the non-internet epic kinda way) and it includes goosebumps and a lot of smiling - Indie Stadium Rock, the awesome kinda way. To me the show was so personal that I didn’t even thought about taking pictures or videos, sorry!

I’m happy for them, their success after seven years and three studio albums is well deserved.

Build the tools, then the community.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:07:47 +0200

jayparkinsonmd:

Some thoughts regarding today’s Apple announcements…

First, build tools that make solving real problems effortless and fun (like organizing and listening to music).

Grow the user base by tweaking an amazing product.

Then, add a community to those tools.

My problem with Facebook is that its tools suck.

Tumblr started out for me as a stupid simple way to power my blog. And then a community grew up around it. Flickr was the same. I wanted a place to publish my photos. Then a community grew up around it. I’ve been a music lover all my life and iTunes enabled me to easily organize my music. Now it looks like there will be a community that will form around my music interests.

There are professional photographers and professional writers. They need stupid simple tools to effectively solve their problem. If there’s a profession in need of tools, there’s a huge number of amateurs looking for the same tools. I’m worried that there aren’t professional location sharers.

Tumblr has done the same for me. I haven’t checked it in detail yet, but from the screens I saw about iTunes community, this looks a lot like what Spotify already is to us Euros.

Oh and these three steps have SoundCloud written all over.

Comparison of the four largest airplanes ever built. Thanks to...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:42:59 +0200

Comparison of the four largest airplanes ever built.

Thanks to Natalie for sending me this.

"When a few people want a change, make sure that the change would benefit the community as a whole...."

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:19:17 +0200

“When a few people want a change, make sure that the change would benefit the community as a whole. Don’t let a vocal minority push a decision that isn’t in the best interest of the whole community.”

- Community Manager Tip: You Can’t Please Everyone « Fast Wonder

This.

From the NVCA Yearbook 2010. Can you tell what’s wrong?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:03:44 +0200

From the NVCA Yearbook 2010.

Can you tell what’s wrong?

Arcade Fire | Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Tonight!...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:50:00 +0200

Arcade Fire | Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Tonight! Berlin! Live! Can’t Wait! Oh, and check out the ~~full set at the Reading Festival~~ (looks as if they were deleted) from a couple of days ago, it’s amazing. I predict goosebumps.

(via dubliner, kapi, frangry)

At last, the sun is back. You can’t grow tired of this...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:08:00 +0200

At last, the sun is back. You can’t grow tired of this view.

What’s that alien bar?

You. You are a genius.

Thanks!

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:51:00 +0200

News of the day!

Thank you, Alexis.

PS: I love messages, hit me up and ask me anything.

Wow. Going to see them live tomorrow night! uvmann: Arcade Fire...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:36:36 +0200

Wow. Going to see them live tomorrow night!

uvmann:

Arcade Fire are currently uploading their complete Reading 2010 performance into their Youtube account. The show was recorded by BBC3. “Ready To Start” is the first out of 17 songs. Seems to be their day in music news.

Things You Think - Music by Ben Folds - Lyrics by Nick...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:37:30 +0200

Things You Think - Music by Ben Folds - Lyrics by Nick Hornby

This was highly entertaining to watch. Stick around for the outtakes, too.

(via uvmann, @benfolds)

James Vincent McMorrow | This Old Dark Machine Quoting from...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:12:42 +0200

James Vincent McMorrow | This Old Dark Machine

Quoting from James’s website since it best describes the song:

Made during the first half of 2009 in an isolated house by the sea, James’s debut record is a completely self produced and self played affair, recorded with one mic, a room full of old instruments, very little engineering knowledge, and a good amount of patience.

Just wanted to buy this debut album Early In The Morning but it’s only available in the Irish iTunes store, what a bummer.

Found via Music Week’s Irish Talent set on SoundCloud.

Ben Folds & Nick Hornby | From Above From the upcoming...

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:53:59 +0200

Ben Folds & Nick Hornby | From Above

From the upcoming collaboration album with author Nick Hornby, here comes an upbeat pop gem from Ben Folds. Ben wrote the music, Nick the lyrics. So yeah, there you have it.

The album Lonely Avenue is out on September 28.

David Noël

Howard Lindzon's Interview Show: The Web Is Dead

Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers |...

Well, hello there, Faceb… Wait. Yammer?!

Imagine a world where instead of clicking the Watch button,...

Mark: How Would I Improve Ping?

soupsoup: staff: Marc LaFountain Community Director Richmond,...

Les Savy Fav | Let’s Get Out Of Here Definitely one of the...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29)

Right. Arcade Fire. Last night. In Berlin. After the show ended,...

Build the tools, then the community.

Comparison of the four largest airplanes ever built. Thanks to...

"When a few people want a change, make sure that the change would benefit the community as a whole...."

From the NVCA Yearbook 2010. Can you tell what’s wrong?

Arcade Fire | Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Tonight!...

At last, the sun is back. You can’t grow tired of this...

You. You are a genius. Thanks!

Wow. Going to see them live tomorrow night! uvmann: Arcade Fire...

Things You Think - Music by Ben Folds - Lyrics by Nick...

James Vincent McMorrow | This Old Dark Machine Quoting from...

Ben Folds & Nick Hornby | From Above From the upcoming...

You. You are a genius.

Thanks!