August 2009
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“Spotify, the music streaming application which brings any of six million songs...”
– Six Million Songs in Your Pocket: Apple Approves Spotify for iPhone | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Spotify’s got some deep pockets but I’m still a little surprised, after all the Apple store’s hijinx of late.
“The cover story in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine is a 13,000-word...”
– An extremely expensive cover story — with a new way of footing the bill » Nieman Journalism Lab
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"Illegal File Sharers spend the MOST on Legal... →
spytap:
tanya77:
“… results revealed that users of P2P technology spend considerable money on traditional media and entertainment. They are, in fact, important and valued customers of the traditional media companies. Our survey shows that the P2P user attends 34% more movies in theaters, purchases 34% more DVDs and rents 24% more movies than the average internet user.”
So there’s “piracy” for...
“The fact that students today almost always write for an audience (something...”
– Clive Thompson on the New Literacy
It’s nice to have a tidy description of a vague feeling I had, and even nicer to know others share it.
Some health care numbers
mrgan:
Every health care debate swings between emotional and number-based arguments. On the emotional front, those in favor of universal, government-backed health care empathize with the uninsured, while the free-market proponents warn about the nanny state and ask why they should be expected to pay for others’ bills.
That game can be played forever, and neither side is likely to convert the...
“What does it say about the levels of homophobia in this world where it’s easier...”
– Yoko Ono: A Feminist Analysis (Part Two: Don’t Let Me Down) : The Curvature
“And there it is. Accidentally or not, Yoko gets to the bottom of things. Yoko...”
– Yoko Ono: A Feminist Analysis (Part Two: Don’t Let Me Down) : The Curvature
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Chris Brogan's Trust Agents
This reads like an episode of Burn Notice.
spytap:
If you want to matter in entertainment 5 years from now, read this book.
@ChrisBrogan - BTW, a quick peek inside Trust Agents over at FastCompany - http://bit.ly/o9qJr
“That the iPhone — or specifically its software touchscreen keyboard — does not...”
– Daring Fireball: Mobile Phone Keyboards
Maybe I Tumbld this before but I extra-special want to remember it.
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factsarenothing:
tuneage:
Simon and Garfunkel...
“It’s estimated that Google is spending upwards of a half-billion dollars...”
– James Shapiro: Books in Limbo
“The Riese Organization just purchased 34 Union Square (between 15th and 16th),...”
– Eater: APOCALYPSE: TGI Friday’s Coming to Union Square
Not to get too down on NY today, because I still miss it like whoah, but Union Square used to feel like a shiny secret in your pocket. In yours and a million other New Yorkers’, sure, but it was full of places undiscovered by the...
“I have tried to talk about this before, and failed. I’ll try again: there is an...”
– Fimoculous - Keep The Internet Weird
I’d never thought of it like this but yes, yes, yes, omg.
ETA: By which I mean - yes, yes, yes, let’s reverse this trend.
even funnier!
jess: i'm making myself for thefirst time in too long
me: you're missing a word there
jess: HA
jess: write
jess: clearly i need the practice
Wax Fang’s La La Land sometimes feels like...
“I wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for the NHS. I have received...”
– Stephen Hawking likes his “Death Panel” Health Care just fine, thanks | erica’s Blog
“My frustration with the debate about Free is that it seems like a last ditch...”
– Chris and Malcolm are both wrong | Union Square Ventures: A New York Venture Capital Fund Focused on Early Stage & Startup Investing
HEARTS IN MY EYES!
“The performances in the film were inspired: the canard en croute, crisped to a...”
– Los Angeles - Squid Ink - A Chef’s Take on Julie & Julia, by Susan Feniger
“Because, if you’re relieved that universal apathy provides legitimate cover for...”
– Fake Rocks, Salami Commanders, and Just Enough to Start | 43 Folders
“What so many social media experts make the mistake of doing, is thinking that...”
– Stop Saying Sorry, Start Getting Really Social
The underlying implication that the social media world world is primarily made up of customers and companies is exactly what annoys me about most social media examples. It’s always that or how established pop culture artists should adapt, to keep...