I’m unearthing a unpublished draft post written in reaction to the announcement of Google Play All Access from 2013. I recall thinking of “Tyranny of the Majority”, “Dunbar’s Number” and “The 90-9-1 Principle” and the notion that communities of unpaid music curators are rare, fragile, precious and worthy of preservation. The thing is, what Google was promoting… Continue reading 2013 Exhumation: Robots want your love.
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Our SoundBridge Has Finally Collapsed
Our beloved Roku SoundBridge has ceased to function. After seven years of service tuning into SomFM, otherwise unreachable radio stations and our iTunes library, it emits neither light nor sound. It turns out, the thing is beautiful inside. Constructed like double-ended Pringle’s can. Pop the ends off and it’s inner shell slides out of the aluminum… Continue reading Our SoundBridge Has Finally Collapsed
I think it’s on with Google+
I read this snippet in Business Insider regarding Facebook’s troops defending their turf against the limited introduction of Google+. Everybody’s on Facebook already. Philip Su, the engineer who worked on Facebook video chat, said it’s a one button click to any friend “on the social network that already HAS all your friends.” That’s definitely not the… Continue reading I think it’s on with Google+
My heart still belongs to Lala
Why does Ping ignore the wealth of data contained in users iTunes library?
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