December 2008
69 posts
“When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down...”
– Toni Morrison
Fashion Designer Directory on Style.com →
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Music Industry to Abandon Mass Suits - WSJ.com →
Depending on the agreement, the ISP will either forward the note to customers, or alert customers that they appear to be uploading music illegally, and ask them to stop. If the customers continue the file-sharing, they will get one or two more emails, perhaps accompanied by slower service from the provider. Finally, the ISP may cut off their access altogether.
“Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something...”
– Albert Einstein
“The stranger, a Western businessman, slipped into the chair next to me at an...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Great Unraveling - NYTimes.com
Inspire me, now! →
Ralph Gibson / Archive →
listening to "Take Five - Dave Brubeck - Various" →
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“It is easier to seek forgiveness than to ask permission.”
– Andrew Grove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid...”
– Andrew Grove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“In other words, what looks like wasting time from where you sit, could be a...”
– Time Wasted? Perhaps It’s Well Spent - New York Times
“But my concern is, are we then going to have a campus that’s all...”
– AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: CHOOSING SIDES - New York Times
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Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 DIY Photography Tools →
Music - In a Digital World, College Radio... →
Artists House Music - Music Business for Musicians... →
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U.S. Sheds Over Half Million Jobs - WSJ.com →
The U.S. recession deepened last month as U.S. companies shed jobs at the fastest rate since the early 1970s, pushing the unemployment rate to its highest level in 15 years.
Wired 13.02: Revenge of the Right Brain →
Want to get ahead today? Forget what your parents told you. Instead, do something foreigners can’t do cheaper. Something computers can’t do faster. And something that fills one of the nonmaterial, transcendent desires of an abundant age. In other words, go right, young man and woman, go right.
Worst Industry Statement of 2008 →
Seymour Stein, VP at Warner Music Group and founder of Sire Records, as quoted by the Globe and Mail: We blew it. The first major music labels were all phonograph manufacturers, but by the time the Beatles came along, most companies were no longer involved in the hardware. Had we remained in control of the hardware, we wouldn’t be hurting as much as we are now. And the iPod would be ours....
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How Axl Rose Spent All That Time - NYTimes.com →
“Chinese Democracy” (Geffen) is the Titanic of rock albums: the ship, not the movie, although like the film it’s a monumental studio production. It’s outsize, lavish, obsessive, technologically advanced and, all too clearly, the end of an era. It’s also a shipwreck, capsized by pretensions and top-heavy production.
“In making that transition to a digital business, the music business has become...”
– Atlantic Records Says Digital Sales Surpass CDs - NYTimes.com
Apple - Thoughts on Music →
“The music industry will be interested to know that the new iteration of Songbeat...”
– Songbeat Makes Searching For Music Online Really Simple
“Maryland based Bopaboo, however, has created a service that’s dedicated to the...”
– Bopaboo Reviving the Used mp3 Marketplace
“Songbird is an open-source customizable music player that’s under active...”
– Songbird - Open Source Music Player