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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:35:32 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7):

I love seeing iconic images updated for current day. Even though...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:13:00 -0500

I love seeing iconic images updated for current day. Even though in reality he’d be holding up Bose SoundDock with an iPhone or a MacBook Pro (unfortunately the technology to allow a human to physically hold software isn’t quite there yet).

(via: sarahcooley:indieandyy:notemily:heavycritters: eclecticbanana)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:03:03 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

I just purchased the new Lightspeed Champion album. The entire...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:16:00 -0500

I just purchased the new Lightspeed Champion album. The entire album great; I highly recommend buying both of his albums.

The most awkward interview ever: I can’t speak Japanese...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:16:36 -0500

The most awkward interview ever: I can’t speak Japanese and they didn’t speak English.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21)

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:23:13 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14)

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:50:46 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14):

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Lil’ Wayne. fuckyeahweezy: (via thisworldismine)

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:58:15 -0500

Lil’ Wayne.

fuckyeahweezy: (via thisworldismine)

Why Google Buzz Should Have Been Released Like Wave (and vice versa).

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:06:00 -0500

I wrote this last night…

mattwrites:

When Google released Wave last September they Google described it as “an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration”. The tool was great, but left people confused. A major part of real-time collaboration is having people to collaborate with. But Google decided to make it invite only and limited the number of users. Once people were finally on it, they had no one to collaborate or communicate with. This was mistake number one.

Mistake number two was making it a stand alone product outside of Gmail, with no notification system. People would receive Waves, but would go days without checking them because they would forget to login at http://wave.google.com.

Fast forward to Buzz… When Google released the product earlier this week, they didn’t make the same release mistakes twice. They made it available to everyone and integrated it directly with Gmail.

If Google had released Wave like they did Buzz and Buzz like they did Wave, both products would have received far better reception. Wave users would have had people to collaborate with, making the product useful, and the Gmail integration would have been a great way to notify users of a new Wave. As for Buzz, it would have had the internet users going crazy over invites and given the innovators a new, exclusive social networking site.

One final thing… Had Google rolled out Buzz like Wave, the privacy issues associated with the service would have been nailed down with the innovators, who tend to be more open. This fact alone would have changed the general tone and press regarding the release.

Leave a comment with your thoughts.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:15:30 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7):

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fred-wilson: Drop The World - Lil Wayne and Eminem Make sure to...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:17:24 -0500

fred-wilson: Drop The World - Lil Wayne and Eminem

Make sure to also check out Weezy F’s “No Ceilings” mixtape!

Kid Cudi - Highs and Lows I like this new track by Kid Cudi.

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:54:57 -0500

Kid Cudi - Highs and Lows

I like this new track by Kid Cudi.

So I'm making this thing...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:50:07 -0500

So I'm making this thing...:

kylewritescode:If you are a developer or designer, this is for you. Reblog this and I’ll get you an invite.

look for me once you get your invite! http://forrst.com/people/matt

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-31)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:54:21 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-31):

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yes! this is big… so happy for them! tristanwalker: we...

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:51:31 -0500

yes! this is big… so happy for them!

tristanwalker: we made the NY Times, mom! :)

jakelodwick: Johnny Depp, Kate Moss, Iggy Pop via Rare Photos...

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:29:27 -0500

jakelodwick:

Johnny Depp, Kate Moss, Iggy Pop

via Rare Photos of Famous People

I ran into these the band The Wildflowers in Shibuya today. They...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:19:35 -0500

I ran into these the band The Wildflowers in Shibuya today. They are most famous for VH1’s “Daisy of Love” and their appearance in the music video for Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” (see at about 4:45).

I’m shocked that they dress like that on a regular basis, but surprisingly cool guys.

The only thing I will say about the iPad

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:52:00 -0500

caterpillarcowboy:

joeconyers:

caterpillarcowboy:

Apple is attempting to create a new market with the iPad. That means that they will need to spend plenty of time and money educating their customers on benefits and uses of this new product. It’s unfair to criticize a product that creates a new market until sufficient time has been given to allow that market to mature and develop and users have time to learn new forms of interaction with the product in their daily lives.

Example: blogging and micro-blogging (Twitter). Both took over a year to be in use amongst early adopters and several years before adoption in the mainstream.

I don’t know if the iPad will be a success. I think it will be, especially amongst the generation younger than us who don’t remember a time before wifi and cell phones as they grow up and go to college. Either way, it’s unfair to judge the iPad against existing market needs when in reality Apple is attempting to create a new market entirely.

I’m torn on how it will effect teens - Say in two years when they are $2xx-3xx, would one buy this for their household primarily for their teen instead of a 500$ laptop? a 200$ netbook? They can read books on it, thats a big plus vs a netbook. My sister just went off to college and got an eee PC, seems to work well for her. I don’t think the ipad would work for her as a college student due to the form factor.(and the fact that colleges are tossing out their computer labs) Maybe for a 13 year old to share in a household with a shared family PC to type up homework?

My other question is will they just drop it and destroy it? They have been around all this amazingly cool, now comoditized technology all their lives, I’m curious how they might treat it(physically).

What if a parent bought one for their child instead of a television? A study reported in the NY Times showed 70% of children have a TV in their room. Why not an iPad? Children are already switching to the web (Hulu, YouTube, ABC.com, iTunes, Netflix on demand) for their video consumption, and the iPad is a perfect fit.

I agree that this device is creating a new market. Apple is merging all three screens: computer, TV, and cellphone. On the cellphone side, they have opted to focus on the feature that people use the most, data. Apple is capitalizing on the desire of just wanting a computer that works, while eliminating the need for other devices. It is perfect for the next generation. It will be interesting to see whether it will cannibalize the iPod Touch.

The only thing that I hate is the decision to release the 3G device 30 days after the WiFi one. They are really making it hard for their early adopting fanboys, but if anything this confirms that Apple designed this with different market in mind… A new market.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24)

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:14:55 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24):

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BANKSY SUNDANCE FLOWER (originally Released on hitRECord.org)...

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:36:48 -0500

BANKSY SUNDANCE FLOWER

(originally Released on hitRECord.org)

They say he’s here! This is painted on the wall across the street from New Frontier.

(via hitrecordjoe)