Twitter, Tweeting and Tunes!
Twitter asks one question, “What are you doing?” Answers to this question must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web. At first glance this seems like Twitter is about letters, characters, numbers and nothing more. But “Stand Back” if you think [...]
iPod Killer or Killer iPod?
By now you have had an opportunity to read several of my rants. I have established a pattern, which I intend to continue, of giving you an early opt-out opportunity. This is because I find that modern day humans often lack the attention span, not to mention the vocabulary, to assimilate information offered in multiple [...]
Turn your PC into a Music Machine! Firefox’s Fire.fm
Ever since the first caveman drew on the walls of a cave, people have tried to add a personalize touch to everything around them. In recent decades you’ve seen bumper stickers on cars, stickers on guitar cases and bling on cell-phones. Today with your PC and the Internet you can personalize and share what [...]
Mixtape – Art that’s sometimes legal and sometimes not
There is a growing collection of websites dedicated to providing mixtapes which are compilations of songs recorded in a specific order. Sites like 8tracks, Songza, and Seeqpod are growing in popularity day by day. That popularity is highlighted by a site like Favtape which, as this article is going to press, is only [...]
Does last.fm play the Sound of Silence?
Big Brother, Big Ears
We’ve long known that Big Brother was watching us. Big Brother, no matter what else you think of him, is no slacker. Therefore it should be no surprise that he’s listening to you too.
In a prior post we discussed last.fm, with its scrobbling ways. A gentle social butterfly of an outfit, [...]
Illegal File Sharing, An Economic Nightmare
Music piracy is a significant issue world wide, causing an already hemorrhaging global economy to bleed-out even further. Contrary to a presumption held by many who participate in it, music piracy associated with illegal P2P file sharing is not a victimless crime and it is not only the mega-rich in the industry who feel the [...]
