March 2008
105 posts
“I agree that most people are using music right now as a way of participating in...”
– Rjyan Kidwell, in private conversation (via jakoblodwick)
Social gaming picks up momentum →
Rock Band music sales close to early iPod music... →
If you care about music, and therefore whether that business will survive, there was some pretty amazing news from Rock Band this week that didn’t get the attention it deserved. MTV mentioned that Rock Band had sold 6 million downloadable tracks in its first four months of sales. And while that roughly $10-20m in additional revenue is nothing that will alter parent company Viacom’s...
good talk this morning with a local successful entrepreneur about starting a loose connection of angels a’la Reid, Joi, etc in SF
The Del.icio.us Lesson (Bokardo) →
Good classic post rediscovered. The larger point is that before we are social users of any service we are self-interested users. Playing alone together in MMOs as an example.
the first time you create something new, you’re a scienctist, the second time your engineering, after that your just a technician.-C. Stoll
just loved The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier http://hypem.com/track/514161
Great conversation at OpenCoffee about a podcast starting up to cover Boston/NY consumer tech. Looks like real progress.
Grooveshark →
innovative p2p legal music file sharing… you get paid for being the uploader
going to OpenCoffee tomorrow morning.. come on by http://tiny.cc/5IUUc
With Winamp in mind, Imeem announces developer... →
their API allows access to social graph, as well as music, playlisting, etc.
At Launch, Mytopia Shows Social Networks How To... →
Feed Frenzy (redeye) →
the evolution of the news feed from implicit, to meta, to dashboard and beyond
What distinguishes a social game from a... →
I’m ditching iPhone calendar and going to Gcal only — the sync is just way too flakey.
just loved Switches - Lay Down The Law http://hypem.com/track/493201
New season on BSG is in three weeks, thinking I should gather with like-minded geeks?
GelaSkins | Artist-Designed Removable Skins for... →
When you have an office full of iPhones, it’s time to customize.
Nuggests from Social Games Panel « Lightspeed →
Notes from the Graphing Social Patterns conference
Startup Metrics for Pirates @ SXSW 08 (500 Hats) →
great preso on what metrics to focus on as a startup, now with case studies…
just loved British Sea Power - Atom http://hypem.com/track/500054
Hmm. After the sublime nature of Twitter during SXSW, having a harder time seeing the utility now.
And then there were three →
Kaden turned three not long ago, and we’ve just gotten the photos up on Flickr. My parents visited and got a chance to see his outgoing nature in action. He took control of the birthday…
