February 2011
28 posts
MAKE LOLS NOT TROLLS
User Experience Trumps Pretty URLs, The End.
Much is being said about the trend of adding “#!” into URLs by prominent websites like Twitter, the Gawker Media network of blogs and Facebook. While I love Jeremy Keith and the rest of the naysayer group, I must disagree here. This simply isn’t a huge problem for anyone but the standard-obsessed (a different word comes to mind).
We’ve been experimenting with this type of...
“The hunt keeps Mr. Slomovitz on his toes. Every morning, he skims dozens of...”
– In Digital Era, Music Spotters Feed a Machine (NY Times, Feb 13, 2011).
Glad he agrees with Chromeo about using The Hype Machine in the same sentence with Billboard. :)
“i’m wondering now what on earth could be less effective and more of a...”
– fuck you, scalpers. terminal 5 shows added. « lcd soundsystem (via heyitsnoah)
WatchAustra - Beat and the Pulse
austramusic:
Directed by Claire Edmonson
via (Matt)
Hype Machine. Точка сборки. →
Отличное описание Hype Machine по Русски! [Excellent writeup of what the Hype Machine does, in Russian]
Спасибо, Таня!
Crazy Characters Help Indie Bands Outsmart Google →
Wired weighs in on Witch House naming conventions. A way of creating private but transparent communities around music by using symbols that require savvy.
““.MUSIC is committed in creating value for the music community and making...”
– Whenever I look at the chaotic and complicated place that is the music web ecosystem, a solution to all the challenges of licensing, geographical restrictions and varying interpretations of copyright, immediately springs to mind: more gatekeepers. Yeah, that will fix it.
I cannot believe people...
4 Fine Sites For Listening to Mixes
Mixcloud lets you easily listen to mixes from existing radio stations, DJs as well as upload your own.
8tracks is handcrafted internet radio. It offers a simple way for people to share and discover music through an online mix, a short playlist containing at least 8 tracks. Here, you upload individual tracks and 8tracks arranges them into a mix.
Mugasha makes it really easy to listen to...
How to fix font anti-aliasing if using a non-Apple...
Apparently, if you use a non-Apple display with a Mac (Pro, Macbook, etc) there is an issue that prevents OS X from correctly detecting the monitor type and applying the right type of anti-aliasing profile.
For instance, if you use a Dell U2711 (or 2407WFP, etc, doesn’t matter), connect a Macbook and relaunch some of the applications you had open earlier, you will see that the fonts will...
The ScriptLance Valuation
I propose a new way to value web companies: by the highest amount that a clone request of their project fetches on Scriptlance.
The Hype Machine appears to be at about $1,299 and 25 days to replicate, not bad. (screenshot). Slightly ahead is Yahoo! Answers at $2912.
Have you seen others like this?
