Archive for May, 2006
One More and its a Trend
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 31st, 2006 in Conjecture, Music Musings, Tech Musings.While not exactly rats fleeing a sinking ship, the exodus of Jason Hirschhorn and Ted Cohen from their cushy jobs helming digital media efforts within luddites firms seems directionally relevant. Were they finally beat down by years of pointing their respective companies in the right direction only to have some executive with a year end [...]
Bloody Obvious: Dont Give SSN to the Mob
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 31st, 2006 in AllOfMP3, Music Musings, russian mp3.I've written a few post (here, here and here) where I was rather glowing about the the wonders of sites like AllofMP3 and MP3Sugar. I've been pretty glib about both the legal and security concerns around using these sites. A reader, dare I say rabid fan, wrote in to express her concern with my attitude [...]
Rank Obessions
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 30th, 2006 in Conjecture, Digital Music, Music Musings, Tech Musings, michael robertson.(Edit the Spreadsheet for this chart here)
This may sound strange but I couldnt care less about my Technocrati ranking. Readers (both of you) have made this blog the 528,178th most linked to blog and I'm proud of that. This post by Guy Kawasaki (The OE), about his obsession with his Technocrati ranking made me reflect [...]
All back together at AllofMP3
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello May 18th, 2006 in AllOfMP3, Tech Musings, russian mp3.The downtime experienced by the site seemed to dovetail Putin's call for stronger copyright protections and many (myself included) read ominous signs in it. However, it appears that it may have been mere coincidence. The site is back up and fully functioning. Sample and ordering have been restored and all is once again right with [...]
What does it take to build a business that gets a whole meme named after it? How do you get to be part of the Web 2.0 goodness that has been exploding all over the media? I dont know, but the web does provide access to lots of people that do. I contacted 10 of them for their answers to these questions and more.
Firing up my email program, along with a bit of courage, I emailed the founders of 10 different companies a series of questions about how they started their businesses and any lessons they'd picked-up along the way. I expected to get a few cruel letters of rejection and disdain from some overworked PR flack distrustful of blogs and unsure of their validity or usefulness. Instead, six founders running some of the Webs most interesting companies (at least the ones I use most often) agreed to chat with me.
Score: Indie Blogger 1, PR Flacks 0! Continue reading ‘10 CEO’s, 5 Questions, 1 Big Insight’
What does it take to build a business that gets a whole meme named after it? How do you get to be part of the Web 2.0 goodness that has been exploding all over the media? I dont know, but the web does provide access to lots of people that do. I contacted 10 of them for their answers to these questions and more.
Firing up my email program, along with a bit of courage, I emailed the founders of 10 different companies a series of questions about how they started their businesses and any lessons they'd picked-up along the way. I expected to get a few cruel letters of rejection and disdain from some overworked PR flack distrustful of blogs and unsure of their validity or usefulness. Instead, six founders running some of the Webs most interesting companies (at least the ones I use most often) agreed to chat with me.
Score: Indie Blogger 1, PR Flacks 0! Continue reading ‘10 CEO’s, 5 Questions, 1 Big Insight’
Is It All Over for AllofMP3?
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 15th, 2006 in AllOfMP3, Broadband, Digital Music, Music Musings, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Tech Musings, russian mp3.Updated: A shining example of the future of online music sales has gone ominously dark. AllofMP3, which has been the center of IFPI and RIAA ire, may have finally succumbed to the forces of complacency and stasis.
Last week, Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, declared in his state of the nation address, that in addition to having [...]
MP3tunes gets Tivo’ed
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 10th, 2006 in AJAX, Digital Music, Entertainment, Tech 2.0, Tech Musings, michael robertson.Everyone has probably experienced the problem of traveling to your country home and having to figure out how to take all your music with you. Do you buy another music server? Do you just hire the bands you want to listen to and let them stay with you? What to do, what to do?
Enter MP3tunes. [...]
MP3tunes gets Tivo’ed
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 10th, 2006 in AJAX, Digital Music, Entertainment, Tech 2.0, Tech Musings, michael robertson.Everyone has probably experienced the problem of traveling to your country home and having to figure out how to take all your music with you. Do you buy another music server? Do you just hire the bands you want to listen to and let them stay with you? What to do, what to do?
Enter MP3tunes. [...]
Warner Brothers Summer Blockbuster is BitTorrent
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 10th, 2006 in BitTorrent, Movie downloads, Tech Musings, Technology & Entertainment.Yesterday's NYT carried this story about "the frog" doing a deal with BitTorrent to distribute hundreds of movies and TV shows via its software. My favorite quote form the whole article is by Kevin Tsujihara, a WB prexy, he said, "If we can convert 5, 10 or 15 percent of the illegal down-loaders into consumers [...]
