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I met one of my musical favorites today at TED@PalmSprings – Jill Sobule.
And, while I look like a complete goober in the photo, I’m very happy with it.
Maybe I can get one in daylight tomorrow so I can avoid the inevitable blinking that comes with a flash going off.
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A comment from PWC’s Tim Bull, on my summary of The Future of Media Summit prompted a lengthy reply from me. Tim argues for easy, usable media formats for non-early adopters. I agree. I think the issue of early adopters seeking data freedoms that aren’t needed, wanted or even cared about by later adopters that [...]
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The title of this post refers to many things in life – teaching someone a skill, engaging with clients on work, incompatible file formats.
Incompatible file formats? Yes.
Over the weekend we bought a couple of new albums from iTunes. Obviously, they work all across the house where we have a shared iTunes library. [...]
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I really want to like the Apple TV. I think it’s a great idea and has a huge amount of potential. However, it’s deep ties to iTunes and the iTunes libraries of device owners essentially makes it a low-value (so low as to be effectively not worth the AU$449 it costs) device for [...]
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Yet another post with nothing to do with ColdFusion, or IA, or usability, but this has to be seen.
Alanis Morrissette has covered the Black-Eyed Peas “My Humps” as a mournful ballad. It is one of the finest pieces of musical parody I have ever seen.
It’s obvious that Alanis has more than a little something [...]
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Regular readers here will already be aware of my low opinion of DRM, not because I think the labels/distributors/evil overlords are on to a good thing but because:
DRM restricts user rights post-purchase – the “I should be able to play this where and when I want” argument
DRM hurts content creators – content creators invariably sign [...]
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Steve Jobs has written an open letter to the music industry, positing that the best thing for the labels, consumers and music player manufacturers is to abolish DRM altogether:
The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely. Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, [...]
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