Worth sticking through the first couple of minutes which sound a bit like an ode to iTunes, to get to the Village People bit. Who knew David Pogue could sing - and play keyboards at the same time? Talented guy... Thanks Janine for forwarding the link.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Technology-enabled blasts from the past
Wow. As technology continues to advance, it seems to circle us back around at the same time. Yesterday Thomas, my significant other who can be a bit of a Luddite, finally set up a Facebook page, and freaked out when he saw how many people from his past are on there. "So THAT's where everyone's been - at this party I was invited to but kept blowing off..." For those of us who have been reconnecting with people through social networks, dating services and the like for years, it's easy to forget how mind-reeling it can be.
But then today I stumbled across Rumblefish.com, a "music licensing and sonic branding" company based out of Oregon. I'm always on the lookout for quick and easy (and quality - those are hard to find) online production music resources for promo reels, spots, etc., so the promise of iTunes type store for pre-cleared production music was worth a look. Right on the home page was a Featured Album called by a band called Tokyo Vogue. TOKYO freaking VOGUE - it couldn't possibly be the same local San Francisco band I used to follow back in high school could it? The Japan/ Duran Duran emulators, whose singer Eamon used to work at the carpet place up in Marin where my parents once shopped, with whom I got to talking about music (and of course I had a slight crush on), which is how I discovered them in the first place? Who used to play afternoon shows at Wolfgang's? Clicking through to the song list, I realized immediately from the titles that it was indeed the same. And of course being able to immediately listen to some of the tracks with a simple click of the play button sent me right back there - ah, nostalgia.
Join me now, if you care to, in the wayback machine...
http://www.musiclicensingstore.com/bin/Search2?Keywords=tokyo%20vogue
Thursday, February 28, 2008
First mobile, now this!
The folks over at LinkedIn have apparently been busy beavers! First the launch of a true mobile version about a week ago (m.LinkedIn.com), now a complete redesign of the site layout, plus
status updates a la Facebook! Need to poke around some more, but at first glance I love it - the taskbar on the upper left and recap of connections just below that alone are a massive improvement in usability; going to the 3-column format and having questions & jobs in that right-hand column are also big pluses, bringing a lot more content up to the top in a clean and functional manner.
This feels much more like a dashboard for this account to me now, whereas before I found myself tabbing all over the place to accomplish the various tasks I use LinkedIn for. Bravo!
My favorite retail promotion
Saks has been doing this great "Spend Some, Get Some" promotion for a couple of years now. It's a clever way to use what's basically a discount to encourage loyalty. Not only do they drive customers into the store or to the site on these select Thursdays to buy, but they also ensure they will come back again by providing the discount in the form of a gift card for a future purchase or to give to a friend. Brilliant!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Twitxr photoblogging - my new solution?
Currently experimenting with Twitxr.com Beta, a new photo microblogging platform which offers cross-posting to Facebook & Twitter, as well as geolocation (well, apparently unless you're successfully using a hacked iPhone with their software, you must manually enter your location, but it's still pretty cool). You can post from your (i)phone, via email or via their website form. Since TextAmerica went under and took my 2-year mobile photoblog with them (gah!!), I'm hoping this will be my new solution, and have integrated the RSS feed on my home page.
If nothing else, it's an easy way to get mobile photos uploaded to Facebook if you're not using one of their supported carriers, which has been a real frustration (I still love T-Mobile anyway).
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