me*dia*or
As the influence of major labels erodes, licensers are seizing their chance to be talent scouts. They can be good at it, song by song, turning up little gems like Chairlift’s “Bruises,” heard in an iPod ad. (Read More)
radiohead - Google News
CNET NewsMusic tech predictions for 2009CNET News, CA - 7 hours agoRadiohead, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Girl Talk, and a handful of other acts released albums in 2008 in online form well before they came ... (Read More)
Submitted by Buzzsonic:
Jonathan Coulton sat in Gorilla Coffee in Brooklyn, his Apple PowerBook open before him, and began slogging through the day’s e-mail. Coulton is 36 and shaggily handsome. In September 2005, he quit his job as a computer programmer and, with his wife’s guarded blessing, became a full-time singer and songwriter. (Read More)
Scobleizer
Guy Kawasaki is on friendfeed but you can be a lot better at it than he is.
Just watch this video where I show you the 20 key features of friendfeed and how to use them to be an aggregating social media monster!. (Read More)
: If you don't know much about FriendFeed the embedded video tries to bring the features close to you. In a pretty personal way Robert is talking about the advantages of turbo aggregating all the different sources and what he pulls out of all this mess.
Update: The video is not for social media beginners but it is very valuable by explaining 20 features in 26 minutes. Good job Robert!
Lifehacker
You just got a new iPod or other music player over the holidays, and your older iPod looks like Craigslist fodder. Here are at least 10 reasons to re-consider its worthiness. (Read More)
Shoemoney
The Book All Marketers Are Liars is my second most favorite marketing book behind The Dip. This book is amazing and taught me how important having a great story is. Having a good product is no longer enough. You also have to be able to tell the story of your product and gain trust of your customers in a world where nobo (Read More)
VentureBeat
Facebook wants to let its users freely listen to and share music — and it is considering a partnership with Lala to help it do so, industry sources tell us. Lala’s model, though, doesn’t exactly fit what Facebook has had in mind. Facebook originally envisioned offering unlimited streaming music to its user (Read More)
Submitted by Buzzsonic:
HubSpot's free Social Media Marketing Kit gives you the tips and tricks you need to harness the power of the social mediasphere - facebook, digg, del.icio.us, twitter, and many others - to get found by more potential customers, develop meaningful relationships with others in your industry, and position yourself as an expert (Read More)
Gmail Blog
Posted by Jeremie Lenfant-Engelmann, Software EngineerMore than once, I've had a conversation over email and later realized that the information contained in the messages would make a great starting point for a document. So I built an experimental feature for Gmail Labs that does just that: with one simple click, "Create a (Read More)
Social Media
Wall Street Journal: OMG, We're Not BFFs Anymore? Getting 'Unfriended' Online Stings. Users of Social-Networking Sites Delete Friends Who Don't Keep in Touch, Misbehave. Excerpt: Unfriending online "friends" is emerging as the latest offense inthe world of social networking. Sites such as Facebook and My (Read More)
Zen Habits
Article by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead, follow him on twitter.We all get stuck in ruts from time to time. We get off track and lose sight of the life we meant to live. I know I’m probably not the only one who has wished that I could find a reset button for life.While we can’t exactly travel back in time (flux capac (Read More)
Mashable!
MySpace is not known for good design. Its garish profiles make designers nauseous. And yet, there are signs of hope: we’ve tracked down 50 MySpace music layouts that are quite remarkable. Stylish. Stunningly well-conceived. Beautiful, even.Could it be that MySpace profiles aren’t all bad? You be the judge. (Read More)