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Jan 22

Why Apple Really Bought Lala

Apple changed the online music industry with their "99 cents download and own" policy with the launch of the iTunes Music Store.  Since then, iTunes has come to dominate the online music industry with up to %90 of the market share. (http://www.ipodhacks.com/article.php?sid=2191) 

Apple of course wants to maintain this position.  They are realizing that the market is now moving away from "buy-download-own" to "stream-listen-move on" model.  I recently started using Lala, and Spotify, and my musically tastes are far larger and diverse when I don't have to worry about paying 99 cents for each song.

Apple purchased Lala to integrate it with the bare bones web iTunes they currently offer. (http://joshuadance.com/itunes-preview-apple-missed-the-boat)  By offering a dual buy-or-stream model, they can keep their cash cow of 99 cent downloads and still stay on top of the rapidly expanding streaming services.

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Jan 22

The Speed of New Stuff - Author Robin Sloan

I've mentioned him before, but Robin Sloan is a new kind of author.  I tweeted him about theSixtyOne, a new music listening site, and how it reminded me of a site in his book.  No sooner than 5 minutes later he had posted to his blog (http://robinsloan.com/2010/1100) an entry about the tweet, linking to the site, my tweet, and my twitter.  That is instant feedback.  So do yourself a favor and go read his stories.  Not only are they great, but you will see the new literature being created one post at a time.  

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Jan 21

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Jan 20

Love Hate and Todo Lists

Todo lists are the ultimate productivity enhancer.  Just write out what you need to do and then do it. Cross it off. Instant ego boost.  So why is my todo app filled with hundreds of todos that I have marked for later?  Maybe because I never read this article from the Harvard School of Smart People about how to write todo lists that work.  


http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/01/how_to_write_todo_lists_that_w.html

Basically it boils down to 2 things.

1. Break it down. - Don't confuse projects with todos.  Plan party is a PROJECT, call Dan for sound system is a todo.

2. Use Action words and include details. - Even putting Dans phone number IN THE TODO means that there is less of a chance that you will put it off because you "didn't have his number" at that moment. 

So let's go be productive!

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Jan 20

Waffle Fun!

I love waffles.  And I just found out you can cook cookies and bacon in a waffle iron.  Well imagine my suprise when I found an entire blog devoted to cooking everything in a waffle iron!

http://www.waffleizer.com/

They need a better header image and title, but I really want to try some of these recipes.

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Jan 19

Sweet Map

As much as I dislike Microsoft, this does look pretty cool.  The new Bing Silverlight app lets you make a custom little map.  Ok Google, add this to Labs. 

via TechCrunch - http://ow.ly/YsXX 

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Jan 17

Don't see Where the Wild Things Are - my review

Terrible.  

Seriously, this surprised me.  You see I like movies.  A lot.  I can usually find something that I like about a movie.

Nope.  Not this time. 

I would not recommend this at all.  I usually rank movies as theater, dollar theater, redbox, or free.  But this time is DONT WATCH.

I found the plot non existant.  There was no moral lessons.  The pace dragged.  The dialogue dragged worse.  There were a couple of cute moments that made me smile, and even one or two that made me laugh but overall, the movie flopped.  I was worried about turning a 15 page children's book into a full length movie and it happened.  

Some critics call it an "honest look at childhood", or "refreshingly free from commodity film components" but I just call it weird.  You could argue it was art and it doesn't have to make sense but art is at least pleasing to look at.  The film location was dry and colorless.  Lots of shadows, dark branches and rocks.  The only cool thing was the technical achievement of making the monsters face portray emotion but one technical achievement doesn't carry a film. (unless your Avatar and your technical achievement is going to change film)

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