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• Thoughts

  Early Adopters.

  08.14.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Do you know what we don’t have in the arts?

  We don’t have a culture of early adopters or a culture of evangelists.
  What’s wrong with that? Just because the techy crowd does something does it mean we have to…?
  No, not at all.
  But it works.
  Without early adopters and evangelists, products fail. Yes, these highly investable, useful and sought [...]

• Thoughts

  Industry

  11.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m in Kara’s Cupcakes for my morning coffee, just before I stroll the Golden Gate Bridge.
  I would like to share my new favorite analogy with you. It relates to the computer industry directly, but I think interesting comparisons can be drawn with the new music arena.
  Back in 1927 when you bought a car, you bought a Model [...]

• New Things

  Bloom

  10.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

   
  It’s making big waves on the blogosphere right now, but, having just bought Bloom by Brian Eno (who wrote Music for Airports etc)I can honestly say I understand why.
  The latest in musical enjoyment/creation, this is made for the iPhone and iPod touch engine; you create your own music using luscious samples from Eno and it creates pleasing [...]

• News

  SPEM….All done!

  04.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  SPEM happened last night to an international audience through www.spemcast.com and to a sold out Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. 

  The photos above are just two of many that I’m still wading through, but they illustrate the final setting up stages. Above is the GeekStation, wonderfully controlled by Milton - again, huge thanks to Hiroshi, Chris and [...]