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21khz: The Art of Money In Music
December 31, 2015Some quick thoughts after listening to first 9 episodes
“Will Musicians Survive in the Age of Free When the “Bottle” is worth more than the wine” – a great line & an observation that the spotify platform is worth more than its music . See also:
http://unsoundthemovie.com/
“Intent, Licenses and “Sweat of the Brow” – helpful discussion of copyright but it would have been nice to hear about copyleft & re-combining of artworks
“two letters and a number” – MP3.com was originally someone’s name. Robertson’s story how on how to be sued & wooed simultaneously
“so… Why does Liza Minnelli get paid when the Sex Pistols Stream?” – how to weight things (downloads or listeners) & various frauds based on this…
Can you Sell Something that Doesn’t Exist? – Superfans: would you rather collect unemployment or by the latest Doors album?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/21khz-the-art-of-money-in-music/id987160981
Optical illusion: The bulging checkerboard illusion.
December 24, 2015An #Illusion That’ll Make Your Eyes
Bulgehttp://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/01/08/optical_illusion_the_bulging_checkboard_illusion.html Describes how dots on a checkerboard appear to distort its parallel lines
Manhattan’s M66 Bus Gets ‘Pokey Award’ – WSJ
December 22, 2015M66 Bus Gets Pokey Award http://www.wsj.com/articles/manhattans-m66-bus-gets-pokey-award-1450193429 Averages 3.1 mph, which is the most "preferred" human walking speed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_walking_speed
Just how wealthy is Don Draper? Something I’ve…
December 6, 2015The Elephant’s Toothpaste Experiment – ScienceBob.com
November 22, 2015The Man Who Broke the Music Business – The New Yorker
May 17, 2015The Man Who Broke the #Music Business http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business An original conduit for the #MP3 & Napster boom, the dawn of digital piracy
Annals of Technology APRIL 27, 2015 ISSUE
The Man Who Broke the Music Business
The dawn of online piracy.
BY STEPHEN WITT
I’m Ira Glass, Host of This American Life, and This Is How I Work
May 17, 2015QT:{{”
“I am a noisy introvert. My sister Randi made up that phrase and it describes lots of people I know. Lots of writers seem to be introverts who love to now and then be on stage. Lots of radio people too. I covet large amounts of time alone, and I’m most comfortable and very happy when I’m alone, but obviously there’s another side to me because true introverts don’t end up with their own national radio shows.” “}}
http://lifehacker.com/im-ira-glass-host-of-this-american-life-and-this-is-h-1609562031
Genetics And That Striped Dress
May 2, 2015Genetics & That Striped Dress
http://blog.23andme.com/23andme-research/genetics-and-that-striped-dress @23andme on-the-fly SNP associations w/ pop trends. Next: targeting ads w/ alleles
