I’ve been watching the Writer’s Guild of America strike with some interest through the reporting from Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily since before it went into effect but haven’t had reason to bring it up here until today. In case you aren’t familiar with what’s going on, essentially all of the people who write scripts… Continue reading WGA – Writer's Strike and the Cost of New Media
Fair-Weather Leaks Serve as a Strategic Method of Media Control
Ryan Grim at The Politico wrote an article about the political leaks in Washington D.C. that also offers insight into how and why leaks happen just about everywhere, from bands to business to family secrets. The article separates the types of leaks into three categories: the malevolent, the benevolent and the accidental. Grim’s article includes… Continue reading Fair-Weather Leaks Serve as a Strategic Method of Media Control
Doonesbury Comic on In-Class Laptop Use Hits Home
Trudeau really hit home with this comic strip. Every single person in my section at Babson owns a laptop. Nearly everyone brings them to class. Most professors expect a level of multi-tasking, although some only want them open for note-taking. The situation depicted in the comic actually happened to me earlier in module two. I’ve… Continue reading Doonesbury Comic on In-Class Laptop Use Hits Home
Winamp 5.5 Update Breaks Last.fm / AudioScrobbler Updating
Audioscrobbler, aka Last.fm is a website that keeps track of your music listening habits. It does this by installing a little pidgeon in your mp3 playing software that flys to the Last.fm server each time you play a song. The results from this is aggregate data on your music listening habits. It is really a… Continue reading Winamp 5.5 Update Breaks Last.fm / AudioScrobbler Updating
Live Nation Positioned for Big Year in 2009
I’ve been watching Live Nation pretty closely since the company was spun off from Clear Channel Communications Entertainment Division. I believe that it is positioned to do quite well about two years out. Live Nation currently operates three areas of business, Events, Venues and Digital Distribution. Venues and distribution needs happen to be where musicians… Continue reading Live Nation Positioned for Big Year in 2009
Weekly Davespeak Traffic Reach
One of my colleagues at Babson asked me how my Dave Matthews Band website ranks against others on the internet. I had a bit of a cloudy answer so I decided to have a look this evening. I was surprised to find that it appears Weekly Davespeak overtook Nancies.org in reach and page views sometime… Continue reading Weekly Davespeak Traffic Reach
Copy This Path – Windows Shell Extension
I use this utility called Copy This Path all the time. It allows you to right-click a file in windows and choose “Copy This Path” from the context menu. This places the complete path in your clipboard, allowing you to paste it into the either email attachment text boxes, or on a webpage file upload… Continue reading Copy This Path – Windows Shell Extension
Impressions of the Babson MBA International Component at Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain.
Babson requires its two-year MBAs to complete an international component which may take the form of a “significant international experience.” When I heard that one of the options is a semester (three months) abroad in Madrid, Spain I knew I had to take a hard look at it. The Babson Office of International Programs hooked… Continue reading Impressions of the Babson MBA International Component at Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain.
Cathedral Thinking
I was cruising digg and found an article by Linux.com author Nathan Willis that describes problems with people who desire personal ownership over open source projects. The article made reference to the concept of Cathedral Thinking, which is something I hadn’t heard of before. Some quick searching revealed that this appears to be the result… Continue reading Cathedral Thinking
New Saul Williams Album Shows Digital Savvy
Radiohead may know music–but they and their management do not know digital downloads. In trying to be artsy, buying In Rainbows was confusing and clunky. When it came time to download, they couldn’t handle the traffic. I found that particularly startling because a band with that kind of IT budget should have been able to… Continue reading New Saul Williams Album Shows Digital Savvy