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19 Jul 08
[Why I Failed] links for 2008-07-19 →
19 Jul 08
[Hypebot] Please Comment On Design Changes →

Hypebot_favicon_3Yes, I’m playing with the design again…

What do you think of the changes so far?  Is the type too small in this post?  What about the right column?  What changes would you like to…
19 Jul 08
[Why I Failed] TV is About Stuff, the Internet is About Us → Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog has a post about “The impact of the internet on customer behaviour.” It presents further discussion about recent studies showing the internet to be twice as…
19 Jul 08
[New Music Strategies] How long should music copyright be? →

This one’s easy. I’ve been saying this for a while now, and it never fails to get me into an animated discussion. I’ve listened to all the arguments, read all the reports, heard convincing…
19 Jul 08
[Hypebot] A Short Survey For Musicians →

In collaboration with Evolving Music and Indie Music Tech we’re running a survey:

Vote_2 Musicians: How do you collaborate with other musicians, engage with fans and, profit…
19 Jul 08
[The Future of Music, Media & Entertainment] Links for 2008-07-18 [del.icio.us] →
19 Jul 08
[PaidContent] Speculation Continues on Napster's Fate; Could Be Bought By, Well, Anyone → imageThe speculation about Napster’s (NSDQ: NAPS) fate has been going on ever since it relaunched under the new management, and once again, some new fuel to it: Bloomberg did a piece…
19 Jul 08
[PaidContent] @ MusicTank: Weekend Video: Terry McBride, CEO, Nettwerk Music Group → Terry McBride’s Nettwerk is perhaps best known for funding the legal defense for a 15-year-old music downloader sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). But the label,…
18 Jul 08
[Duke Listens] Portable Taste Data - OpenTaste → One of the problems that plagues recommender systems is the New User problem - how do you give recommendations to someone who has just come to your site for the first time? Well, you could ask…
18 Jul 08
[Valleywag] Has Avril Lavigne made $2 million from YouTube? Highly unlikely [Online Video] → The “Girlfriend” video from tweenybopper pop diva Avril Lavigne has taken the all-time views title away from Judson Laipply’s Evolution of Dance, though it’s still stuck in the second…
18 Jul 08
[Duke Listens] Spreading the Happy Flu → I got this from Brooke Maury. This is an experiment in how ideas and code spreads over the Internet. If you feel like participating, click the ‘spread it’ button and add your blog/website to the…
18 Jul 08
[Listening Post] This Kid Rock May Not Be For Kids →

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Harry and the Potters. Uncle Monsterface. Math the Band. They’re on tour now as part of the Unlimited Enthusiasm Expo, and hitting San Francisco tonight.

But beware, they might not be…
18 Jul 08
[Why I Failed] Follow The Money → I never like to think in terms of “follow the money” but I have to admit that 46 years has shown me that it’s often the best path to the truth. So, in the midst of a world that makes it almost…
18 Jul 08
[Mashable] Create Mobile Slideshows with Moblyng [The Startup Review] →

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Editor’s Note: If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion in “The Startup Review” series, please see the details here.

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18 Jul 08
[Valleywag] Top ten stops on August's memory lane [Nostalgia Trip] → Opening tonight at the Village East in Manhattan is August, the Indiewood tale starring Josh Hartnett of an Internet startup’s collapse on the eve of September 11th. The film is an homage to an…