Shall We Revive The Mixtape For SXSW Interactive?

An idea I’ve had for a while, now given an airing for the upcoming SXSW Interactive conference. I’m going to call it MP3 Shuffle, and throw together a quick Wordpress Blog for the project (mp3shuffle.wordpress.com).
[MP3 Shuffle is] a musical project at SXSW Interactive 2009, where attendees put together a Modern Mixtape on a USB Memory [...]

My Video Podcast, Podcamp Boston and the LOLSaurs

Back from the travels, and the last stop had been Podcamp Boston. Two things of note from my point of view from the event. The first, of course, is that I’m more than happy now to tell people about “Spence” my video podcast. If you’ve not had a heads up yet then head over to [...]

The Magical iPhone takes to the Street Circuit

Okay, just the once…

Apple Announce Firmware Updates for iPhone, Crowd Go Wild

If you want a better illustration of the ‘Apple Effect,’ then look no further than Apple’s latest iPhone statement to pump up the fanboys into a frenzy. In short, the iPhone and Apple TV will be able to update their firmware over the air.

While this has been a relativly new feature on Nokia and [...]

We Can Work It Out, Can’t We? 5 years of iPod Piracy.

So there’s a whole bunlde of fanwank on the net today because it’s the ‘five year’ anniversary of Apple’s iPod. And I have to say, watching the presentation where it came out, it wouldn’t have made me jump up to get it then (or now). When you tout 10 hours battery life, and five years [...]

Apple Keynote Thoughts

Might as well write something – everyone esle does. Quite frankly nothing stunned me. Okay so they’re doing some new laptops and desktops that have a different CPU – which is driving the freaks crazy with glee but given that the end goal is for something that will do the same for the end user [...]

ITMS Forum For Podcaster Problems

Previously I‘ve complained about the lack of response from Apple regarding podcasts and their inclusion (or lack thereof) in hte iTunes Music (Video and Podcast) Store. Brian DeWitt (from AMP) has pointed out this forum on the Apple Support Pages for you to [...]

Motorola and the Apple iPod Phone. Is This, Actually, A Good Idea?

So the Motorola/Apple iPod Phone is coming next week, and the speculation on the next (and the occassional dissenting voice) are all being picked up and spun – as is the way of the www. It’s nice to know that likes like The Register are watching over this blog, and even nicer that my thoughts [...]

Steve Jobs is the new “The Man” for Indie Music (Apple, iTunes and Music Podcasting)

Cameron asks, over at The Podcast Network, why iTunes aren’t listing the TPN music shows, including my music show, TPN Rock? It’s a simple question I have no answer for. The Edinburgh Fringe Podcast started on August 1st, was in ITMS world-wide in about 24 hours, and even hit the Top 100 (it peaked at [...]

The Biggest Cause of Music Piracy – the Apple iPod and “Mass Storage” MP3 Players

“Home taping isn’t killing music, music’s dying of natural causes,” sings Mitch Benn, and he’d be right. But posts about the quality of music from The Men are for another tim. I see that under the fair and just and right American legal system and the recent Grokster case that advertising (or even creating) devices [...]

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