Archive for the 'Technology' Category


Pono

Selling files in a streaming world is like asking me to give up my Tesla for a bicycle. A bigger bicycle that doesn’t exist that you want me to pay for on spec. Can everybody stop begging? Crowdfunding is so two years ago. Know anybody with a Pebble watch? What a disappointment. Oh, they keep […]

Right Wing Nutjobs

Nobody realizes they’re traceable online. That they’re leaving a constant trail of digital cookies delineating their thoughts, beliefs and behaviors. If I told you hate mail did not bother me I’d be lying. But keeping all my e-mail, I look back and it turns out this person has been calling me a doodyhead, but with […]

Lunch With Daniel Ek

It’s about the data and the footprint. In other words, the more information you have, the fewer mistakes you make, and if you’re America-centric, you’re gonna get your butt kicked by those who see the entire world. Music is a dumb business. Technology is not. Musicians know the least about everything in life other than […]

Thoughts

OSCAR RATINGS The best since 2000, so we can’t evaluate the show on a quality level. That’s the modern world, if it sells, if it makes money, if it gets good ratings, it’s review proof. But that is not benefiting our society. Without honest evaluation our culture suffers. Do we really want to make the […]