I’m fascinated by the Palm Pre. Because it’s a metaphor for the record business.  Company too long in the tooth, that missed the future, throws the long ball and prays for one last victory, which will keep it alive. Unlike the labels, Palm threw out the old and started anew.  They didn’t try to update […]

If only tracks had cost a nickel, or a dime.  Do you really think everybody would have jumped through hoops to steal them? Pretty soon, music’s gonna be free.  Call that Spotify.  As for labels pulling Spotify licenses, isn’t that like the government enacting Prohibition?  It would be one thing if no one had ever […]

There’s the news…  The new MacBook Pros and iPhones, with the concomitant price drops.  But what wowed, in typical Apple fashion, was software. Ever lose your phone? Well you can dial your misplaced iPhone, make it beep, display a message where to call you to redeliver it and if you’re truly paranoid, you get the […]

There’s an ultimately boring article on Wikipedia in today’s "New York Times".  For those scoring at home, the article focuses on editing, with the primary controversial topic being Scientology. I’ll leave the details out, if you’re that interested, you can click through.  But what got me to write this was the sidebar, wherein the genre […]