Monthly Archives August 2008

(Still) Hiring a Director of Technology Development

Why Work at Warner Bros Records?
WBR is the top label in the US with some of the most respected acts in the business, including R.E.M, Neil Young, Muse, White Stripes and Green Day. We are currently celebrating our 50th anniversary. Besides that, we are the only label with a Technology Department entirely dedicated to doing [...]

Data Robotics, Inc.

I know Daring Fireball is sponsored by Drobo this week, but here’s my caveat: we have a Drobo, and had a drive fail twice already, and Drobo wont’ send us new ones. CDW sells Drobo’s as a bundle, so they’ll only send an entire new unit out, not a new drive. Beware.
[From Data Robotics, Inc.]

Social Networking AIR App SocialU Wants to Be Your Everything (Invites)

“As always, the people, namely YOU, will be the judge of that.”

Fucking hell. Mashable, here’s a challenge to you guys; COVER SOMETHING WITH INSIGHT! Not a regurgitated product overview with something as lame as “OK, YOU DECIDE!” at the end. Aren’t tech blogs supposed to cover things instead of copy pasting press releases? This is [...]

Music video is reinvented on the Web

“Let’s put the final nail in the coffin on the term `music video’ and allow it to be something of the past because that’s exactly what it is,” said Stipe.
Here here! And another link to Ninetynights.com
[From Music video is reinvented on the Web]

The Frustration of Wanting Something You Can’t Buy

To set the stage: I was up in Marin County for the day to meet with a company and give them some advice. Anyhow, on the way to Marin from Oakland, I was listening to KFOG (which I do love) and they played back to back: Golden Paliminos “Boy (GO)” with guest vocals from Stipe, [...]

Death Of Print: 5 ways the newspapers botched the Web

Lets not forget Zip2, which made Elon Musk a gazillionaire at the expense of newspapers failed dreams. Or lets not forget New Directions for News, the many spin-offs and absorptions of newspaper’s online divisions, failed attempts at being a venture capitalist, and shall I continue? Newspapers had fiber coming into the newsrooms carrying real-time wire-photos [...]

Predictions for Apple September Thingy

They usually do one. Lets get predictions:

iTunes 8.0 - very much needed. I can imagine it will fill a different niche “the hub of your information” kind of promise? More than just media?
iPhone 2.1 firmware - obvious, as well …. its on my iPhone right now
New laptops - obvious
More details on Snow Leopard - not [...]