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Life-hacking the T-Mobile MDA
So for all you T-Mobile owners out there, I’ve found a few fun ways to give your device a new lease on life. It’s true that we are all getting tired of the lack of 3G service by T-Mobile, or maybe the “long in the tooth” look & feel of Windows Mobile 5 and [...]
Bourne Again?
Twitter bud Doug Haslam has taken up the task of helping the producers name the next Jason Bourne flick. No name or plot has been released, but Matt Damon has signed on for film number 4 of the series.
Head on over and offer up your suggestion!
Technorati Tags: Jason Bourne, Doug Haslam
Happiness CXXX
Finally being able to download DRM-free digital tunes to add to the music library.
Online music choices - where’s the choice?
I talked about this a little over a year ago. I was pretty gung-ho about URGE, the music service offered by MTV and Microsoft. It seamlessly integrated into Windows Media Player 11, could be used on up to 3 computers, and sync tunes to both my Windows Mobile smartphone, and my wife’s Nokia 5300 XpressMusic [...]
New Headset - Logitech® Premium USB Headset 350
I finally pulled the trigger on getting a decent headset for online vid-conf work. The Logitech® Premium USB Headset 350.
With better sound quality than I can probably detect (I’ve not the best hearing), it sounds better than any of my previous headsets. I usually buy cheap ones and end up being disappointed in them, [...]
A lawyer: Parsing Steve Jobs’ alternative views of the future
Of course, he misses the point, and does not follow the blogoshpere. I’ve been preaching and predicting DRM-free music for almost 9 months now. The reality for the record companies is that they have missed their opportunity to really control the digital market because they were to intent on leaching every penny from every music [...]
Non-DRM’ed MP3s from the major Record Labels?
It could happen as early as this year according to this article in the NYT. While it would certainly take some time for the entire recording industry to come around to the idea, it sounds like at least one record company will try marketing tunes in unrestricted MP3 format in the next few months.
Again, I [...]
Music & the working "groove"
More and more lately I’m finding that I work better without distraction. I know that’s kind of a Doh! idea, but I’ve been working for so many years allowing myself to be distracted and interrupted multiple times hourly (forget daily), to the point where its difficult to get back into the “groove” where your [...]
The Inevitable Death of DRM
On this topic, TechCrunch is right on the money. The music industry is not looking far enough down the road to see the big picture about DRM and its impact on their reduced sales.
Artists as well are too wrapped up in the ability of their work to be easily copied. I understand this concern, [...]
