You can’t hold the hand of a rock and roll man – Okkervil River
via the album “Stage Names”. great record – front to back.
Month: August 2009
Blue Tulip – Bon Iver
I was going to post the orginal version of this song by Okkervil River. But then I remembered it’s Cover Friday which is another fun thing about the music scene on Tumblr. Justin Vernon is a genius.
Are we going to see an Apple television panel soon?
Image via Wikipedia
That Apple rumor is back. I’m not talking about the alleged Apple tablet.
We’re talking about an Apple television set.
The reality is that no one knows but it’s fun to think about.
So in that spirit, here’s what I want in my future Apple television
1 – Make it beautiful. I have no doubt it would look great. Right now we have a Pioneer Elite plasma in our family room. Yes, it’s a fine tv. But Apple could make a much beter looking physical device. The iPhone and MacBook Pros are a work of art. I’m thinking a future apple television set would be super thin and built beautifully. How about a 50 or 60" OLED? It’s not possible with the current manufacturing processing technology/limitations but a boy can dream right? .
2 – iSight camera. We have a Mac Mini connected to our Pioneer HDTV. But we don’t have iSight camera hooked up. It would be awesome if it was integrated in the monitor itself.
3 – Less is more. I don’t want anything I don’t need or want. Please don’t include tuners, speakers, cablecards, blue ray or any of those legacy video input sources. Just give me a few HDMI inputs and that’s it. Maybe an SD memory slot. I just want the perfect compliment to the MacMini in our family room. That’s it.
4 – Open. It should be open like my Mac Mini is today. I would never buy it if it’s closed. Support for multiple media players and codecs is a must.
5 – Networking. It’s gotta have ethernet and wifi.
I’m sure I’m missing some cool stuff. Feel free of course to add away !
- Confession: I hate my Apple TV (tuaw.com)
- Is iPhoneTV Coming to Your Living Room? (threeminds.organic.com)
We’re gearing up to launch a new feature which makes Twitter truly location-aware. A new API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet. Folks will need to activate this new feature by choice because it will be off by default and the exact location data won’t be stored for an extended period of time. However, if people do opt-in to sharing location on a tweet-by-tweet basis, compelling context will be added to each burst of information.
Twitter Blog: Location, Location, Location
This is going to be awesome.
The Tumblr music scene part II
A few days ago i wrote down a bunch of tumblelogs I enjoy because of the great music they share amongst other interesting things as well.
I just discovered (via John) a much larger list recently posted by yvynyl. It’s excellent and I’m now following a bunch more folks.
Rock on!
When You’re Young – The Jam
We are playing a lot by the Jam on this trip. Enjoy.
my wife is a foodie.
The Tumblr music scene
Earlier today Fred wrote about MySpace music and how many artists are now blogging and taking control over their websites.
As a timely example, here is Ben Kweller’s tweet from just a few moments ago.
i wanna meet a professional web programmer! im talkin’ hardcore back-end e-commerce, user login, databasing shit. not just css/html. hit me!
It’s exciting to see more artists take control and move to Tumblr.
When I first switched to Tumblr in 2007 it was prior to our original investment in the company. Initially I was drawn to the simplicity and power of the platform.
But very quickly the music scene became one of my favorite things about the service. Tumblr users are passionate about music.
Tumblr has a built in constraint when it comes to music sharing. One song per day. That’s it. I think that simple constraint actually provides a terrific filter. We get one shot a day. Let’s make it a good one. I know I try to do that.
Check out these Tumblr powered sites when you get a moment. They share some amazing music.
New Speedway Boogie (aka Andy Weissman)
Dan Kantor (founder of Streampad which powers bijan.fm)
Lindsay Campbell (Lindsay gets an honorable mention here. She doesn’t share music as often as the other folks on this list but when she does it’s always great. maybe this post will even encourage her to share more tunes :).
Update: I forgot to include Dave Hyndman in this list. My bad.
To Save Me – M. Ward
After a brief time away, I’m back in the world of M. Ward.