tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96726242024-03-18T20:19:41.439-07:00Mase DawgThoughts of The Internet, Programming & All Things MusicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-44186533148523765202009-03-24T17:43:00.000-07:002009-03-24T17:43:07.228-07:00JamBase Show Alerts Rock!Wow... short on blog posts, eh? Blame <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter!</a> I went from one service <a href="http://evhead.com/">Ev Williams</a> created (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a>) to the other (Twitter)... <br />
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I just wanted to take a moment for shameless plug here. Really, I am so happy and impressed with <a href="http://www.jambase.com/">JamBase</a> show alerts. All I need to do is tell <a href="http://jambase.com/">JamBase.com</a> who my favorite artists are and where my local area is, and I get regular updates on my tracked artists in my area. You'll never miss another show again (unless you've chosen to, of course). <br />
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Take a look at how impressive this list of new shows is... in just one day - these shows were added to <a href="http://jambase.com/">JamBase.com</a> .<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqZ5nKuEsnv1SCif57MJhSMw_vHQR85r2Xuh90-KmaLXckE-Q3XfhPT7x6sUiiHg8XMHDU2sgIt1NsUGR4hVPWKuJI2V0lYw9lHUi-v8MR3XOuDQuctSoP0jg-ArGyg9QIzIDSg/s1600-h/ShowAlertsRock!.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqZ5nKuEsnv1SCif57MJhSMw_vHQR85r2Xuh90-KmaLXckE-Q3XfhPT7x6sUiiHg8XMHDU2sgIt1NsUGR4hVPWKuJI2V0lYw9lHUi-v8MR3XOuDQuctSoP0jg-ArGyg9QIzIDSg/s400/ShowAlertsRock!.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="288" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-20969366356878820902009-03-14T19:09:00.000-07:002009-03-14T19:23:08.658-07:00Introducing TrainText.com!<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center; "><a href="http://traintext.com/twitter" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;border:solid 1px black;background-color:white;padding:5px;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgN_hznNKQA892MWVygZM78YPFnFBrzJ6dPKOnCn0oF4KR9tbXgqQ7JWDpTVae_seKvLejwJ7G6u9Jk-EYNxTOUBTiwLoItYT5Rq2N_9nbzoio9OqCqAl2oyNBAvxPNrjNaBgeQ/s200/TrainTextLogo.jpg" /></a></div>The past several months, I have had a fun little pet project going on. It's called <a href="http://traintext.com/twitter">TrainText</a>. On-Demand information for BART riders. Train times, service alerts, contact info and much more. It works using the Twitter API and takes advantage of Twitter's SMS notification system.<br />
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Using Twitter's direct messaging and mobile device updates, now you can send a request from your mobile phone for any BART station and receive real-time estimated train arrivals for that station... in less than one minute! Get additional information about service interruptions and delays, by sending an "alert" command. Get information on Elevator service outages by sending "elevator" or "elev". Get a few key phone numbers for the BART system, by sending the "contact" request.<br />
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Though primarily designed for daily commuters, it is proven to be a useful tool for any rider on the go! TrainText especially comes in handy when you're wondering if you can still catch that last train back home across the bay. Should you get a cab or is there time to walk there? Find out now with TrainText! Send a direct message request to <a href="http://twitter.com/traintext" target="_blank">traintext</a> on Twitter and know when the next trains are arriving at your station. <br />
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What we've got here is just some preliminary preview technology for a much grander vision, with a fully customizable account to track commute times and automatic alerts. I look forward to your enjoyment of <a href="http://traintext.com/">TrainText.com</a> as well as your comments. Let me know what you think!<br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; padding-bottom:25px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://traintext.com/twitter" target="_blank">TrainText.com</a> & <a href="http://twitter.com/traintext" target="_blank">Twitter/traintext</a></span></b><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-8774920176404362232009-01-05T14:05:00.000-08:002009-01-05T14:10:45.442-08:002008 Year In Review (from DMN)An excellent <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122908year">recap from Digital Music News</a>.<br />
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Survived 2008 okay? The year proved difficult for an already-disrupted industry, though "accelerated transition" could be the best description of current forces at work. As in previous years, consumers continued their shift towards digital formats, and free continued to beat paid. But a widespread economic downturn appears to be intensifying a long-running disruption.<br />
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Labels - both major and indie - once again found themselves weathering the brunt of a plunging CD. But the trend is worsening. By the fourth quarter, pre-recorded CD sales were slipping approximately 20 percent year-over-year, and Christmas shopping volumes appeared weak. Indie distributors started feeling the pressure, and many entered bankruptcy. The dire backdrop raises the question of whether 2009 will be a make-or-break year for labels, and the broader recording industry.<br />
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Still, an elite class of superstars managed to thrive - AC/DC quickly scored double-platinum sales, and Usher grabbed a Diamond accolade on a 2004 album. But the broader softening still means lower revenues, and most artists are swimming in shallower waters. <br />
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Superstars also found themselves battling pre-release leaks, almost an automatic occurrence in 2008. The list of top-level artists dealing with high-profile leaks included Usher, Metallica, Coldplay, Nas, and Lil Wayne, among many others, though the impact on sales - positive or negative - remains unclear.<br />
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The list also included Axl Rose-led Guns N' Roses. The group opted to prosecute a fan behind a pre-release leak, a process that remains ongoing. The album, <i>Chinese Democracy</i>, largely flopped. <br />
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That was just one of many stressful moments for the big four. At the onset of 2008, the freshly-acquired EMI Music started a <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/011408emi/">serious round of layoffs</a>. The multi-month process ultimately pushed past 1,500, and the cast of top-level executives shifted throughout. <br />
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Other labels, including Sony BMG, also experienced serious changes. The troubled joint venture <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/080508sonybmg/">decoupled</a>, and the legendary Clive Davis <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041708clive/">was demoted</a>. <br />
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Quarterly reports were mostly disappointing at major label groups, even Universal Music Group. But some executives kept collecting handsome payouts, including the top brass at Warner Music Group. In August, Lyor Cohen <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/081308cohen/">cashed out $6.8 million in shares</a>, just one example of an executive compensation structure at Warner that <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/081408wmg/">kept investors wondering</a>.<br />
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Still, majors are making changes, and one of the biggest announcements came at the end of the year. Just ahead of Christmas, the RIAA announced that lawsuits against individual file-swappers <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121908riaa">would be discontinued</a>, in favor of broad-based ISP enforcement measures. The RIAA decision comes several months after a <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072308bpi/">major, multi-industry agreement in the United Kingdom</a>, one that includes mass-mailings of warning letters by ISPs to suspected infringers. But as 2009 begins, <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122208riaa/">serious questions</a> surround the nature of the RIAA agreements, and the willingness of US-based ISPs to cooperate.<br />
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Conversely, another major shift happened at the beginning of 2008. A DRM-free leap started by EMI in 2007 spread to the other majors, and by January, AmazonMP3 was offering <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011008sony/">MP3s from all four majors</a>. That set the stage for a massive, <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011408pepsi/">Pepsi-powered Super Bowl promotion</a>, though the broader impact appeared modest. A raft of other music stores were soon granted DRM-free access.<br />
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Those were big steps, though external winds proved powerful. By September, a serious economic crisis started rippling through nearly every business sector and nation. Stocks like Warner Music Group (WMG) and Live Nation (LYV) brushed all-time lows, and even Apple (AAPL) now trades at a seriously-depressed valuation. The Wall Street malaise was complemented by widespread layoffs across a number of music-related companies.<br />
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Others managed to grow, market issues notwithstanding. YouTube <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121008youtube/">continued to amass</a> users and views, and despite ongoing issues, players like Pandora continued to expand. On the gaming front, <i>Rock Band</i> turned into <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/063008rock/"><i>Rock Band 2</i></a>, and <i>Guitar Hero</i> expanded into a <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/102808world/"><i>World Tour</i></a>. <br />
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Other areas simply started to plateau in 2008. That includes paid downloads, which appear to be leveling at roughly two billion annually, at least according to iTunes Store figures. Apple is also losing steam on its darling iPod, though the iPhone was all the rage in '08 - both for Apple and an army of application developers. The latter class now includes music-related companies like Pandora, Sonos, and Shazam, as well as labels like Sony Music Entertainment.<br />
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On the M&A front, Buzznet <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040608buzz/">acquired Stereogum</a> and <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041508idolator/">Idolator</a>, part of a music blog roll-up. Imeem <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041008imeem/">scooped the distressed Snocap</a>, Sony Corporation of America <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042208gracenote">purchased Gracenote</a> for $260 million, and Disc Makers <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/081508disc/">purchased CD Baby</a> for <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/102308sivers">$22 million</a>. Best Buy <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/091508naps/">purchased Napster</a> for $121 million, though other takeover attempts were dropped, including a bid for SanDisk by Samsung.<br />
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And what about mobile music? The once-heady area was surprisingly cool this year, at least in the West. Ringtones are now past their prime, and hopeful formats like OTA downloads have failed to break through. On the hardware side, Sony Ericsson <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072008sony/">experienced softer demand</a> for music-specific devices, and downer financial results. On the broader mobile stage, the bigger breakthrough is coming from a more complicated class of smartphone, a group that includes the iPhone.<br />
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The year also witnessed the heavily-hyped rebirth of MySpace Music, thanks to the blessing of major labels. But independent playlisting startups Muxtape and Mixwit exited, while <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042808playlist/">Project Playlist</a> and <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308wmg/">Seeqpod</a> continued to tussle with the majors. <br />
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At Yahoo Music, it was the year of the outsource. By February, the company <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020108unlimited/">offloaded its subscription service</a> to Rhapsody America. By December, the company <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121308yahoo">outsourced its streaming radio offering</a> to CBS Radio. CBS also <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030908cbs/">started powering</a> AOL Radio in March.<br />
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Perhaps the biggest flop of the year goes to Qtrax. In January, the company staged a massive coming-out at Midem in France, though major labels <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012808qtrax/">quickly pointed</a> to nonexistent licensing deals.<br />
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Starbucks had a tough year, and music-related initiatives were largely shuttered. The shift followed a <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031708times">scathing review</a> of the initiative by the New York Times in March. <br />
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On the performance side, Live Nation continued to make serious moves. The company announced plans to create a homegrown ticketing solution, a move away from Ticketmaster. The mega-deal spree also continued, specifically with <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040208live/">Jay-Z</a>, <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033008live/">U2</a>, <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070208live/">Shakira</a>, and <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070708nickelback">Nickelback</a>. But <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/062208cohl/">internal discord</a> soon followed, and a late-year options cash-out by U2 raised questions on whether the aggressive Live Nation strategy makes sense in the current economy.<br />
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Meanwhile, Ticketmaster <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/102308front/">acquired a controlling interest</a> in Front Line Management, and appointed Irving Azoff as the CEO of its newly-minted Ticketmaster Entertainment unit.<br />
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In satellite radio, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072708fcc/">finally got their merger approved</a> by both the US Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission. But massive debt and an overbearing overhead are threatening to overwhelm the combined company in 2009. <br />
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Elsewhere, artists continued to exercise their independence in 2008. Radiohead may have been the story of 2007, though Trent Reznor helped to <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031208reznor/">carry the mantle into 2008</a>. The NIN frontman rustled a quick, one-week purse of $1.6 million, based on direct-to-fan sales of <i>Ghosts I-IV</i>. On a broader scale, artists large and small continue to question the merits of the major label arrangement.<br />
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<div class="discreet"><span style="font-style: italic;">Review by publisher Paul Resnikoff.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-49395393929977985062008-12-17T17:21:00.000-08:002008-12-17T17:35:39.521-08:00Songs that Rocked Me in 2008<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/PlaylistWidget.swf" id="lalaPlaylistEmbed" width="420" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/PlaylistWidget.swf"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="flashvars" value="playlistId=43090P23411&host=www.lala.com"><embed id="lalaPlaylistEmbed" name="lalaPlaylistEmbed" src="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/PlaylistWidget.swf" width="420" height="254" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent" allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="playlistId=43090P23411&host=www.lala.com"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 9px; margin-top: 2px;"><a href="http://www.lala.com/playlist/43090P23411" title="Songs that Rocked me in 2008">Songs that Rocked me in 2008</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-85633501942708338332008-12-12T13:32:00.000-08:002008-12-12T14:18:39.640-08:00Best of 2008It's that time of year again! JamBase always graciously publishes a best of 2008 which includes all employees, but it always leaves me wanting to list more than the 5 top albums and 3 best shows. So I've decided to post them here.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Best Albums of 2008</span><br />
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<ol><li>Fleet Foxes - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Fleet Foxes</span><br />
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<li>The Raconteurs - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Consolers of the Lonely</span><br />
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<li>Blitzen Trapper - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Furr</span><br />
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<li>Charlie Hunter - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Baboon Strength</span><br />
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<li>My Morning Jacket - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Evil Urges</span><br />
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<li>She & Him - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Volume 1</span><br />
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<li>Dr. Dog - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Fate</span><br />
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<li>The Whigs - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Mission Control</span><br />
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<li>Ryan Adams -<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> Cardinology</span><br />
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<li>Radiohead - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In Rainbows</span><br />
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<li>Kings of Leon - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Only By The Night</span><br />
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<li>Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Real Emotional Trash</span><br />
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<li>David Byrne & Brian Eno - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Everything That Happens Will Happen Toda</span>y<br />
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<li>Hot Chip - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Made in the Dark</span><br />
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<li>Okkervil River - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Stand Ins</span><br />
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<li>Conor Oberst - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Conor Oberst</span><br />
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<li>Akron/Familiy - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Love Is Simple</span><br />
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<li>Johnny Flynn - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">A Larum</span><br />
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<li>Brett Dennen - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Hope for the Hopeless</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Best Live Shows of 2008</span><br />
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<ol><li>Raconteurs - Bimbo's - 4/23/2008<br />
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<li>Radiohead - Outside Lands - 8/22/2008<br />
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<li>My Morning Jacket - Greek Theater - 9/19/2008<br />
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<li>Surprise Me Mr. Davis - High Sierra late night set - 7/4/2005<br />
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<li>The Jammy's - NYC - 5/7/2008<br />
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<li>Mother Hips - Starry Plough - 2/15/2008<br />
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<li>Ryan Adams - The Fillmore - 8/23/2008<br />
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<li>Treasure Island - Raconteurs, Fleet Foxes - 9/20-9/21/2008<br />
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<li>Akron/Familiy - Rickshaw Stop - 4/30/2008</li>
<li>Ray LaMontagne - Oakland Paramount - 11/3/2008<br />
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<li>Cloud Cult - Bottom of the Hill - 5/13/2008<br />
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First of all, if your looking to sync your iPhone calendar with Google Calendar, there are a few options. I'm going to review the one that I've used below, but you can also look at <a href="http://nexthaus.com/products_b_iphone.html" target="_blank">SyncJe from Nexthaus.com</a>, it syncs more than just your calendar, but it's only got a 15 day free trial. The full version is $40. <br />
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Also, there is <a href="http://www.nemustech.com/iPhone/NemusSync.html" target="_blank">NemusSync</a>, which seems to have gotten pretty good reviews. For this, you'll need to Jailbreak your iPhone and install an app to get it to work. <a href="http://lifehacker.com/394701/nemussync-synchronizes-your-iphone-and-google-calendar" target="_blank">Lifehacker says</a> it's an app worth Jailbreaking for. <br />
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If your a Mac user with iCal, you can sync your iPhone and Google Calendar when you plug your phone in and sync the whole thing with iTunes. Check out this <a href="http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/sync-your-iphone-with-google-calendar/" target="_blank">Switched post</a> about how to do that.<br />
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For me, I found that the best and simplest Google Calendar sync with your iPhone is using <a href="https://www.nuevasync.com/" target="_blank">NuevaSync.com</a> - a beta service that allows Over The Air synchronizing so you don't have to wait to plug in your phone with your computer. It's very simple, and I followed these steps below to get it to work. It took only about 5 minutes to get it working! Very simple.<br />
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<blockquote><b style="color: red;">IMPORTANT NOTE #1:</b> Syncing your iPhone calendar with Google Calendar using NuevaSync will delete your existing iPhone calendar. It might be safest to make sure that you do not have orphan calendar events on your iPhone that are not in Google Calendar. Another good safety precaution would be to sync your phone and have a latest backup to "restore" if things go wrong. (The service works very well and have not heard of any problems)<br />
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<b style="color: red;">IMPORTANT NOTE #2:</b> If you already have a Microsoft Exchange account setup on your iPhone, this will not work. NuevaSync.com uses a Microsoft Exchange server to synchronize your calendars, and the iPhone only allows one Exchange account to be setup on the phone.</blockquote><ol><li>Make sure your not going to lose any iPhone calendar events by double checking that your iPhone calendar events are entered into your Google Calendar.</li>
<li>Go <a href="https://www.nuevasync.com/" target="_blank">here to NuevaSync</a> and sign up for an account. It's a very primitive registration process, and I would imagine it will get a facelift sooner or later. Still, it works well and, from my experience, has no problems.</li>
<li>Once your through registration, you'll have to check your email and verify that you can receive mail at that address. Click on the link in the email NuevaSync just sent you.<br />
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<li>After you've verified your account, you should land on a simple dashboard page. Click on <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">change</span> next to the Calendar item (the first row).</li>
<li>Choose <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Google </span>and click <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Change</span></li>
<li>Click the link on the following page that says <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Click to configure your service...</span></li>
<li>Enter the Google account where your Google Calendar resides. This process will send you to Google and ask you to confirm that you wish to grant NuevaSync access to your calendar.</li>
<ul><li>Select your Google account that you wish to sync</li>
<li>Click <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Continue</span></li>
<li>Click <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Grant Access</span></li>
</ul><li>Now you will return to NuevaSync's website and you can click <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Continue</span></li>
</ol>Now pull out your iPhone and follow these steps:<br />
<ol><li>Go to <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Settings</span></li>
<li>Tap <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mail, Contacts, Calendars</span></li>
<li>Tap <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Add Account...</span></li>
<li>Select <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Microsoft Exchange</span></li>
<li>For the settings of this Microsoft Exchange account, enter the following information:</li>
<ul><li><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Email</span>: <i>the email address you used to register with on NuevaSync</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Username</span>: <i>the username you chose for NuevaSync </i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Password</span>: <i>the password your chose for NuevaSync</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Description</span>: <i>any descriptor you'd like to identify the account</i></li>
</ul><li>Tap <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Next</span><i style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </i></li>
<li>It sould work to connect for a few seconds and then appear with a Server field that you need to populate, enter <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">www.nuevasync.com</span></li>
<li>Tap <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Next</span></li>
<li>On the following page, you'll need to make sure that the settings are as follows:</li>
<ul><li>Mail: off</li>
<li>Contacts: off</li>
<li>Calendar: on</li>
</ul><li>Tap <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Save</span></li>
</ol>And voila! Pretty simple, set it once and forget it. Now if you go into your iPhone calendar application, you should see your Google Calendar events populted! Changes you make to the events on your phone will sync to your Google Calendar and vise-versa. <br />
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Enjoy, I hope this helps!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-1368982919879198332008-10-29T17:08:00.000-07:002008-10-29T17:20:15.775-07:00Barack Obama on the Daily Show tonight!Don't miss it... I will not miss it. Here are some clips from his past appearances.<br />
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Looking forward to reading her book <br>"Founders at Work"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-44407005248836282622008-09-03T10:22:00.000-07:002008-09-03T10:23:02.068-07:00The Attendees<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gYCYKbTmeQ3sW_k13snAFfuJzjMHc7r-vSgbl4a3pQu8FyGVD1FbzZC7LbodojUvl1VqOWfM9Gzl8sqvs1B5oUMyh-vPTqvA5cnW26UQaeTGBodmkeyulydD4M2m7_2egQNIPg/s1600-h/photo-782071.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gYCYKbTmeQ3sW_k13snAFfuJzjMHc7r-vSgbl4a3pQu8FyGVD1FbzZC7LbodojUvl1VqOWfM9Gzl8sqvs1B5oUMyh-vPTqvA5cnW26UQaeTGBodmkeyulydD4M2m7_2egQNIPg/s320/photo-782071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241846876605779682" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-27779619249606824782008-09-03T07:33:00.001-07:002008-09-03T07:33:39.723-07:00I couldn't agree with this one more!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRobuNvH7gAmZGeYOoBkI2JqleB0gxSwc4WQOXf5ss5c5oNpR3N5sZENXpRbckgFVt5UEwVxaCv12Zorpd2GHC6mq5nUA7PSUBU6uaxDkds3jvz5Z4oJSK9_dtnwnUQzMhLhH5A/s1600-h/photo-719726.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRobuNvH7gAmZGeYOoBkI2JqleB0gxSwc4WQOXf5ss5c5oNpR3N5sZENXpRbckgFVt5UEwVxaCv12Zorpd2GHC6mq5nUA7PSUBU6uaxDkds3jvz5Z4oJSK9_dtnwnUQzMhLhH5A/s320/photo-719726.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241803228426613586" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-24006730107879474622008-09-03T06:52:00.001-07:002008-09-03T06:52:35.217-07:00A new cycle for success<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lrsKJatW8VuRjb0iAqGyaGznfZBBmcBVq7AW3RNORPbf6Va4ksRe6P7tXJwwbivBKvo8ZlurDQfTLnFznIf-nCDVEYJnGYpnJbPXaqQNIWURdBYnekDlWnZEsQuZ95YmFpgfLg/s1600-h/photo-755218.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lrsKJatW8VuRjb0iAqGyaGznfZBBmcBVq7AW3RNORPbf6Va4ksRe6P7tXJwwbivBKvo8ZlurDQfTLnFznIf-nCDVEYJnGYpnJbPXaqQNIWURdBYnekDlWnZEsQuZ95YmFpgfLg/s320/photo-755218.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241792647070923858" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-64483757295411976812008-09-02T11:27:00.000-07:002008-09-02T11:34:22.666-07:00A Google Approach to Web BrowsersWow! This is exciting news. You may have already found out that Google is working on, and <a href="http://www.chromevoice.com/?p=51" target="_blank">will release later today in Beta</a>, a web browser... <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome" target="_blank">Google Chrome</a>.<br /><br />It's based on the open source <a href="http://webkit.org/" target="_blank">Webkit</a> project and has taken a new approach to web browsers as we know them today. There is a fantastic comic book that talks about a lot of the details on how and why Google has chosen to make the browser.<br /><br />It certainly <a href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007645.html" target="_blank">looks fantastically simple</a>, and I'm happy to see their test-driven development. Though, as a web developer, this could potentially have just made my job a lot harder (though I know they're trying to make it <span style="font-style:italic;">easier</span>, but still...)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-46820914599600490672008-09-01T13:19:00.000-07:002008-09-01T13:23:15.452-07:00Penguins @ NE Aquarium<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAumgxCLnsm6G6NEv9b_urrwBb9TieTciLlFijOP9k2zzLFzYc0gVmVaNms26ikkEtqRFOVKNsFrX3Hv891O3ewiE0-0vJFRiFQVNZBlzCTeAGylajr6phl4LsHcQ-3udnYm39g/s1600-h/photo-795454.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAumgxCLnsm6G6NEv9b_urrwBb9TieTciLlFijOP9k2zzLFzYc0gVmVaNms26ikkEtqRFOVKNsFrX3Hv891O3ewiE0-0vJFRiFQVNZBlzCTeAGylajr6phl4LsHcQ-3udnYm39g/s320/photo-795454.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241151147197019954" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-11561082499167530372008-09-01T08:50:00.000-07:002008-09-01T09:04:25.818-07:00Haaarvard<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0vCCFYV1WW4jZ7e_LGzdqGTuVlk_rYQ8QAxinvpAduMptsYjZShv3OxDCK3o71WiiBAgBzPvrpd8_j4oB2OPlYa5aH_FNlqbj59helQSt6YLdAc-pKmWawlCHuNmy0r5_pG1-w/s1600-h/photo-765820.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0vCCFYV1WW4jZ7e_LGzdqGTuVlk_rYQ8QAxinvpAduMptsYjZShv3OxDCK3o71WiiBAgBzPvrpd8_j4oB2OPlYa5aH_FNlqbj59helQSt6YLdAc-pKmWawlCHuNmy0r5_pG1-w/s320/photo-765820.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241084447215163426" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-87468237901090931522008-09-01T07:56:00.000-07:002008-09-01T07:57:03.214-07:00Copley Square<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzVtTb-0V04rIuS5f9Ckk_sEooXoSiAigqHsbzyqjNAJ8dSlNTnsA0guNs2CQZ9pqgXtQ_PQfgQCgeF_r5yCw8dASlK6hE1B2dmQCy5dz6hpsoRTh9qZu7o5tAQo8-Q4gbjy18g/s1600-h/photo-723216.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzVtTb-0V04rIuS5f9Ckk_sEooXoSiAigqHsbzyqjNAJ8dSlNTnsA0guNs2CQZ9pqgXtQ_PQfgQCgeF_r5yCw8dASlK6hE1B2dmQCy5dz6hpsoRTh9qZu7o5tAQo8-Q4gbjy18g/s320/photo-723216.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241067086015032338" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-46333139876219780202008-08-31T18:05:00.000-07:002008-08-31T18:06:45.424-07:00Oh Mashed Potatoes, how I miss thee<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQZtKqc25Fdf6t49iYFo38uqFXGRYV_t8diMgdmJMakKP4pK0UzbyQ6Go8zSokCPeqiJGipEHmeqr1bRlEBeeHuvUrMs2clH1S5ZSSHsCenmSG4kk9Hh9Oh4WGuOt4eMsEXWp_g/s1600-h/photo-705427.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQZtKqc25Fdf6t49iYFo38uqFXGRYV_t8diMgdmJMakKP4pK0UzbyQ6Go8zSokCPeqiJGipEHmeqr1bRlEBeeHuvUrMs2clH1S5ZSSHsCenmSG4kk9Hh9Oh4WGuOt4eMsEXWp_g/s320/photo-705427.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240853123692989154" /></a></p>Ok, I had a couple bites. But carrots and potatoes are off-limits for <br>my diet.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-53057787900327746352008-08-28T11:00:00.001-07:002008-08-28T11:09:17.517-07:00Enter... UbiquityWow, this is absolutely incredible. Just installed and playing with it now. <a href="http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/" target="_blank">Definitely worth checking out</a>. <br /><br /><center><br /><object width="400" height="298"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1561578&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA&fullscreen=1" /> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1561578&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="298"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/1561578?pg=embed&sec=1561578">Ubiquity for Firefox</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user532161?pg=embed&sec=1561578">Aza Raskin</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com?pg=embed&sec=1561578">Vimeo</a>.</center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-77100117473328362502008-08-27T16:10:00.000-07:002008-08-27T16:13:22.674-07:00The Smart Car fits San Francisco<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4Or8XFneGpb7cBp8WK4grBVtOW97TzN6Y5RiIinenvVk7bo85fM7d7NH63b3oPyg5XGicxVjEyFIX1ZxcfxSGILMKJr3lulhrQnHFSI_-xjvHKjf6xCQ6yTt-rzteq1iYfD6sQ/s1600-h/photo-702676.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4Or8XFneGpb7cBp8WK4grBVtOW97TzN6Y5RiIinenvVk7bo85fM7d7NH63b3oPyg5XGicxVjEyFIX1ZxcfxSGILMKJr3lulhrQnHFSI_-xjvHKjf6xCQ6yTt-rzteq1iYfD6sQ/s320/photo-702676.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239339562840728674" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-86086402730936682902008-08-24T01:04:00.000-07:002008-08-24T01:05:33.677-07:00Still rocking!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQZIjBdkGjQW-PLvvKqddndxFghwoaP7psy_Ogxh3tuXPzlbfFe9px8atA5QBiIznUd8cBbQqNfoZTjMENdU6QqNx5xT9MkS_Ue8FmeHK_9T4DPL8EYvSj_8-VN3ZpHrwg4ZQ0g/s1600-h/photo-733680.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQZIjBdkGjQW-PLvvKqddndxFghwoaP7psy_Ogxh3tuXPzlbfFe9px8atA5QBiIznUd8cBbQqNfoZTjMENdU6QqNx5xT9MkS_Ue8FmeHK_9T4DPL8EYvSj_8-VN3ZpHrwg4ZQ0g/s320/photo-733680.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237992362174864242" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-18753417152114721472008-08-23T21:58:00.000-07:002008-08-23T22:00:16.311-07:00LIGHTS!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokfKgT4VNtDldaCwGQDaUw-eVKUffBTdtm8j8p65pThyphenhyphenA_fECcjNK9t_7HlCIbARH_58EYIGGeCz27DJ-8kzRmlWLF2S5FtilTgzC_RpbTZdzjVsQ0rEbwpIWLAfm-kfXOFPZ9Q/s1600-h/photo-716313.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokfKgT4VNtDldaCwGQDaUw-eVKUffBTdtm8j8p65pThyphenhyphenA_fECcjNK9t_7HlCIbARH_58EYIGGeCz27DJ-8kzRmlWLF2S5FtilTgzC_RpbTZdzjVsQ0rEbwpIWLAfm-kfXOFPZ9Q/s320/photo-716313.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237944615967605826" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-34207650900965726552008-08-23T21:35:00.000-07:002008-08-23T21:36:55.750-07:00Ben Harper<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49pR3-3j63cxkOmcHbcr748DeReUwQkAMnm5FyMc1-F8kTCZ_AGLDN1po-g73fDdUsj5vB86NpqOu-0UUVcUSPETM3X2cMwMvTPygXtFtnFynlIh-l9t49IY42ZlxFgOQ-ALu-A/s1600-h/photo-715752.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49pR3-3j63cxkOmcHbcr748DeReUwQkAMnm5FyMc1-F8kTCZ_AGLDN1po-g73fDdUsj5vB86NpqOu-0UUVcUSPETM3X2cMwMvTPygXtFtnFynlIh-l9t49IY42ZlxFgOQ-ALu-A/s320/photo-715752.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237938598359927426" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672624.post-43738765048045582322008-08-23T19:16:00.000-07:002008-08-23T20:37:34.638-07:00Cake<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7PSVWzXExXOaHV0vBf36bwOfAEb9r3Ip7CDXpUm_rvg14yshNSvMQP2PzG3Egv3tH0efcMGtJVkH8Vl09Paft4zDk9I0h9nlTsPeAxndE-OwBQts1ujvUNPU2JntzhivgDjCMA/s1600-h/photo-754642.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7PSVWzXExXOaHV0vBf36bwOfAEb9r3Ip7CDXpUm_rvg14yshNSvMQP2PzG3Egv3tH0efcMGtJVkH8Vl09Paft4zDk9I0h9nlTsPeAxndE-OwBQts1ujvUNPU2JntzhivgDjCMA/s320/photo-754642.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237923304946733346" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0