August 2009
20 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
Roy Hargrove (14)  Kyteman (13)  Wilco (11)  U2 (11)  Living Colour (10)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 31st
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Aug 31st
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“Elke dag opstaan als een leerling”
– Very inspiring quote from Dutch composer and violinist Jaap van Zweden in the final episode of the series Zomergasten. Translates into something along the lines of “approach each day as an apprentice”.
Aug 31st
Aug 28th
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Aug 26th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23) →
Tinariwen (11)  Arctic Monkeys (10)  Branford Marsalis (7)  Miles Davis (6)  Winne (4)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 24th
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“To many of my friends, today’s newspapers, political parties and public...”
– Eat the Young! | eaves.ca David Eaves on the misconception of using ‘youth’ voting behaviour as a proxy for social engagement. This reminded me of a documentary I saw on the Obama election campaign - forgot the title. One of the identified key succes factors was the engagement on a...
Aug 24th
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Aug 21st
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Aug 20th
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“I would rather be raped by Pirate Bay than fucked up the ass by (Sony boss)...”
– Behind the music: The real reason why the major labels love Spotify | Music | guardian.co.uk Quote by Swedish musician Magnus Uggla regarding meager payments to artists for streaming their music on Spotify, knowing the majors got an equity deal in the service. Ouch. I think I have to agree with the...
Aug 18th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16) →
Miles Davis (15)  Vampire Weekend (9)  Gorillaz (8)  Wilco (6)  Winne (6)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 17th
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“Ideas count for something, but execution matters far more.”
– The Request for Startups Nice quote from a blogpost from VC Paul Graham from YCombinator where they introduce a new model: Request for Startup. Basically an idea looking for a startup team they would like to fund. Be sure to click through to the list of ideas they currently have if you want to get...
Aug 17th
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“The policy says that a person could use a Facebook ID to log into RockMelt,...”
– Netscape Founder Backs New Browser - NYTimes.com The browser automatically sharing stuff with your social network services and vice versa, starting with Facebook. Cool. Interesting to see if the inventor of browser 1.0 can come up with browser 3.0.
Aug 14th
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Aug 13th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-9) →
U2 (11)  Winne (8)  Tim Christensen (7)  Wilco (5)  Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society (5)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 10th
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Aug 10th
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“Is Google evil? It doesn’t matter. They’ve reached the point of...”
– Google’s Microsoft Moment - Anil Dash Great article.
Aug 7th
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“That’s the thing that gets me so excited to get up and get going every...”
– Open Platforms and Innovation Great piece by Fred Wilson.
Aug 7th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-2) →
U2 (14)  Cypress Hill (9)  Wilco (9)  Kyteman (9)  Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society (7)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 3rd
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Aug 3rd