Archive for the ‘indie’ Category
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
On Nokia's shrinking North American market share: "(Samsung & others) were quick to meet carriers’ customization demands, an area in which Nokia proved reluctant." (http://bit.ly/zuSN).
But this is precisely why Nokia ought to be lauded - for its efforts in putting out handsets that straddle grids/networks (3g/wi-fi) and balancing different interaction ...
Posted in creative industries, critical constructivism, indie, mobile, open source, political economy, technology | 2 Comments »
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
This? Oh yeah, we already did that.
& it's true what they say - Reverbnation rules the internets!
Posted in P2P, culture & society, file sharing, indie, labels, marketing, music | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
I'm chin-deep in MUSE3 planning (excuse the outdated site at them thar preceding link - that's part of what I'm working on), gearing up for our Showcase Proposal Forum this Friday (check back on Friday morning with that link for the webcast), adjusting my Web 2 specs after all the ...
Posted in blogs, comprehensive exams, conferences, culture & society, events, indie, mobile, northernvoice, social web | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Hey. I'm digging my head out from under a tense, transitional semester of research, teaching and baby-raising. I'm working directly in mobile media now, in a new job at Mobile Muse 3 (so expect more posts in this sorter space as we go). On that note, you can see a ...
Posted in archiving, ethnography, indie, mobile, music, personal life, podcast, tapes, teaching, work | 2 Comments »
Friday, October 26th, 2007
This update is running quite late, but is still valuable, I think, in attempting to sustain the dialogue which was unfortunately given too short an interval at our panel on Music and Sound at the AOIR conference last week. As well, I particularly need to move among the "diaspora" of ...
Posted in AOIR 8, blogs, conferences, critical constructivism, ethnography, fandom, indie, internet, music, podcast, political economy, social networks, technology, theory | 2 Comments »
Friday, October 19th, 2007
I presented at AOIR today as part of a panel on Music and Sound. Here's the PDF of my talk, complete with notes.
I did this with an extreme headache, and a growing sense that I need to, as my friend and colleague Flo articulated it the other day, "coccoon" myself ...
Posted in AOIR 8, P2P, SNS, conferences, critical constructivism, culture & society, fandom, file sharing, indie, internet, music, online communities, open source, political economy, social networks, taste, technology, theory | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 5th, 2007
I was interviewed this morning for Global National on the subject of P2P lawsuits by the RIAA. Every time there's some sensational story to be mined, the television media seem to jump. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
I tried to stay focused on the Canadian angle, making the points that ...
Posted in P2P, file sharing, indie, labels, law, music, policy, technology | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 10th, 2007
Tony Wilson is dead. For those who don't know, Wilson was the notorious owner of the legendary Factory Records and Haçienda Club in Manchester, UK. As dramatized in the 2000s film 24 Hour Party People, Wilson was also responsible for launching the highly influential Joy Division/New Order constellation, as well ...
Posted in culture & society, film, indie, labels, music | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Heya. I am presenting in a panel at AOIR this year (the title of my presentation/paper is "The Technical Micropolitics of the Online Music Industry, 1997-2007", abstract here). For those of you who've followed my blog, you'll know something of what to expect, except that I'll be strictly framing up ...
Posted in art, blogs, critical constructivism, culture & society, indie, internet, labels, mobile, music, online communities, open source, political economy, technology, theory, wikia, work | 3 Comments »
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Clear Channel didn't get away with it, and now Last.fm is taking heat for not paying out royalties to independent artists. Last.fm, recently purchased by CBS, is now heating up indie music business blogs with this policy, even though it's been in place since the company started.
Why so, asks the ...
Posted in blogs, indie, internet, labels, marketing, music, online communities, social bookmarking, social networks, statistics, taste, technology | 2 Comments »
