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Posted: July 31st, 2009 | Author: almitra | Filed under: social media | Tags: social media, twitter | No Comments »
I see a ton of questions floating around on topics from alternative dashboards to gauging metrics on Twitter. Guess what, there are a million of them out there! Good news is that a lot of them are free and since using Twitter is very important part of my job, I can give you advice on which ones are rad and what they’re good for. Some of them might are a little bit questionable, but I included them anyway, mainly because I’d like to see reliable versions of them released soon (they’re good ideas).
Tweetdeck
An Adobe Air app that runs on your desktop separate from your browser. Tweetdeck is rad because you can set up groups for friends, coworkers, whatever; which makes for easier viewing (especially if you’re following 94875 people). It also has a nifty URL shortener as well as the ability to manage settings and tweets all within the program. Continue Reading »
Posted: July 31st, 2009 | Author: almitra | Filed under: social media | Tags: san francisco, social media | No Comments »
I see San Francisco. Young, tech-savvy, trendy, and over zealous.
And then I wonder what other people, who have never been here, get upon their first interaction with the city. I wondered what they were able to assume based on San Francisco’s digital persona.
So first I googled “San Francisco”. Cool, a map, some photos, and some links to stuff. Let me click around. I land on the San Francisco’s Visitors Bureau homepage. Wow! This looks awesome! Pictures everywhere, its fancy looking. Then I go to SF’s Gov site, just cause it was next on my search results. WHOA. Continue Reading »
Posted: July 27th, 2009 | Author: almitra | Filed under: music | Tags: music | 1 Comment »
The NY Times posted an article the other day on the new structure of the Music Industry and one particular venture, Polyphonic. Polyphonic is headed up by big names in the music scene: Radiohead’s manager as well as some top tiers from Nettwerk Music Group. No doubt that these guys know what they’re doing.
However, there has been much talk recently on the future of the music industry, where its going, how people are going to make money, etc, etc. Some companies, like Polyphonic feel like they’ve got answers. This is my opinion on the matter:
This has been boggling my mind for a couple days now. Basically what they’re doing here is getting the bands to do all the work (which isn’t a big deal because any serious band would already be doing this), and throwing $300K at them to help with the expenses. This may sound very enticing to a lot of people, however I’m curious to know whether or not that money is recoup able. If so, the likely-hood of a band actually doing so is pretty far fetched. Continue Reading »
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