May 2012
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When April Fools articles come true
I almost sprayed tea over my iPad this morning when I saw this headline:
Doctor says emo hairdos could lead to lazy eye syndrome
A doctor has spoken out to condemn ‘emo’ haircuts with heavy fringes, saying that they could lead to lazy eye syndrome.
“If a young emo chap has a fringe covering one eye all the time, that eye won’t see a lot of detail. And if it happens...
April 2012
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February 2012
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Apple probably wants HD-AAC for iTunes Match
Yesterday I reported in the Guardian on Apple’s plans to upgrade its iTunes Match library to offer “adaptive streaming”.The theory is, anything you re-download (or stream?) from iTunes Match will be at the best quality available for your device or connection speed.
Now I think Apple is seriously considering HD-AAC as the file format to deliver this service.
HD-AAC is developed...
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WatchComposite lets you make scenery-inspired art with ease. It looks fun.
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Spotify pays more than 1p per stream - sometimes
Spotify receives a lot of bad press for its tiny streaming royalties.
At the last #sonicmeet, I told a skeptical Mike Hillier that Vienna Circle, a band whose second album I have been producing, have seen streaming payments in the pennies before. Sure, it’s no flattering payment, but it certainly looks better than the £0.000125 that many artists receive per play.
I just received an updated...
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January 2012
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At The Drive-In reunite. I react.
The band that changed my life is coming back from the dead.
I first saw At the Drive-In on the cover of Kerrang, a magazine that I had arranged a work placement with but had never read. I didn’t know anything about rock, even. I had about four months until I would walk in that office and have to feign some knowledge, and buying their magazine seemed a good place to start.
But there was a...
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Best Amazon Review Ever →
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WatchHandmade animation from Spike Jonze and Olympia Le-Tan.
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Christian Dubstep. Dubstep is over.
You have to hear this.
As eloquently put by Modeselektor on twitter:
Now you can buy Christian Dubstep on Amazon . It really does sell anything.
December 2011
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iTunes: How To Make Free iPhone Ringtones →
Quick and easy guide I wrote for CNET UK on how to make free custom iPhone ringtones on a Mac. Takes minutes.
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November 2011
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Male superhero Avengers drawn as women highlights...
What if male superheroes were drawn in the same style as women are?
kevinbolk:
As promised, here’s the Avengers parody (namely of this promo image of the movie) I’d been working on. Those are some strong male characters. Am I right, ladies?
Here’s the original promo shot:
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Drawing a crowd - Crowdfunding infographic
How fast is crowd funding growing? How do the best platforms compare? What does the government think of crowd funding for business?
Click “Read More” to see the full infographic.
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Epic PR fail from Raw Power Management
Don’t you love it when a PR companies accidentally forward a private comment to the wrong person?
I was reporting on Bring Me The Horizon and their alleged attack on a member of the audience at a show in Finland.
In this fan video, it looks almost as if guitarist Jona Weinhofen starts punching at someone in the crowd, followed by singer Oli Sykes. The loud pops suggest he may have used his...
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October 2011
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Did Steve Jobs take this OS X background photo?
I’ve been reading the exceptional Steve Jobs biography , and noticed that a photo of Steve with his daughter in Kyoto was taken in front of the same traditional house that was included as a desktop wallpaper in OS X Leopard:
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WatchIntroducing the SoundCloud iPad app.
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Roundup of the best Steve Jobs links
The internet still ripples with the news of Steve Jobs’ passing, but some articles and pictures have risen above the tributes to canonize the day. This post rounds up the most striking moments from my day reflecting on the life and death of Steve Jobs.
Walt Mossberg set a positive tone with this collection of anecdotes about his meetings with Steve:
He explained that he walked each day,...
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Steve Jobs posted cancer victims special gifts
This revealing story posted to Quora explains how Steve Jobs, or someone working on his behalf, sent special gifts to cancer victims. It’s a personal side to the great leader that might only be revealed after his passing.
Before I met the wife I had a girlfriend named Rebecca. Rebecca had non-Hodgkinsons lymphoma. It was a rough time in her life and she was very depressed by it, even...
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My account of Steve Jobs' passing
It was 12:43am and I was playing an Xbox puzzle game with and old school friend. I got a text message through the service ifttt telling me Mac Rumors had been updated. It said Steve Jobs had passed away.
I felt sick, for the wrong reason. I had been asked to write a Steve Jobs obituary two weeks before, and it wasn’t ready. For some reason, it didn’t feel pressing — I...
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What was it like to be at Apple on the day Steve...
From Blake Golliher on Quora:
The various employees around me were questioning the belief that the, then rumor, could be true. Looking at twitter, the first hit was a funnyordie.com clip. Nobody knew in my group until someone in ichat sent out apple.com/stevejobs, then it all got very quiet in my area. It was the same quiet it got when Steve stepped down just a few months ago, a mix of shock and...
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An email from an Apple loving cancer victim to... →
drew:
Did Mr. Jobs answer? I will never tell.
Drew Olanoff to sjobs show details 3/22/10
I just wanted to say thank you for being so inspiring, I had a tough time of things last year after being diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. You inspired me to put a ding in the universe and do…
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“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith … Your...”
– Steve Job’s parting words to Stanford University graduates, 2005.
September 2011
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The difference between iPad and tablet buyers
Sound observation from Marco Arment. He created Instapaper and an increasingly influential voice in web tech a’la Daring Fireball:
My theory is that there’s an iPad market, not a “tablet market” — that people want the iPad and specifically seek it out without comparing it to other tablets.
A “tablet market” suggests that people first decide they want a tablet, then they comparison-shop...
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Apple's official hint that there will only be one...
Apple just sent out invites to its iPhone event next week. It includes the date, time, and location of the event… and a phone icon, with a notification badge saying “1”.
There’s been debate as to whether there will be an iPhone 5 and an iPhone 4S, as some sort of beefed-up iPhone 4, but as the event draws nearer without any leaked shots of a new iPhone 5 design, it’s...
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Did Facebook just kill check-in apps too?
I hated that ticker two days ago. Now it all makes sense.
At F8 last night, Facebook introduced the idea of tracking your entire consumption history and feeding it in to facebook. The ticker was a way of sharing that information with friends without shoving into their newsfeed.
The biggest takeaway so far is their integration to Spotify, where others can see what you’re listening to and...
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#sonicmeet 3: Sub Bubble Studios, September 23 →
The third audio pro meetup #sonicmeet is this Friday:
Sonicmeet 3 will be on September 23 from around 7:30pm at Sub Bubble Studios, a short walk from Wembley Stadium. The nearest tube is Wembley Park.
The group will congregate in their lounge area, complete with a drums and piano setup. Take a tour with house engineer and sonicmeeter …
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“At 40. I was addicted. Not to success. I was addicted to trying my hardest....”
– Ricky Gervais (via huffingtonpost)
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“I read that the Sony PIAS Building burnt down. I’m probably the only person who...”
– Alan McGee is a nasty piece of work.
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