June 2011
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Get 10% off Mobile Roadie - Discount
One of the cooler services available to modern musicians is Mobile Roadie, which lets you build really slick mobile apps on iPhone and other platforms for your own band.
There’s a good tour on their site, but some people complain about the price of the software. I see what they mean, but sometimes quality costs.
Fortunately, there’s a discreet way to get a 10% discount on the...
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We7 gets new funding →
thebangersbiz:
They’ve got $6 million announced to date so far. Latest funding comes from co-founder Peter Gabriel and a handful of participants to push the product across Europe. Via TechCrunch EU
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New Icarus Line track - Bad Bloods →
One of my favourite ever bands, which lost their way in recent years, are back with new tracks. Listen to a preview track on my music site Spartan Drive-By.
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Johann Hari Interviews Thom Yorke
“I’m a creep,” Thom York tells me as he sips tea fresh from the pot, staring vacantly though a misty window. “I’m a weirdo.” He confirms the statement later when he picks something from his ear and eats it, but first he shakes himself from the distraction.
“What the hell am I doing here?” Thom gets up and begins pacing. I’m not sure he’s washed since his Glastonbury weekend - his unusually long...
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5,000,000 Soundcloud Users Milestone
soundcloud:
Awesome news and well-earned by the audio sharing saviour
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The dangers of experimental testing on children
In 1939, University of Iowa graduate student Mary Tudor began an experiment with local orphans, warning them that they were showing signs of stuttering and lecturing them whenever they repeated a word. The children became acutely self-conscious, and many began to stutter, fulfilling the theory that “the affliction is caused by the diagnosis.” Sixty years later, when Tudor was 84, she received a...
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Why Surveys Are Bullshit.
Try this conundrum and see what you decide:
Do the people being surveyed have the knowledge to reach a valid verdict? This may seem like a highly elitist question to ask, and for any general opinion survey, it would be offensively pompous. But what about surveys that require, as many do, some knowledge of the subject? Consider, for instance, a school science project carried out by Nathan Zohner...