Client 9

Rofl - you have to love New Yorkers.....any way to make a buck

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/client+9/-/source_searchBox

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSEIC16835820080312

Cheers,
Dean

Compulsory license fees for CD's - do they vary?

Reading this article about Prince http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/prince-sues-to.html and wondering if compulsory music licenses for cd's vary country by county?

...and whats to stop me 'mastering and creating cd's in Russia but importing them to the USA', or if thats illegal then just selling them online and shipping them in by post one at a time.

BTW in case you want to have a listen check out http://www.ccrecords.musikkonline.no/shop/displayAlbum.asp?id=34576


Cheers,
Dean

Oprah Crash

A lot of news was made a few weeks ago about how Oprah's web cast failed and what this meant for 'supersized webcasts'.

Great to see Shelly Palmer did a review of what went wrong and debunked a few myths about the fallacies of web casting.

I love this graphic as a straight to the point example.

Check out the full story here for more info.

http://www.shellypalmermedia.com/2008/03/07/oprahs-webcast-the-state-of-the-art-but-not-what-you-think/

Cheers,

Dean

New Theme Song

I think I'm going to adopt this as my new theme song.
Check out more at www.Kelli.com

Have a great weekend.

Cheers,
Dean

Net Neutrality

What do we want "NET NEUTRALITY"

When do we want it? "NOW AND FOREVER"

This video from Four Eyed Monsters was emailed to me by a friend of mine. I hope this inspires you enough to pass this same message on to your friends, and more importantly your congress person if you are in the USA (or your carrier if you are elsewhere).

This video should be compulsory viewing for everyone in public office !!

Cheers,
Dean

CBS online streaming minutes

Shelly Palmer the man the legend of all things tv posted this earlier this morning.

CBS is streaming the most online video of the major networks, according to comScore’s latest data. In December, the network streamed 104 million minutes of content. NBC streamed 62 million minutes, ABC streamed 28 million and FOX did a lowly 2 million minutes. In related news, NBC released data showing that 77% of online NBC Rewind viewers use the service to complement regular television viewing. The network also claims it is seeing an increase in brand recall rates and that viewers find the online video ads less disruptive than traditional TV ads.


My question is this;

• As a percentage of users that are in the CBS geographical location and have a PC with broadband connection - how many minutes per potential viewer did this work out to be.

and bonus part:

• What can CBS do to increase the number of people viewing online?

Cheers,
Dean

The New Music Business Model

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/05/076221&from=rss

"It looks like Trent Reznor's new Nine Inch Nails album experiment is a success. Among the various options he gave fans, the most expensive was the $300 Limited Edition Ultra Deluxe Package. It took just over a day for that package to completely sell out, earning Reznor $750,000 in revenue from just that option alone."

Now I know Trent Reznor is a known 'commodity' so it was always going to do well but.... $750,000 in revenue from a limited edition package sold via their own website with no 'music execs' or RIAA getting their cut....now thats a new business model for music.

Cheers,

Dean

Google SOC2008?

If you know of anyone who fits the criteria for Google Summer of Code who has an interest in 2D QR codes and web development applications ask them to get in touch in the next 24-72 hours (closes on march 12th).

Sorry for the late notice but have been having discussions on suggested applications that would be suitable for funding and now working against the clock.

Details here;http://code.google.com/soc/2008/

Regards,
Dean
+1-212-203-4357
+61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).

Sprint flat rate voice AND DATA

http://vonmag.com/editorial/web-exclusives/sprint-flat-rate-plan-data-is-king

finally one of the wireless carriers is biting the bullet and offering not only flat rate mobile voice BUT ALSO flat rate data.

After the announcements from Cingular and Verizon about flat rate voice last week this one ups the ante yet again.

(and it's about time too).

Having flat rate data with Cingular has been great plus for me as i'm never afraid about how much is too much, but with these new kinds of flat rate services I might be tempted to switch (though not to Sprint as I only use GSM handsets not interested in cdma).


Cheers,
Dean
P.S. This is what competition is all about - I fear it will be a long time before we see something like this in Australia with our duopoly so unfortunately yet another reason i cant go home yet.

Central Park North

I don't know how I've never noticed it before as have walked around the northern end of the park a heap of times but was out enjoying the winter afternoon sun on Sunday and something about the windows on the other side of the road opposite the northern end of Central Park caught my eye.

Yep the Lincoln Correctional Facility (with apparently 400 cells as my research elsewhere has since found out), this isn't a holding facility but a long term prison.

Nice views of the park across the road (check out the insert), hopefully these people are doing something nice to get these digs and views as a reward for good behavior.

Cheers,

Dean