MattMaan » Internet http://mattmaan.com on culture, computers, internet, wordpress, art, music, politics Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:49:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Who will get Google Fiber? Let’s go Grand Rapids! http://mattmaan.com/who-will-get-google-fiber-lets-go-grand-rapids/ http://mattmaan.com/who-will-get-google-fiber-lets-go-grand-rapids/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:49:18 +0000 mattmaan http://mattmaan.com/?p=215 Check out the stats Grand Rapids.

]]> http://mattmaan.com/who-will-get-google-fiber-lets-go-grand-rapids/feed/ 1 Visualizing the dwindling recorded music business http://mattmaan.com/visualizing-the-dwindling-recorded-music-business/ http://mattmaan.com/visualizing-the-dwindling-recorded-music-business/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:45:51 +0000 mattmaan http://mattmaan.com/?p=208 Found at NewMusicStrategies.com is a great chart from The New York Times visualizing the state of record sales.

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Two minute video that gives a glimpse of Google Wave.

Sign up: http://wave.google.com


]]> http://mattmaan.com/google-wave-offers-online-collaboration-wheres-my-invite/feed/ 0 Grand Rapids Marketing and Strategy Company Changes Name http://mattmaan.com/grand-rapids-marketing-and-strategy-company-changes-name/ http://mattmaan.com/grand-rapids-marketing-and-strategy-company-changes-name/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:57:15 +0000 mattmaan http://mattmaan.com/?p=199 Steketee Greiner and Company, a Grand Rapids, MI based marketing, strategy, and communications company unveiled it’s new name Monday, August 10. 2009.

http://blog.steketeegreiner.com/2009/08/marketing-is-dead-welcome-to-communications-3-0/

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http://wordpress.tv/2009/06/08/create-an-ecommerce-website-with-wordpress-in-under-5-minutes/

Enjoy!

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]]> http://mattmaan.com/wordpresstv-launches/feed/ 0 Popcuts.com is going to pay you back for buying music http://mattmaan.com/popcutscom-is-going-to-pay-you-back-for-buying-music/ http://mattmaan.com/popcutscom-is-going-to-pay-you-back-for-buying-music/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:43:43 +0000 mattmaan http://mattmaan.com/?p=51

Pocuts.com is paying you back

Berkeley, Calif.-based Popcuts, which publicly launched its Web site in early August, charges users 99 cents per song. Thereafter, whenever someone else buys the same song, those who have already bought it get paid in credit that can be redeemed for more Popcuts music. The earlier you buy a song, the larger your cut of future sales.

And while credit is currently the payment option, the site’s founders hope to eventually pay users in cash, too.

Not a lot of selection, but a cool new place to put up your tunes.

Popcuts user Gary Yao, 25, said that while he’d prefer cash to the current site credit that users earn, he likes being rewarded for buying songs. So far, he’s earned $5.25 by buying tracks.

“It gives me an incentive to go out there and see what’s new and available,” the San Francisco-based product analyst said, adding that he’s discovered a few new bands by using the site over the past month.

They’re inking a deal with distributors.

Click here to read more.

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http://www.google.com/chrome

Extra-long article on the abc news site to boot!

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The videos may not be playing on MTV, but they’re all over the Web, where sites like the Black Cab Sessions and Pitchfork TV have joined in with a similar minimalist style.

I especially like the Michael Stipe quote:

“Let’s put the final nail in the coffin on the term ‘music video’ and allow it to be something of the past because that’s exactly what it is,” said Stipe. “It served its purpose very well in the 1980s and 1990s. Music video’s time came and went.”

Read more:

http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php?encoreId=149&articleId=27735

]]> http://mattmaan.com/music-video-20-and-mathieu-saura/feed/ 0 Why are architects’ websites so bad? http://mattmaan.com/why-are-architects-websites-so-bad/ http://mattmaan.com/why-are-architects-websites-so-bad/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:01:16 +0000 mattmaan http://mattmaan.com/?p=17 Steve Rose at the Guardian UK has a lovely rant and some great examples of crazy websites built for architects. I’ve been around long enough to remember designing websites in 1998 and yeah,… there weren’t many ways to make a website very “interactive” if thats what you want to call it. I once programmed my band’s home page to cycle through 20 background colors at a rate that could have induced a siezure. Be careful!!

You can read Steve’s article here:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2008/01/architects_like_to_picture_the.html

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