Steve Lawson: more on indie-musicians and the web
A useful listing of sites indie musicians should be exploring
(tags: indiemusicians music resources stevelawson)
Mac Rumors: iTunes Plus Expanded, Becomes Largest DRM-Free Catalog
Apple are finally beginning to practice what they preach and allowing non-major labels to put DRM free content on iTunes
(tags: apple drm itunes itunesplus)
In the ongoing battle between the iTunes Music Store and amazon… (kottke.org)
The MP3 store battle is hotting up. Amazon are giving a 20% referral fee to associates on each and every song. This could be quite the earner for musicians whose material is available on the amazon mp3 store
Very nice. BBC programmes categorised and catalogued, with an independent URL for each episode of each series, making them all addressable and referencable.
(tags: addressable bbctv catalogue url)
interblah.net—Using Launchd to stop Quicksilver crash annoyance
Quicksilver keeps quitting on me, these instructions look set to prevent that happening in future. Hurrah! Lingon looks like a very useful tool too
(tags: launchd lingon macosx quicksilver)
Ned Batchelder: Http-https transitions and relative URLs
So that’s what URLs starting with a double-slash are for!
Jonathan Coulton » Portal: The Skinny
I’m really impressed with the way Jonathan Coulton blogs the lyrics and chords for new songs. Seems like a very good approach if you have a fanbase of aspiring musicians.
(tags: chords independentmusic jonathancoulton musicindustry musicpromotion)
AndrewBlum.net: Local Cities, Global Problems: Jane Jacobs in an Age of Global Change
Interesting thinking on a post Jane Jacobs understanding of urban neighbourhoods, and the role blogs and online social networks may have on how neighbourhoods develop their character in future.
(tags: blogs janejacobs neighbourhoods outside.in socialnetworking urbanism)