Business Yahoo!'s VPN logs don't lie? Business Insider says that Marissa Mayer's work from home ban was supported by VPN data indicating that some external employees weren't logging in to Yahoo!s network. No login, no work?
Music Business How to let people pay for music Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer, she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.
Music Business How to buy music (if you're a fan of a band) Ironic message from Suffocation guitarist Guy Marchais, who went to the mall and bought his own CD. And filmed it. Just to make a point about buying CDs from the mall.
Music Business Pandora caps free listening hours Pandora has capped free listening to 40 hours per month, apparently slightly more than the average listener uses.
Music Business Dear Thom, Big Tech isn't the problem Tech needs to keep commodifying things to keep the share price up, but in doing so they have made all content, including music and newspapers, worthless, in order to make their billions. And this is what we want?
Business How to manage a Kickstarter campaign A great Kickstarter campaign relies on great communication. Here's how two projects that went sideways got it right.
Business Apple (APPL) stock manipulation? Apple Insider claims fund manager Doug Kass yesterday tweeted a rumor of a forthcoming stock split announcement at Apple's shareholder meeting in order to "clear profits."
On Yahoo!'s work from home ban What Marissa Mayer's ban on working from home says to me is that for better or worse Yahoo! is at least moving. Some believe it's going to backfire badly. Can anyone really argue that change at Yahoo! isn't absolutely necessary?
Technology SF MusicTech 2013 outs tech angst towards rights licensing I attended my first SF MusicTech Summit yesterday at the Hotel Kabuki in Japantown. One of the huge benefits of relocating from Australia to the States is being able to easily, and relatively inexpensively, attend conferences like this. It was a great experience.
Music Business What Spotify licensing pricing means for their business model Spotify will negotiate price breaks in forthcoming licensing talks with major rights owners. What does this mean for the future of their business?
Technology Will we ever see a Google Store? Google is reportedly about to enter the retail space. Here's what I hope their stores look like.
Creativity Typography brought to you by Cloud Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription continues to get better, with the inclusion of Typekit. If you're a "buy the box" vs subscription type, give Creative Cloud serious thought. I really like the service and Adobe continues to add value without increasing price.
Business SF MusicTech I'll be at the SF MusicTech summit tomorrow, which will be my first and looks like being quite a lot of fun. If you're also attending and interested in social commerce and/or the convergence of entertainment/media/tech, let's connect.
Technology Elon should keep it personal, forget the data Pando Daily writer Hamish McKenzie believes Tesla founder Elon Musk "should stop whining and let his data to the talking". Here's why McKenzie is wrong.
Business The Tesla vs. Broder tiff How is it that a story about Tesla's Supercharger network has morphed into one about whether electric cars are ready for the mass market?
Business On Australians getting 'rorted' by Adobe, Apple & Microsoft Quite a lot of press Down Under regarding software pricing disparity between the U.S. and Australian markets. Exactly how bad is it?
Technology Was Amazon really just granted a patent on 'secondhand'? When a patent is granted for a secondhand market it becomes clear there's a major problem with the patent system.
Technology Amazon moves to establish global currency Amazon has taken one of several steps toward what I presume is a vision for a global currency.
Technology How do you know if you're geeky? Here's 7 ways! I recently moved to Silicon Valley to pursue a start-up. If you're a business type and not an engineer, here's how you'll know whether you'll feel at home.
Music Business How to destroy the secondary ticketing market You know when you want to go to a hot show and tickets sell out really quickly? One of the causes is that scalpers buy a lot of tickets with the aim of reselling them on the secondary market.
Technology Are tech bloggers trying to rewrite Napster history? Believing that an entire industry is populated by Luddites is unwise. Yet the media think they understand Napster's history without being there.
Principles Waiting for the sunshine and the momentum of your life An old man stands in the shade, feeling unwell. I invited him into the sunshine. He said he'd wait for it to "come over here." You can wait. Or you can move.
Startup A difference of culture If pitching a Holstein-Friesian cow, an Australian will point to the black and white colour, talk about the features of the cow, what it does, perhaps what it ate for breakfast; an American on the other hand will hold up a burger and exclaim how incredibly tasty it is.
Music Business Grunge killed the music business, but not why you think Turning music into a commodity has far reaching implications that go well beyond the destruction of the record industry.
Business The 'straw' that broke the banks? Something has got to give in how we interact with the banking sector ...
