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2007

/ Oct 2007

The Future of the Music Business

In the age of the mp3, label musicians and the labels themselves are fighting for survival. As the cost of

2007

/ Sep 2007

Crap I love: Signal turns your iPhone into a really nice remote control

I've been hoping that someone was working on using the iPhone browser as a media controller and when

2007

/ Sep 2007

For actual coupon codes, use RetailMeNot

The other night, I got a coupon over email for a product I've been meaning to buy (direct

2007

/ Sep 2007

Word of the day (that I made up)

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2007

/ Sep 2007

Satisfaction - People-Powered Customer Service

Satisfaction has launched (more on their blog). Disclaimer: officially I'm a "member" of their "advisory

2007

/ Sep 2007

Playstation 3: complete failure for casual gaming

The other day this thought popped into my head and since several people asked, I wanted to expound on my

2007

/ Sep 2007

Dwell as economic indicator

While walking back from the mailbox today, I was reminded of the old "number of pages in WIRED closely

2007

/ Aug 2007

Boing Boing redo

I gotta say that I'm enjoying the Boing Boing redesign so much that I'm actually breaking

2007

/ Aug 2007

Testing out .Mac, iMovie '08, and the Panasonic AVCHD

I used PCs on a daily basis for about ten years, but over the last three or four years I&

2007

/ Aug 2007

A smarter audio manager

Here's what I typically do in the course of a day. * Start iTunes, play some new songs while

2007

/ Jul 2007

A Wii little story

A friend from college visited me a few months ago and we played a few rounds of Wii tennis and

2007

/ Jul 2007

Jumping Monkeys Episode 6: Matt Haughey

I was interviewed by the new TWiT parenting podcast: Jumping Monkeys Episode 6: Matt Haughey. We recorded in the afternoon

2007

/ Jul 2007

24 hours with the iPhone: my dream mini computer

After my initial problems, I got a new iPhone from my nearby Apple store and spent several hours using it.

2007

/ Jul 2007

Canceling tmobile

Getting an iPhone meant I'd be leaving tmobile after four years of service, and I re-upped my contract

2007

/ Jul 2007

Planning to attend the MeFi party in Portland, July 14th?

For MetaFilter's 8th anniversary, we're throwing a party at Ground Kontrol (511 NW Couch St.), a

2007

/ Jun 2007

Some lingering iPhone questions I haven't heard answered anywhere...

So I'm thinking about getting an iPhone, but a few potential dealstoppers keep coming up and I haven&

2007

/ Jun 2007

Words to live by

I would suggest that all of you find your "accordion" -- that thing that makes you try out

2007

/ Jun 2007

Summer Reading

Obit is a great book I've been meaning to mention here. When I was at the news writer