Post archive for ‘Using technology’

Music for the Masses

Between Muxtape, Twitter, and KEXP I’ve discovered a lot of new-to-me music in the last few months. Normally, I’d share my latest favorites through my monthly Muxtape, but now that the RIAA has shut that down I’ll have to settle for an iMix of my favorite songs from each album.
Two artists didn’t make it on [...]

Oh hey, I made you a mix tape

When was the last time you said that to someone? Remember making mix tapes in high school, maybe even in college? Break up tapes, I have a crush on you tapes, a tape of Alphaville’s “Forever Young” repeated over and over… Then you used the photocopier to make fancy covers for you tapes, gave them [...]

Doin’ the Hulu

I don’t watch very much TV. I just forget to do it, even if there’s a show I know I might like. Now, don’t think I’m some self-righteous anti-TV do-gooder, because I’m not. I love me some TV! Give me my stories! Make me laugh! Show me a gross autopsy! I want my Cyclons!
We recently [...]

All A-Twitter

I admit it, I can be a social networking curmudgeon. MySpace confuses me. Facebook bores me. LinkedIn just helps me keep track of former coworkers. So I was pretty set against Twitter from the start. I mean, seriously, who cares what you’re doing right now? Brushing your teeth? Who cares?
It turns out that I do. [...]