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Posted by Flick in Opinions on 02 27th, 2010 | 2 Comments

I have been blogging off and on since 1997, taking time off to focus on other projects, yet always returning to this habit of sharing music discoveries with you. I’ve seen the Internet change over time, shifting from pre-Google to the Social Networks of today, and I’ve always been interested...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 02 10th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Implications of Google Buzz...

Google Buzz snuck up on most of us, avoiding the pre-release hype and allowing us to form opinions of Buzz as it was hitting our Gmail accounts. If you haven’t heard yet, Google has fully thrust itself into the social networking arena, by integrating Buzz with every Gmail account. Yes, emails in...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 12 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Five reasons why Apple wants Lala...

It was reported yesterday, December 4th, that Apple was in serious acquisition talks with Lala, a music cloud service. By 6pm the two companies reportedly ’struck a deal,’ according to New York Times, though details have yet to be released. (Update: Apple has acquired Lala) Here are five...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 12 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments

Last.fm, Pandora, and Lala are growing i...

As our connection to the web gets increasingly fast, coupled with faster processors, the possibility to stream video and audio becomes easier. In the early days of the web (yes, we’re arguably still in the early days) it was crucial to keep your website’s page size down. You would do this...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 11 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

My obsessions with the year column...

If you read Puddlegum and other music blogs, you probably share an obsession with music. You want to know about artists before other people, and you want to be familiar with all the influential artists that shape today’s music. Am I right? As much as I’m listening to current music, I’m...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 11 15th, 2009 | No Comments

For the love of Twitter...

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Posted by Flick in Opinions on 11 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Five Reasons Why Your Band Should Not Re...

Myspace is broken Think about it, in order to customize the look and feel of a Myspace page, you have to break the CSS. What you have are millions of Myspace pages with horrible backgrounds and floating text that is difficult to read, filled with comments from fake friends. In order for Myspace to continue...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 05 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Ten weapons of a Modern Fanboy...

Before the internet embraced social networking sites and Web 2.0 standards, being a fanboy meant finding ways to bring up your obsession during every meal, handing out flyers to promote events, and wearing the same t-shirt every day until there were one too many holes worn into the fabric. Now that it’s...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 12 9th, 2008 | 11 Comments

Cloud Computing and Music...

The way you store, access and interact with your digital music collection is about to change over the coming years. You’ll no longer store your music files on a hard drive or flash drive but rather in a cloud of servers scattered around the world. Your net-devices will access your library collection...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 05 24th, 2008 | No Comments

ShowHype: 500,000 clicks in April...

There’s no question that blogs have changed the internet landscape. Technorati claims there are over 112 million blogs, growing at an astonishing rate of 175,000 new blogs every day, covering every topic imaginable. RSS feed readers are helpful in keeping up on your favorite blogs, but sometimes...

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