March 2010
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WatchHot Chip - I feel better
The first music video I’ve seen in years that I really like.
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Advertising is great. Sometimes.
My friend John asks the question:
Advertising is designed to affect the behaviour of people for the benefit of the advertiser. Why would anyone willingly expose themselves to something designed to steal their attention?
To which I answer “because it’s good” (sometimes).
But I think that needs some qualification.
Many geeks are control-freaks and don’t like the...
The weird thing about Spotify
I use iTunes differently to Spotify.
For a start, if I really like a song I’ll buy it and place it in iTunes. That way it’s on my phone and my iPod (which means I can listen in the car). I know Spotify has an iPhone app but I can’t connect my phone to my car so I use an old iPod for that.
But because Spotify is more “transient” than iTunes, I spent a lot of time...