Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Technorati trackbacks. BoingBoing's other blogs commenting on this post feature, added yesterday, has provoked a flurry of responses.
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Networks of shared experience. Jefferson Provost has written a thoughtful essay on music sharing as viral marketing. He writes, in part:
The big issue here is how serious music fans decide what music to buy. I'm talking about the people who maintain large CD collections and spend a lot of money on music -- the customers that the music industry should be holding close to their hearts. These people not only spend a lot of money themselves, but they influence their less musically-inclined friends. These people tend to have idiosynchratic tastes, and are picky to the point of snobbishness. They don't buy music based on music industry mass-marketing. They buy it based on hearing it and liking it, and the way they hear new music is by sharing it with friends. Radio used to play a part, too, but consolidation has turned music radio into a steaming pile of crap, so what's left? Networks of like-minded friends sharing music are what's left. [Jefferson Provost]
Over the past weeks, I've been watching -- and participating in -- a fascinating experiment that aims to recreate the process of collaborative discovery that was Napster's greatest achievement. Ever heard of HeavyConfetti? Me neither, but I'm listening to Tito now on Webjay. The MP3 versions of these smooth Pat Metheny-inspired acoustic guitar tracks are licensed under Creative Commons. HeavyConfetti's e-commerce backend, somewhat puzzlingly, turns out to be: "email me and we can work something out." Maybe they should sign up with Magnatune, which has worked out a friendly but less casual purchasing model: ... [Jon's Radio]
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AT&T Wireless New 'No Roaming' Plan. JOEL JOHNSON -- AT&T Wireless is set to launch a new ad campaign April 18th, touting the quality of their recently-upgraded GSM network (the same upgrade that caused some confusion a few weeks back). The tagline of this campaign will be, "How many bars do you have?", a somewhat ballsy... [Gizmodo]
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Nokia Quietly Releases RFID Reading Cellphone. JOEL JOHNSON -- Nokia has developed an optional RFID reader kit for their 5140 phone, pitching it as a tool to automate certain business functions. For instance, RFID tags could be attached to certain waypoints on a security guard's route, letting the guard 'check in' by touching the phone to... [Gizmodo]
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Trial Goes Commercial. As of today, Nextel's NC broadband wireless service that began as a trial in February is commercially available. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
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Ilkka Raiskinen on N-Gage, and more. Interview Nokia's games supremo tells all By gamesindustry.biz . [The Register]
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