technology
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How Pandora Could Help Bands Sell Tickets to Shows
Last week, I ventured out to see a band I had discovered on Pandora – El Ten Eleven. I’ve known about them since 2009, when their song, “My Only Swerving,” emerged onto one of my radio stations. Ever since I graduated college and moved to a place where bands actually visit, I’ve been periodically checking…
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What Amazon’s Win Against Apple (Really) Means for Books
So, recently, the federal court in New York ruled that Apple played a “central role” in fixing eBook prices with publishers. The goal was to keep the cost of an eBook at $12.99, instead of $9.99. This has ushered in a wave of speculation about the future of both pricing and print books and eBooks.…
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The Robots that Write… and Do Everything Else, Too
A while ago, I read the excellent book by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McCafee, Race Against the Machine. Since then, I’ve thought a lot about automation, whether I’m looking at Google’s driverless cars or checking out at CVS through a self-service kiosk. It’s a weird time to be alive and, if the common wisdom about robots these…
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The Internet Has Made Us All Entitled Content Thieves
This week, the New York Times closed another loophole that got around its notorious paywall. You know… the paywall. The thing ensuring that one of the last bastions of what Americans call journalism (even if it’s owned by someone with a dubious background at best) doesn’t have to depend on advertising revenue that directly influences its…
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Google Glass: Is an App Store for Memories Just Around the Corner?
Google Glass is Google’s latest awesomely terrifying innovation. It’s basically a pair of dorky glasses that function as a high-definition video camera wherever you go. The footage you record can be shared virtually with friends, in real-time. Friends who you can see in the corner of your screen. Sorry, they’re glasses. I mean world. Although…
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[GUIDE] How to Use a Blog To Show Off Your Creative Work
When it comes to blogging, nothing is ever easy. Creative people who are blogging as a way to show off their work have it even harder. You can upload as many art pieces and short stories as you want, but it seems almost impossible to get the kind of traffic you want. In many cases,…
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Why Instagram Selling Your Photos is a Lot Worse Than You Think
Let’s be fair: it’s not clear if Instagram is actually going to sell user photos anymore. And if you’re not on the Instagram train, let’s be clearer: Instagram is a mobile-based, photo-sharing service that’s popular because… well… it makes your photos look like they were taken in about 1975. Recently, the terms of service for…
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The Future of Books (Calm Down Edition)
Let’s talk about the future of books by stating the obvious: books take a long time to write. In fact, per hour, I think they’re definitely one of the top most time-consuming forms of art. Writing a book in a year is considered almost a heroic effort. Two, three years, well, that’s about normal. A…
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