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Mp3 Tagging Best Practices
The phrase “best practices” gets thrown around a lot in IT (Information Technology). You have best practices for programming, server configuration, SOA, and even software installation. There are best practices for other things like cooking, organizing, and cleaning. So today we are going to take a look at some of the best practices that I use when tagging and organizing my digital music. Some of these go against other “best practices” for tagging that you might find on the internet, but everyone has their preferences and you are not stuck to listening to just me.
Will FriendFeed Help the Smaller Blogger
Dave Winer mentioned something similar in his article, Proof That the End is Near, where he talks about the “tech industry superdelegates” and how he is unfollowing them on Twitter in hope to find the smaller voices as well. It seems that some of the more popular people are looking for the smaller, most likely more original voices in the blogging industry. No longer are they interested in what someone has to say about what TechCrunch, GigaOM, or even Mashable have to say anymore. Well they might be interested, but they might move past the headline anymore.
Adobe Releases AIR for Linux
Keeping good on their promise to bring their AIR platform to Linux, Adobe has released an alpha version of AIR for Linux today. This is great news for those looking to run AIR on their Linux desktops and Adobe should be commended for not slacking when it comes to getting AIR on Linux. Way to [...]
MacDaily News Misses the Point
Last but not least, MacDaily News needs to get a serious clue and stop drinking the Apple kool-aid. I mean yes, Apple came out with some really cool stuff when it unleashed the iPhone on the masses but seriously, I have never read an article with so much fan-boyism in it. Read up on technology, work in an enterprise IT, or something before you go off on things you apparently do not understand.
The Web 2.0 Minority
Over the past couple of weeks I have had several conversations with co-workers and fellow geeks that I am personal friends with. That might not sound that unusual, but when you consider that, on more than several occasions I have had to explain the concept of Twitter, Digg, Mahalo, and other Web 2.0 companies and ideas, it starts to make sense why I bring this up.
Mahalo & Human Power Search
The idea that a search company could beat Google, is ludicrous at best. Google practically owns search. That does not mean they return the best results, however. In fact, sometimes you have to search two or three times to get the desired results. It has taken many a search for me to get to where I am in regards to search ability. But what if I could type in the exact thing I wanted and get a page of results dedicated to just that subject? That’s what Mahalo tries to do.
Another Missed iPhone SDK Opportunity
I was running a quick errand earlier this evening when something hit me. Since the iPhone SDK does not allow developers to run code in the background (ie when music is playing), that means no one can create a Last.FM iPhone application that scrobbles what I listen to on an iPhone or iTouch.
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Why AllTop.com Rules
But one extra cool thing about AllTop is the “People” section which has two sections of extreme interest: Egos and Twitterati. Think of some of the most popular “internet celebrities” and you will find all their blogs under the “Egos” sub-topic. This includes Fake Steve Jobs, Seth Godin, Michael Arrington, Fred Wilson, and many, many more. The Twitterati section contains many of these same people’s twitter accounts and their latest posts.